Design History and Movements: O-Level Design Studies (NP05) module quiz quiz

The poor quality and dehumanising nature of industrial mass production

Handmade craftsmanship

The use of grids in graphic design

Tropical climate design

Machine-age glamour and luxury

Objective clarity through grids

Handcraft, honest materials and the dignity of the maker

Playful mixing of styles

Bold geometric shapes and zigzags

Flowing, organic, curving lines inspired by nature

Plain grids and sans serif type

No decoration at all

Organic, plant-like curves

Handmade, rustic craft detailing

Bold, geometric, streamlined forms with symmetry and luxury

Random, undesigned layouts

Both look identical

Art Nouveau is organic and nature-based; Art Deco is geometric and machine-age

Art Nouveau uses grids; Art Deco uses curves

Art Deco came first, then Art Nouveau

Decoration is the most important part of a design

Function should be hidden behind ornament

All designs should look the same regardless of use

A design's shape should be determined by its purpose, with ornament stripped away

Art Nouveau

The Bauhaus and Modernism

The Arts and Crafts movement

Postmodernism

Ornate hand lettering and gold leaf

Organic curves and floral motifs

Eclectic mixing of historical decoration

Grids, sans serif type and objective clarity

Because its grids and clean sans serif type give clear, ordered communication still used in corporate and signage design

Because it banned the use of type

Because it only worked in the 1950s

Because it relied entirely on decoration

It was even more strict about function and order

It removed all colour and ornament

It reacted against Modernist rules with playful, eclectic and decorative design

It rejected the use of any type

By ignoring local climate and culture

By responding to local culture, climate and identity, such as HDB housing and multilingual signage

By copying only one foreign style

By avoiding any signage

It pushes choices such as shade, ventilation and durable materials suited to heat and rain

It has no effect on design at all

It means designs must use only metal

It removes the need to consider users

Art Nouveau

Art Deco

Arts and Crafts

The Swiss Style (International Typographic Style)

It lets you recognise styles, understand their values, and reference influences to justify your own decisions

It lets you copy a movement exactly with no thought

It is only useful for memorising dates

It has no relevance to making design