Design Essay Examples and Topics. Page 11

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The Bauhaus and Dieter Ram’s works

The school was established as a result of the anxieties that existed in the 19th century about the soullessness in the manufacturing of products.
  • Subjects: Design Trends
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1400

Impact of New Technology on European Culture

It involves the use of iron and steel and the innovation of new machines that increased production. He also developed the use of letters and other signs in his work16.
  • Subjects: Graphic Design
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1743

Internet Communication and Graphic Design

To get a definition of graphic design and an understanding of the pieces of work that is produced by graphic designers To understand the extent to which the internet can help graphic designers in training [...]
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  • Subjects: Web Design
  • Pages: 19
  • Words: 5109

Harry Seidler’s Life and Architect Career

Reflectively, the Vienna born Harry Seidler is regarded as one of the finest architectures in Australia with long and successful career in residential, commercial, and public building design.
  • Subjects: Architects
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 825

The Bahai Lotus Temple in New Delhi

Reminding of the famous Yggdrasil, the tree which linked the Hades, the earth and the Heavens, Plotinus' system descends from the highest level of communicating the nature of beauty to the lowest one.
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1273

Readability in Publications

Vocabulary level refers to the technicality of the words used in the document, whereby, longer and jargoned words belong to the category of words regarded to be most difficult compared to simple ones.
  • Subjects: Graphic Design
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 916

High-Rise Buildings and Risk Evaluation

In this case, the height of the building starts from the lowest ground level a fire truck can access outside the building to the floor of the highest story human can occupy.
  • Subjects: Urban Planning in Architecture
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3466

Evaluation of Lighting Design

The first type of furniture available in the living room is a two seat couch, which is placed on the right side of the living room in close proximity to the balcony.
  • Subjects: Construction
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 820

Victorian and Modern Corsets

Convenience The Victorian corsets were heavy and posed a lot of discomfort due to the weight of the reinforcement materials used to strengthen them.
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1696

General Plan: Land Use in the City of Sunnyvale

Land use in the City has defined the community character, economic activities, and the future need for land and services. This goal aims to protect, sustain, and improve the quality of life in the City [...]
  • Subjects: Urban Planning in Architecture
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1120

Corporate Branding Success

It was comprised of the brand name of the company in a printable font. In 2008, the company changed the logo where caps were combined with small caps to write the brand name of the [...]
  • Subjects: Design Trends
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 587

Alexander McQueen: A Bibliography

7 In the course of his career, McQueen won a number of prestigious awards for his skill as a fashion designer.
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 757

Vogue magazine cover image

In the cover image James holds Jezel in a way that is similar to that of Kong when he captured a white beauty.
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 561

Design Activism to Contemporary Designers

As a result, scholars have coined the term "design activism" to enhance the role of designers to the society. The rise of many designers as a profession has been in a crossroads to decide on [...]
  • Subjects: Design Trends
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1444

Historic and Contextual Studies

In the paper, two historic styles are discussed to define the role of medieval history and gothic style in understanding modern interpretation of the garment.
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 522

Colour in Art and Design

Image texture, colour intensity, proximity of different hues, and the shape of the parts that contain certain colours govern the way the image is perceived by the observer.
  • Subjects: Design Trends
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 842

Planet Zero Flash Multimedia Project

This idea enables users to understand information the project presents when the animation leads them to the end of the page.
  • Subjects: Construction
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1648

Authenticity in Contemporary Design

One example of contemporary design that incorporates the aspect of actual handcraft is films production."Films incorporate the aspect of nostalgic impulses, and as such it increases the film's authenticity and production".
  • Subjects: Design Trends
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1463

Architectural Forms based on the Arch

An example of the arch in Roman includes the Arch of Constantine: The Senate in honor of the Emperor Constantine constructed the arch, a liberator and who brought peace across the city.
  • Subjects: Construction Engineering
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1625

Creative Décor’s Design Contest in Brasilia

Other areas that will be addressed in the report include the importance of the event to the organisation, the benefits of the event, the marketing and publicity support that are needed for the project, the [...]
  • Subjects: Design Trends
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1668

Postmodernism in the Works of Ettore Sottsass

The era of Postmodernism in art and culture is associated with the middle years of the 20th century when the top point of its development in design is the 1980s.
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1952

Architecture in Australia Modernism

The spirit of the modern times denotes the intellectual and the culture that is in practice within the 20th century, which is linked to the Australian views, sense, collective consciousness and taste.
  • Subjects: Worldwide Architecture
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1609

Great Constructions of the World

It is looks similar to the first stadium the only difference being that it has only one column from the top of which the main pipe runs down in a spiral like shape to the [...]
  • Subjects: Construction Engineering
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1382

Design Culture: Product and Consumer

If the manufacturer is able to redesign the products in order to change some specifications as required by the consumers, then the customers are likely to be loyal to the consumption of the brand.
  • Subjects: Design Trends
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1927

Rem Koolhaas and Jan Gehl Theories in City Planning

In his interview with ASLA-The Dirt, Jan insists cities have to be planned for the people and that buildings have to be designed for the people to be able to live healthy lives.
  • Subjects: Urban Planning in Architecture
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1089

Chehel Sotoun in Fahan, Iran

This brings us to the result of art and design, which is the aestheticism, and the appeal it gives to the audience.
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1395

What Is It Designwise to Make a House Home?

Basing on my perception and comprehension, a home is a sacred and fabulous place that welcomes both spiritual and non-spiritual people.
  • Subjects: Construction Engineering
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 590

High Court of Australia

To help in understanding the architectural intent of the building, the discussion will examine the design and concept behind the Australian High Court building.
  • Subjects: Worldwide Architecture
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2706

The Alhambra’s Structure: Buildings and Gardens

Such examples as the Tower of Justice and the Court of the Lyons are important because they illustrate two aspects of the Alhambra, a fortress and a courtly place at the same time.
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1604

Vehicle Design and Development

The design will be based on the demands and the wishes of the clients or customers because the product will only be successful if the customer is satisfied.
  • Subjects: Construction
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1139

Fashion Controversies about Hip Hop Garments

The paper will look into controversy that arose over hip hop garment design with the aim of identifying the source of the controversy, key players in the controversy as well as political, social and economic [...]
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2454

The Design Prototype of Kiosk

Testing the design prototype kiosk is the final stage for us as the next one is the optimizing the kiosk design with the purpose to build it.
  • Subjects: Construction Engineering
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 560

Does a strong axial plan always create ritual space?

So, what is the secret of the building plan of the Propylaea at the Acropolis? Because of the large height of the building the Doric columns diameters were too large to carry the weight of [...]
  • Subjects: Worldwide Architecture
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 534

The Concept of Design Icons

And both elements have evolved to be the base on which design wholeness is created becoming the source of the beauty as is seen in the production of design icons.
  • Subjects: Graphic Design
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3176

Queen Victoria Building

The symbols on the left side of the first panel symbolize architecture and the Sidney City Council whereas Ipoh Gardens Berhad, the company that renovated the building is represented on the third panel by letters [...]
  • Subjects: Worldwide Architecture
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2017

Toronto: The City and Chinatown

It is an ancient discovery and it is the ability to build a city in order to contain all that man has created and at the same time allow the possibility of millions of people [...]
  • Subjects: Urban Planning in Architecture
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 3047

High Tech Materials and Designs

Some of these materials are nano-structured materials, smart materials as well as spin off materials mainly used in the aerospace industry and renewable materials that are expected to provide an alternative to materials of fossil [...]
  • Subjects: Construction
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1592

Concept of Japanese Gardens

The main cultural differences between Japanese gardens and the western world type of gardens is that the western world believe in gardens which you can walk through whereas Japanese gardens have often been designed in [...]
  • Subjects: Landscape Design
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 2484

The City beneath the City

The remains of the statues, the ancient graves, pottery and other important artefacts which have been excavated during the archaeological diggings in the Athens subway became valuable contribution to the archaeological heritage of Greece and [...]
  • Subjects: Worldwide Architecture
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 2510

Design Trends in the 21st Century

For example, the use of optics was not inherent to 16th-18th centuries, and this trend may be regarded as the new one due to the development of the technologies.
  • Subjects: Design Trends
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1461

How can a visual language be composed

When developing a design, the choice of colour to use will be determined by the intended purpose of the designs. The most important element to consider in visual language is the mind set and the [...]
  • Subjects: Graphic Design
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 536

Science Center NEMO: New Look

Thus, when McKinsey & Company decided to occupy the top floor of the famous Piano's Nemo Museum of Science, they addressed professionals who managed to turn the museum space into a working place.[2] The company [...]
  • Subjects: Interior Design
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1618

Taj Mahal and Qa’aba

The utilization of white marble for the construction of all the components minarets, the tomb itself, and the podium supports the idea of an organizational unity.
  • Subjects: Worldwide Architecture
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2173

Fashion and Appearance

This type of pop culture and mode of dressing basically compliments and deeply expresses the attitudes of the people and their form of musical conduct.
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  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2073

Rhetoric Devices in Art and Design

Kennedy summarily, states that the ethos of a speaker exudes the speaker's character credibility, logos comprise of the persuasive evidence presented to the audience and then pathos carries with it the emotional appeal that arouses [...]
  • Subjects: Graphic Design
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1893

Fashion Styles in 19-20th Centuries

The advent of the wide hoop crinoline was significant development for the fashion of women of the era who found a relief in the new invention.
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  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1194

Fashion in the Movie “Zoolander”

The movie "Zoolander" shows several designers and the work that they have been doing in the movie, which is paralleled to real life."Derelicte" is the name of the fashion line that the main character, Ben [...]
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 836

Designer Zuzana Licko

It is important to note that Licko and her husband employed software when the rest of the designers tried to stick to more traditional ways of production.
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 553

The History of Architecture

The paper starts by examining the history of concrete since the time of the Egyptians to the present. The final section of the paper deals with modern uses of concrete in architecture and design, and [...]
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  • Subjects: Construction Engineering
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2707

Paul Rand and His Role in Modern Graphic Design Theory

He joined the Pratt Institute in the late 1920's and graduated in the year 1932. This article focuses on the Rand's works and highlights his contributions to the field of graphic design.
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  • Subjects: Graphic Design
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1054

The Oiled Paper Umbrella

Since the oiled paper umbrella has dominated the world, this project seeks to establish the unique features that are inherent in the umbrella design that make it appeal to so many people across the world.
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 940

The Art of Great Wall

The Great Wall of China, one of the world's wonders and one of the greatest engineering projects in the history of the humankind is surrounded by myths and controversy which attract researchers and tourists all [...]
  • Subjects: Worldwide Architecture
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1276

Shoe Obsession Exhibition

From this point, the models presented by the designers at the Shoe Obsession exhibition can be discussed as the attempts to shift the shoe fashion at the new higher level and to present shoes as [...]
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 838

iRobot Vacuum Cleaner Design

In addition, iRobot contains a wall feeler, which is located on the right area of the fender and makes iRobot travel adjacent to walls and around gadgets without touching them. Irobot fits into consumer engineering [...]
  • Subjects: Construction
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1382

Fashion Designers: Coco Chanel’s Artistic Process

This quote is relevant to this essay because it indicates that the experience of clients and their needs guide the work of a fashion artists. This is one of the details that can be identified.
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 829

The Niels and Mellie Esperson Buildings

The second topic that should be examined is gender, especially the stereotypes about gender and the role of women in society. In this case, one can speak about the importance of Mellie Esperson who initiated [...]
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1159

Five Stages of Designing a Warehouse

The process includes determining the required number of stores, the technology to be applied in the prospective departments, and the manner in which the orders would be arranged.
  • Subjects: Construction Engineering
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 540

Wood Technology: Blenheim Bridge Construction

The image below shows the site of the bridge: Nicholas Powers, the man who is credited for the design of the longest wooden bridge in the world went to Schoharie in New York to carry [...]
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  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 11
  • Words: 2976

Balenciaga and Bottega Veneta

While Bottega Veneta grew and expanded to other countries courtesy of its discreet design and quality craftsmanship, The Balenciaga boutique moved to Paris to find new market after it was forced to close its operations [...]
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 640

Solow Building and the Red Object 9

This will be done by elaborating a brief history of the building and identifying some of the functions of the offices within the building and the activities taking place in the same.
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1004

Refection Paper about a City

Reflection about planning of Los Angeles shows that it is a complex city that is extremely hard to define in terms of its center, borders and extensiveness.
  • Subjects: Urban Planning in Architecture
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 607

Architecture of Frank Gehry

The color of the limestone was dictated by the match it will bring with the existing building, Deusto University. The building was design in such a way that it looks like a ship, this indeed [...]
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 915

Supporting the Interior Plants Density Regulations

The regulations require the designer to comply with the standards set by referring to guidelines for Indoor Environmental Quality in the new International Green Construction Code. The project elective clarifies the proposed changes and improves [...]
  • Subjects: Web Design
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 557

Design History: Industrial and Digital Revolution

This was a phase of the broader industrial revolution.period is believed to correspond to the end of the 19th century up to world war 1.the raise of technological revolution was marked by the use of [...]
  • Subjects: Graphic Design
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1164

Social Construct of Codes

The idea at that time was opposed because the public felt that it contradicted social norms that defined how a private home should be constructed for the good of the public.
  • Subjects: Construction Engineering
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 645

The Palace of Fine Arts

At the side of the rotunda, there are eight large insets which have paintings for Robert Reid: four of them portray the beginning of art, the progress, and the human recognition of the art.
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 860

Use of Ladders on the Workplace

This particular classification is important to take note of since it refers to the capacity of the ladder for particular work loads and the type of jobs that they can be used for.
  • Subjects: Construction Engineering
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 844

Rationale and Interactivity Design

The propagation of wireless technology has brought in a variety of mobile devices such as the Personal Digital Assistants and the wireless handheld phones that have a wide range of applications such as video messaging, [...]
  • Subjects: Web Design
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1821

Rockefeller Center Overview

Based on my previous visits to the area as well as the contexts adhered to it in pop culture the Rockefeller center can be considered an icon of American progress due to its location in [...]
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1909

Creative Works of Louis Sullivan

In the article Louis Sullivan: Growth of the Idea, Boudreaux puts forward the assumption that ornament was the chief characteristic of the building defining its function and practical usage.
  • Subjects: Architects
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 606

Postmodernist Trends in Projects by Ashton Raggatt McDougall

It is easy to see how these principles took shape in one of ARM's most significant and famous projects, which is the National Museum of Australia."Avoiding traditional museum interpretations, the architects developed a post-modern structure [...]
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2516

Zac Posen’s Career and Life

After which he further pursued academics in the field of fashion design by attending the The New School for Design at Parsons.
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 891

Graphic Design: Timelines

The following trends have to be mentioned: Functionality: the vast majority of artists truly believe that the form of the work should be determined by function, this is why it was necessary to consider the [...]
  • Subjects: Graphic Design
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1595

Picture of a House

At first glance, an old house in the picture may seem to be a mere building consisting of walls, windows and doors, but its atmosphere and every its part would mean a lot for several [...]
  • Subjects: Interior Design
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 596

The Getty Center in Los Angeles

A review of the work done by Richard in his design of the Getty centre begins with the plan, which entails the network and paths necessary for the creation of the entire centre.
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1314

Beverly Buchanan and Frank Lloyd Wright

Being involved in the ethnic and cultural tendencies of building, Wright pays attention to functional elements of architecture and attempts to create a multifunctional space where all parts of a construction are united in one [...]
  • Subjects: Architects
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 540

The Concept of Metadata

Metadata is also used in the extraction and maintenance of information. It provides insight on the ways of creating data, the reasons for the data and the date of creation.
  • Subjects: Web Design
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 492

Luxury Brand History: Gucci

This implied that specifically designed products would be sold, with part of the produce reserved for orphans and the homeless children worldwide. He combined the skills he acquired at the workplace with the unique talents [...]
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 571

Fashion Makeup: Blumarine Fall 2010 Collection

In 1980 the Blumarine brand started to become extremely successful, and the first step to popularity, traditionally to all the great brands, was made in Milan.
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1218

Design of Upholstered Furniture for a Family

However, proper enlightenment is still a significant point, this is why it is possible to place the chosen upholstered furniture in the centre or close to the centre of the room so that it is [...]
  • Subjects: Interior Design
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1910

Design in “Cradle to Cradle” by McDonough

The commercial design standards are unique since the intention is not to emulate the design of neighbouring designs but to replicate the partial plan of the existing buildings in terms of the open space for [...]
  • Subjects: Interior Design
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1182

The History of Barbie

To my mind, it is quite captivating to investigate the creation of Barbie dolls, specify the impact of Handler's daughter, and clear up why this very doll turns out to be so interesting for lots [...]
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 842

Adamson House in Malibu, California

The exterior style of the Adamson house complies with the style of the outside space. The Adamson house is located on the seaside and, therefore, much of the elements in style are reminiscent of the [...]
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 557

Beijing National Stadium

The stadium is one of the major breakthroughs in the construction technology. The removal of the retractable roof helped in reducing the weight of the building holding the stadium.
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 1961

The Great Mosque of Cordoba or Mezquita

During the re-designation period of the mosque, the most outstanding and notable reconstruction activity involved the construction of the Reconnaissance cathedral in the middle of the structure, courtesy of a Spanish king Carlos who was [...]
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  • Subjects: Worldwide Architecture
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2451

How do you Define Good Design

This feature can be influenced by the talent indicated, level of attention given in the work and consistency of the art work.
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  • Subjects: Design Trends
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 601

Urban Planning Aspects: “Before Sunset”

Urban planning is defined as the process of controlling the utilization of design and land of an urban development, with the aim of ensuring that communities and settlements in the urban areas are orderly developed.
  • Subjects: Urban Planning in Architecture
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1240

Charles Fredrick Worth and Chanel Clothes Design

Chanel's designs were an inspiration to women because they admired her work and considered her as a role model due to resilience to fight for gender equality in the industrial world.
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 724

Fashion Goes Round in Circles

In the 2000s, the generation involved in arts and fashion looked back to the past decades for greater inspiration, and it was able to keep new fashions.
  • Subjects: Fashion
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1927

Sacred Archetypes by Mimi Lobell

It was this dynastic ancestral divinity, which reigned at the height of a syncretism state-culture religious conviction that centered on the "godly" rulers ritualistic and symbolic mediation.
  • Subjects: Architecture
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 629

In the Mind of Architects: Ideas and Reality

Sugimito's house is an old building constructed in the year 1743 under the ownership of the Sugimoto family; today, the Sugimoto house situated in Kyoto town has been reconstructed in a strategy to preserve the [...]
  • Subjects: Architects
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 680