Lightness and beauty in furniture design

Lightness and beauty in furniture design

MALUF, Marina Kosovski; SOUZA LEITE, João de; MAGALHÃES, Cláudio Freitas de

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When speaking of “lightness” in furniture design, how many layers are there behind our imaginary? This article seeks to uncover just one - the image of lightness constructed between the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Two significant aspects of the home environment point to a lighter aesthetic design of domestic furniture: home as a space for expressing the character of the people who inhabit it, and the incorporation of hygienist ideas into the home environment.

When speaking of “lightness” in furniture design, how many layers are there behind our imaginary? This article seeks to uncover just one - the image of lightness constructed between the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Two significant aspects of the home environment point to a lighter aesthetic design of domestic furniture: home as a space for expressing the character of the people who inhabit it, and the incorporation of hygienist ideas into the home environment.

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DOI: 10.5151/design-icdhs-118

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MALUF, Marina Kosovski; SOUZA LEITE, João de; MAGALHÃES, Cláudio Freitas de; "Lightness and beauty in furniture design", p-534-537. In: Farias, Priscila Lena; Calvera, Anna; Braga, Marcos da Costa & Schincariol, Zuleica (Eds.). Design frontiers: territories, concepts, technologies [=ICDHS 2012 - 8th Conference of the International Committee for Design History & Design Studies]. São Paulo: Blucher, 2012. São Paulo: Blucher, 2014.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/design-icdhs-118