CUBISM - PRODUCT DESIGN
V. Ryan © 2007 - 2010
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Cubism has been applied to product design. The furniture/products seen below, are all based on simple geometrical forms, with the overall shape being based on a cube / cuboid or a combination of these shapes. | |
This lounge chair is clearly composed of cube or cuboid geometrical shapes. It is simple in form and yet non-conformist. This means that its design is different to traditional chair design. | |
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This basic clock design is representative of cubism in its simplest form. It is a single cube. However, modern technology is housed inside. | |
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On first sight, the table does not look like it has it’s design roots in cubism. However, when the outline of the wood frame is drawn, it forms a cube. | |
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This bookcase is composed of various rectangular shapes. The rectangles have been arranged to from an abstract shape. However, this collection of rectangular shapes has a useful purpose. | |
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