Significance of Applied Art

The Significance of Applied Art :by Hermann Muthesius

Muthesius gives us a background on applied art. He says that people of the past cared more about the appearance of the object rather than the function of the object. Today, people have changed their thoughts on this. People now are focusing on the function, with still appearance in mind, just not coming first.

In the photo above, the object shows function, yet with appearance in mind.

   Manifesto of the Staatliche Bauhaus in Weimar :by Walter Gropius

Crafting is also important when it comes to design. A great designer would put time and effort in creating the object and knowing how make the design in reality. Although, a designer and a craftsman are not the same thing.

 In the image above, i believe the object combined crafts and fine arts into one.

Type-Needs: Type-Furniture  by:Le Corbusier

Corbusier explains that people, as in us, make objects based on human needs. We also make it appealing to us as well as the function of the object. This term is called "decorative art."

The image above shows a room with objects that are appealing.  

Frank, Isabelle (editor) (2000). The theory of decorative art: An anthology of European and American writings 1750 – 1940. New York: Yale University Press.