My next few posts are going to be about my trip to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, focusing on my visit to the Institute itself. Best art museum in the world, or so I hear. It's where I'm thinking I'll go to school next year (SAIC, not the museum) so my parents and I went for about three days. All posts shall still be furniture related, as I spent much time in American Design exhibit.
For starters, lets talk someone who's very important everywhere, but especially in the Chicago area: Architect and designer Frank Lloyd Wright. As many architects do he did a lot of furniture work with similar patterns and styles to his architectural work. Wright was actually a bit of a special case because he was insanely neurotic and controlling, doing everything from designing every interior and exterior aspect of the homes he built (gardens, furniture, etc) to choosing the clothes his wife wore each day.
For starters, lets talk someone who's very important everywhere, but especially in the Chicago area: Architect and designer Frank Lloyd Wright. As many architects do he did a lot of furniture work with similar patterns and styles to his architectural work. Wright was actually a bit of a special case because he was insanely neurotic and controlling, doing everything from designing every interior and exterior aspect of the homes he built (gardens, furniture, etc) to choosing the clothes his wife wore each day.
The above chair is a simple one designed by Wright, but the styles are precisely what he uses time and time again in his architecture. Right angles and geometric shapes, particularly rectangles, are a staple of sorts for Wright, being present in many of his buildings and products. These patterns are especially common in his stain glass work, which is present in most of his buildings.
This desk-and-chair set is Frank Lloyd Wright as well. The curved lines and organic shapes are less typical of his work. It's chic and I want it.
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