Streamline

Streamlined Design

Another style that led American design to another level was the streamlining style. It dominated the American design from 1930 till the 1950. It was a style that grew out from Art Deco but simplified and pervaded with a different style of harmony and design. It effected everything we see today from cars, Buildings  and everyday objects we see today .Streamline is widely different from the international style’s function it involved a sleek and aero dynamic look.

The origins of the streamline design originated when a boom in transportation was at a very fast rise and everyone started to purchase their own personal vehicle. The design was applied to cars, railroad trains and air transportation . Not to forget to mention that streamlining was born when the first plane took flight as the design is focused on aerodynamics of the structure or the shape of the object .In that case the design  meant speed and speed was something modern and futuristic, Even now a days. Streamlining helped improve the air dynamics in cars as before streamline design was born cars were designed differently and looked like boxes on wheels.

In the 1950's became a new language of visual design it fueled Americas modern era and the industrial design profession emerged at the time

Streamline made such an impact on design that It moved from its main source of function to normal day to day used objects  like pencil Sharpens fans and even chairs which did not need to be streamlined but where eventually streamlined because it gave the objects a modern sleek look.

The Chrysler ‘Airflow designed and constructed in the 1934 was the first commercially produced with a streamline design .It was designed by an engineer called  Carl beer. The design of the car proofed that streamlining was effective and made moving objects much more efficient against wind resistance.

The teardrop shape was the perfect shape to be applied to design as it cut through air like a hot knife through butter. It was studied and designed using various shapes in wind tunnels and water. During class we were viewed a 1936 video which explained streamline and the way it was studied using different kinds of shapes and testing them in water and aluminium powder to show how the shapes reacted through the resistance of the water and in the end the representation shows the actual tear drop shape which was the best shape applied against the resistance of the air.Scientist called the shape or the form of the shape the parabola it was the best shape to be used for stream lining .Basically everything  followed that shape from cars planes to everyday objects .

Key characteristics of streamline designs are Horizontal orientations rounded edges lot of chrome hardware.Stream line also can be familiarized with functionalism  which also was another leading design in Europe.It was made to lower the productions costs .







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