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4. Opened in 1928 and introduced consumers to modern interiors and fur-
nishings by designers including Ilonka Karasz, Joseph Urban, and Donald
Deskey.
5. Was a forceful rejection of the use of expensive,
exotic materials in the
extravagant, one-of-a-kind objects that typified Art Deco.
6. Soon became known as a center of avant-garde design under the direction
of Walter Gropius.
7. During its brief existence it produced a generation of architects, artists,
and designers who spread its teachings around the world.
8. Affected the material and formal developments of architecture and de-
sign. Items such as steel, aluminum, and copper were rationed for use in
the war effort, forcing designers to substitute nonessential materials, in-
cluding cardboard, glass, and plywood, in their designs.
9. Advocated furniture that was rationally designed along industrial princi-
ples to reflect function and utility in its purist forms, with a strict rejec-
tion of applied ornament.
10. Advocated a seamless unity of art and architecture.
11. Utopian projects embraced a combination of machine forms and abstract art.
12. Developed their
highly influential LCW chair, an inexpensive, mass-
produced molded plywood object, from their wartime experiments.
13. Worked on behalf of the U.S. Navy, developing molded plywood designs
for leg splints.
14. With its aerodynamic forms and implications of speed, reinforced the
growing importance of automobiles and trains.
15. Was a prototype for standardized housing, conspicuously furnished with
commonly available items such as leather club chairs.
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