Cubism was a very influential movement. It leads the way for Futurism, Constructivism, Dada and Surrealism. Though at the beginning it was heavily critiqued as it was still too ‘new’ for the time. But this is exactly what the artists and designers of the time wanted to do. They wanted to deviate from what was depicted at the time.
The artist felt that for modern times there has to be modern designs, as this was an age of discovery and innovation and design was not going to be left behind. At the time photography was steeling the spotlight from painting so artists wanted to revitalize art and design.
Cubist art is identified by its flatness. Even when depicting a three dimensional object it was portrayed as a two dimensional item in the painting. To make up for the flatness artists depicted the scenes from multiple angles at once. Another feature of this movement is that they were simplified and reduced to simple geometric shapes, (circles, rectangles, squares and triangles). The constant use of geometric forms lead to the movement’s name.
Pavel Janák is a Czech citizen. He was a modernist architect, furniture designer, town planner, professor and theoretician. He was born on the 12th of March 1881 in Prague and died on August the 1st 1956 in Prague. He had an active whole in the cubist movement from a design perspective.
Pavel Janák
Chair by Pavel Janák
Light fixtures designed by contemporary designers
Because at the time this style of design was so new and opposing other current traditions it took a while to settle in. It was viewed as scandalous, surprising, curious, shocking and also interesting in its own right. Gradually it got accepted and is still known to this day as the first modern style. Products made in this style showed a unique and interesting when compared to any style that came before it, the light fixtures are seen as unusual to contemporary society so one can only imagine how strange this style was without any previous exposure.
Cubistic cutlery
Cubist design is sought after when designing a modern styled home. Its angled fixtures and plane surfaces keep the place looking clean and crisp. Many other uses of cubist inspiration are still being used to this very day such as cutlery as seen in the picture above. These forms are visually interesting making it wise for me to incorporate geometric forms in my works to attract artistic attraction.
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