Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Frank Lloyd Wright: In 4 Parts
Part 1
Frank Lloyd Wright was born on the rural Richland Wisconsin countryside. Wright was influenced by nature; many of his designs were generated by his love of nature. Wright spent a lot of his summer days on his uncle’s farm, and spent much of this time studying the pattern and rhythms found in nature.
In 1893 Wright launched his own design firm, and for the next earth years he used his time and talents to resolve a problem he saw in societies style were gradually but boldly synthesized into the design concept that was more suitable for middle-class American family life. Wright believed that rooms in Victorian era homes were boxed-in and confining. He refined American housing by designing houses with low horizontal lines and open interior spaces. In 1901 he introduced the Prairie house. American tradition of wood frame structures with the new use of horizontal lines, overhanging eaves, low pitched roofs and rows of small windows were characteristics of the Prairie homes.
The Prairie houses were designed to human scale. However, Wright did not confine himself to architecture. He also designed furniture, fabrics, art glass, lamps, dinnerware, silver, linens and graphic arts. Wright took the time to design for human scale, at the time no other architecture took greater advantage of surroundings and atmosphere. Each piece in a Frank Lloyd Wright home was designed for that specific project. No other architect glorified the sense of "shelter" as did Frank Lloyd Wright. "A building is not just a place to be. It is a way to be," he said.
Statement of Truth
The famed Swedish artist Carl has received numerous awards and his works hang in some of the most prestigious museums in the world. However Larsson’s most famous paintings are those of his family, his greatest life’s works, eight children and his loving Karin.
Statement of Truth:
A man can live a successful life when he truly puts his focus on his family.
From The Family: A Proclamation to the World
“By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families
Grandma's Living Room
We often hear the stories of “grandma’s living room”. The room in grandma’s house where children are not permitted to be in without an adult and where every piece of furniture was placed so perfect one does not dare disturb.
The closest I come to this idea was in Grandma Helen’s living room. Grandma Helen is not really my grandma but one of the many grandparents I have adopted as my own.
I wouldn’t go so far as to say I was not permitted in her living room but I knew I had to be extremely careful there.
Grandma Helen’s living room looked as though it had been completely transported from the palace of Versailles. Mind you most of the time I spend there was nearly 15 years ago when I was a child and at the time everything seemed to be on a grand scale.
I didn’t yet know of the grand Palace of the Sun King then, however as I compare my childhood memories and my more recent studies of the world’s greatest architecture the living room can only be described as follows;
Magnificent, gilded Rocco, Tapestries, Figurines, Mirrors, Glass, High walls and elaborate woodwork, Music, Art and a place of Culture.
Thank you Grandma Helen for opening my eye to classic French design at such a young age….if only in my own eyes.
Design Board: Thanksgiving From IKEA
Complete Concept Design involves every item in the design furniture, flooring, textiles, glass, lighting, carving, sculpture and graphics.
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