Stages of the history of design

The history of design goes through several stages in its development.

1. The history of design as a design and artistic activity originates in the middle of the XIX century and is associated with the development of industrial production, which created the need for a new profession

2. Design as a link between arts and crafts. It refers to the emergence at the end of the 19th century of the famous English “Movement of Arts and Crafts”, headed by William Morris, when the main principles of the theory and creative principles of design were formed, which influenced schools and directions of later years.

3. Design as an artistic and industrial activity: the beginning of the 20th century, when artists occupied leading positions in a number of branches of modern industry and were given the opportunity to shape the corporate identity of enterprises and influence the policy of producing electrical appliances, automobiles, radio equipment (activities of Peter Behrens at AEG and the American automotive company "Ford")

4. Design as a graduate appearance refers to the emergence of the first schools and methods of teaching design. (VKHUTEMAS in the USSR (1920), Bauhaus in Germany (1919).

5. Formation of design as a profession, depending on its real entry into life - directly into production, trade. In this case, the chronological countdown begins with an even later time — from the 1930s, more precisely, from the time the United States emerged from the great economic crisis.

6. Design as a layout activity, takes a readout from the tools of a primitive person, first encountered the concepts of ease of labor, issues of increasing productivity, the layout of objects, the first hints on the ergonomics of objects.

V. Vlasov in his famous dictionary “Styles in Art” notes that the whole history of world art can be viewed as a history of artistic styles. Equally, this also applies to styles in the history of design, which unite design icons to unique holistic artistic trends and trends according to certain formal features. The history of architecture is written according to architectural monuments or photographs and engravings of lost objects, drawings and drawingsF fantasies of unrealized projects. The history of art - according to collections in the museums of fine arts, art galleries, 50 private collections of paintings. The history of design, mainly on the masterpieces of design activities - design Laws.

Of particular importance in the description of the history of design are artistic styles.