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Great Political Events

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Economies

Great industry Inventions

Great design People

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1961
JFK becomes president

1907
The very first helicopter was invented by Paul Cornu

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1990:
Nelson Mandela is freed

1994: apartheit ends.

1993: bombing in world trade center.

1991: gulf war in middle east

1992: Cold War Ends.

1991: START treaty signed.

1993: Bill Clinton elected..

1994: Nelson Mandela made president

1994: clinton accused of sexual assault.

1990: homosexuality becoming widely accepted

1992: right to abortion reaffirmeed by seprem court

Civil rights movement
1964

1965
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August 26th 1970 – Women strike for quality in new York

1965 … - Hippie (flower power) Movement

1969
Moon
Landing

Wall Street Crash
Great Depression
1929

Rise of the Nazi Party and nationalism
1933

Russian Revolution and civil war
1917-1922 leading to the collapse of the russian empire and formation of the soviet union

Assembly line
Mass consumerism during the 1920's

Commercial airlines and affordability

Better wages increased the quality of life with the addition to the mass production and consumption of goods

KDKA
America's first commercial broadcasting station
1920

Philo Taylor Farnsworth invented the first electrical televisions
1927

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2001/2003: War on Terror and Iraq War

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2001: September 11 Terrorist Attacks

Cuban missile crisis 1962

1963Marching on Washington ( I have a dream...)

Kilkenny design workshop
1963 - 1988

1963 JFK assasinated

key thinkers

1975-1990
Bill Gates: Microsoft

political events

1975-1990
Steve Jobs: Apple

social events

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1975-1990
Bob Geldof: Made people aware of the famine in Africa

DATES SPANS

1900
→
1918

1975-1990
President Reagan

2005: China and India Grow as World Financial Powers

1918
→
1940

1940
→
1960

2005: Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

1960
→
1975

1975:Vietnam War came to an end

Eilean Gray
Rediscovered in late 1960's

Weimar Republic 1919-1933
Ecconomic rise and fall with mass inflation

1975
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1990

1990
→
2008

1986: Chernobyl Nuclear Meltdown

2004: NASA rover lands on Mars

2008
→
2020

1979-1989: Soviet-Afghan War

2009: President Obama is sworn in as America's first African American president

2010 A BP oil rig explodes causing a major oil spill in the gulf coast

Significant rise in number of women being head of states

World War 2
1939

economy

industrial inventions

design people
Design People and Movements

1984: 'Just Say No' Campaign on illegal drug use

2009: Death of Micheal Jackson.

1983: Commercial Cell Phone created

1984: Text messaging concept first developed

Adolph Hitler (1889-1945):

Hitler was the German Political Leader of the Nazi Party and initiated WW2 during his dictatorship of Germany from 1933-1945. He is responsible for the deaths of millions of people during WW2, and took his own life as the war came to an end against his favour in 1945.

Minimum wage only $2.10 in America

1900
Charles Seeberger redesigned Jesse Reao's escalator and invented the modern escalator.

Gregory Pincus ( 1903- 1967):

Pincus was an American biologist who did research in hormones and mammalian reproduction. He co-invented the Oral Contraceptive pill with Carl Djerassi.

Prohibition 1919
Ban of alcohol
Crime increase from bootlegging and the rise of crime mobs during this era

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Mahatma Gandhi :
fought for civil rights in India peacefully

1980's Recession in the USA

Luke Lister.
Person: Konstantin Grcic

1983-1985: Ethopia witnessed widespread famine

1976: US Israel Relations-US supplied billions of dollars

1901
The first radio receiver successfully received a radio

Wall Street Crash
Great Depression
1929 casuing mass unemployment and high taxes worldwide

End of WW2 1945 :

World War 2 came to an end on May 8th 1945 when the western allies and soviet union invaded Germany and the allies accepted Germanys surrender about a week after Adolf Hitler committed suicide.

1992: hurricane Andrea deals $26 million damage to florida

1992: US lifts trade sanctions against china.

1983: 3D printing first invented

Europe rebuilding after the First World War

Eileen Gray Designed the
E-1027

1977: Insulin invented

Walter Gropius founder and
Director of the Bauhaus school

1987: Prozac created

1982: First Artificial Human Heart

Franklin D. Roosevelt elected
president of the United States
1933 -1945

1993: Toni Morrison receives nobel price for litterature.

1984: DNA Fingerprinting first used

1902
Wills Carrier invents a compact and modern vacuum cleaner

1993: eu established.

Woodrow Wilson elected
president of the United States
1913-1921

1992: hurricane iniki-strongest hurricane to hit hawaii

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948):

Gandhi led India’s independence movement from British rule throughout the 30’s and 40’s by means of non-violent protests. He was and still is considered the father of the nation after he was assassinated in 1948 by a Hindu extremist who objected his tolerance for Muslims.

1903
Bottle -making machinery invented by Michel J. Owens

The wright brothers invented the first gas motored and manned airplane

Sir Frederick Grant Banting: Insulin

1981:
Ettore Sottass memphis became the most iconic movement of the 80's, bursting with colour, asymetrical shapes , lozenges and bavterio print

Independence for India and Pakistan 1947:

India achieved its long sought independence from British rule when a partition was set forth in the Indian independence act 1947 which removed the crown rule. From midnight on August 14th 1947 India legally became India and Pakistan.

Vietnam war 1955- 1975:

The Vietnam war was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. It started because of the U.S.’s strategy of containment during the cold war, which aimed to prevent communism. From 1950, the US supported South Korea in the war against the communist North backed by China and the USSR.

Pearl harbour 1941:

On the 7th of December 1941 the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Japanese intended to destroy important American fleet units to prevent them from interfering with Japan conquering Southeast Asia.

Paul Rand

Buisness Expansion
Raw materials became cheaper
Prices went down and consumption went up
Panic of 1901, a U.S. economic recession that started a fight for financial control of the Northern Pacific Railway

1990: Internet goes global

population exceeds 75 million
US help put down boxer rebellion
Galveston hurricane
1900 presidential election
Work on the New York subway begins on the first section from City Hall to the Bronx in the year 1900. It was financed by the issue of rapid transit bonds by the City of New York and because no company was willing to take the risk of such a large project.
Electric Cars, 25% of all cars that were sold in 1900 were electric cars. It will be interesting to see how many years it takes for 25% of all cars sold to be fully electric or Hybrid.
Small Pox Epidemic, In Kentucky a small pox epidemic was raging with hundreds of people stricken. The mortality rate was 20% and health authorities demanded that every person in the state be vaccinated.

The Conservative party won the general election with 402 seats. The Liberals won 184 seats, the Irish Party won 82 and the newly created Labour party won two, one of which was occupied by James Keir Hardie, its future leader.
· Irish political leader Arthur Griffith founded the Cumann na n'Gaedhael (The League of Gaels) which adopts the policy of Sinn Fein (We, Ourselves). Twenty-two years later, he became the first president of the Irish Free State.
· The two-month Boxer Rebellion against European involvement in China ended when an international force, including British, American, Italian and Japanese troops, relieved the foreign legations which had been under siege in Beijing.

The first zeppelin flight is carried out over Lake Constance, near Friedrichshafen, Germany.
June 1 – American temperance agitator Carrie Nation begins her crusade to demolish saloons.
December 27 – British human rights activist Emily Hob house arrives in Cape Town, South Africa.

Economical expansion of the usa

Bikinis introduced 1946:

In Paris 1946 at the piscine Moliter , a popular swimming pool, a French designer named Louis Reard unveiled the daring bikini. It was considered scandalous by some to wear such little fabric, but eventually turned into a worldwide common piece of fashion.

Piet Mondrian
De Stijil

Ralph Lauren Becomes highly influential

1995: first full length animated film, Toy Story.

Civil rights movement 1954-1968:

The civil rights movement in America was a struggle to enforce legal and constitutional rights for African Americans that were already in place for white Americans. The movement was born when Rosa Parks, an African American woman, refused to give up her bus seat for a white man.

News broadcasted on Television 1952:

On January 14th 1952 Today was the first morning news programme to be broadcast on American television, and in the world.

1973 mobile phone invention

Alex O'Connell
Construct:
The Bauhaus

2004: Google goes public.

Calvin klein

1963 employment rate was 5.7%

2000: AT&T introduces text messaging.

Fredo Eyong
Object:
The Cantiliver Chair

2001: wikipedia.

Chinas recovery from war, 1949–52:

In 1949 China's economy was suffering from the effects of warfare. Many mines and factories had been damaged or destroyed. Transportation, communication, and power systems had been destroyed or had deteriorated because of lack of maintenance. Agriculture was disrupted, and food production was severely low.

50’s Boom:

The American economy prospered in the 50’s by growing 37%. Military veterans were able to afford access to college education as a result of the GI bill, which led to a great number of highly educated employees for the work force.

Rise of Consumerism 1950’S:

Due to rising incomes and persuasive marketing there was a rise in consumer spending in America after the second world war. Americans enjoyed a higher standard of living compared to most other countries at the time.

2002: Ipod + Itunes

Barbara Cavaliere
Person :
Marcel Breuer

John F. Kenndy

2007:Iphone

2006: MacBook

Martin Luther King

Caitlin Cole.
Memphis

Georgia Markham.
Ettore Sottass

2003: Friendster-first form of social media.

Germany looses colonies to the Entente
(Togo, Cameroon, Namibia, Nigeria, Chad )

1999: USB Flash Drives.

1990: Photoshop

1998: Raymond Lichtenstein

1995: Paul Rand

1998: Verner Panton.

1990: Wilhelm Wagenfeld

Nuclear Power 1942:

The reactor generated the first electricity from nuclear energy on December 20, 1951. Enrico Fermi led a group of scientists in initiating the first self- sustaining nuclear chain reaction. The historic event, which occurred on December 2, 1942, in Chicago, is recreated in this painting.

First Microwave 1954:

The Raytheon Corporation produced the first commercial microwave oven in 1954; it was called the 1161 Radarange. It was large, expensive, and had a power of 1600 watts. The first domestic microwave oven was produced in 1967 by Amana (a division of Raytheon).

Polaroid camera February 21, 1947:

Polaroid founder Edwin Land first demonstrated the instant camera on February 21, 1947 at a meeting of the Optical Society of America in New York City. The Land camera, as it was originally known, contained a roll of positive paper with a pod of developing chemicals at the top of each frame.

The Universal Automatic Computer 1951:

The world's first commercially electronic digital computer was produced in the United States in June 14, 1951. It was UNIVAC I — The Universal Automatic Computer and was developed by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, who were also makers of ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer.

1993 - Downing Street declaration on Northern Ireland - a peace proposal issued jointly with the Irish government.

Cars became more common as they became mass produced and more affordable

Europe rebuilding after the First World War

2001: libyans bomb pan am flight over scotland

Modernism 1935-1950:

Idea of modernism is summarised by less is more. It’s design features consisted of clean lines, gentle organic curves, a love for different materials. A lot of modernist items were designed to be mass produced.

America became less of an isolationist country and became more present on the world stage until the grate depression struck allowing for more trade and more availability of goods

Movement: Modernism

Sorcha: Object

Dzennete: Person

Rachel: Construct

Streamlining 1930’s – 1950’s:

Streamlining could be seen throughout America from the early thirties to late fifties. It emerged from the art deco movement and was inspired by aerodynamic design. Key features in streamline design incudes emphasized curving forms and long horizontal lines. Streamline objects often looked like they were in motion while placed still.

Pop Art Approx. 1958 – 1972:

Pop art emerged in the UK and America during the late fifties. Artists used images and icons that were popular in the modern world. The pop art style is based on simple bold images of everyday items.

Scandinavian design movement 1950’s:

While the signature features of Scandinavian design such as simplicity, minimalism and functionality emerged in the early 20th century, the movement flourished in the 1950’s especially throughout Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland. A great example of Scandinavian design today would be Ikea.

Movement: Minimalism
Eamonn: Construct/design movement

Claudia: object
Object: Etch a scketch

Maeve Whelan: Person
Person: Eileen Gray

Evan Lowry: Object

Emily Yan: Construct/ Italian Futurism

Evan Luby: person

The wright brothres 1903
Paul Pioret 1900
John Redferns and sons
Arts and Crafts - ( 1900) A reaction to the eclectic revival of historic styles of the Victorian era. Art Nouveau - (1900-1914) International decorative style is a movement that uses organic, plantlike line. Futurism – (1900-1930) originated in Italy in the early 20th century.

1981 Reagan era tax cuts

January 1964 – LBJ declares war on poverty

1958- 1972 – Pop Art Movement

1930s – present - organic design movement

1960 - etch a sketch

1961 - cochlear implants

Richard Nixon

Panic of 1907, a U.S. economic recession with bank failures
Depression of 1900-18, a U.S. economic recession following the end of WW1

Wall Street Crash of 1929 and Great Depression (1900) the worst depression of modern history

Deconstructionism: 1982-1995.
appeared in the 'pak dela villelle' architectural competition. deconstructionism attempts to move away from the supposedly constricting rules of modernism such as form follows function, purity of form and true to materials. deconstructionism manipulates the structures surface skin and creates non-rectilinear shapes which distort the elements of the building.

Post Modernism: 1972-1995.
it can be described as a reaction against scientific attempts to explain reality with objective certainty, recognizing that reality is constructed as the mind tries to understand its own personal circumstances.

Digital: 1885-2000.
this movement that uses digital technology to construct graphical imagery. artworks are considered a digital painting when they are created using traditional techniques but in a digital program.

Elon Musk & Tesla release the "Model S" Sedan Car
2008

Jordan Ive:

Brexit: 2017- Present:

UK plan to leave the European Union

Vladimir Putin Elected:
2012

Economic Crash: 2007-2010

2011: Global Population reaches 7 Billion

2015: Electric-Car Ownership reach 1 Million Worldwide

IRAQ War Ends:
2011

2018:
Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal

Owen Dowling:
OBJECT

Ben Sweeney:
Person

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