2 Magazine Covers on the History of Design in the Netherlands & Belgium
1. THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
Technical Innovation, Poor Design
 
ARTICLE CONTENT
Neo-styles and eclecticism determine fashion.
What the industry lacked were good designers.
 
CONCEPT
I pictured a factory producing neo-eclectic, curly smoke
2. THE POST WAR PERIOD
The Influence of Design on Daily Life and Housekeeping
 
ARTICLE CONTENT
The designers wanted to make life more beautiful and functional.
The downside here was at times a pedantic tone, where the housewife was seen as someone who needed to be educated.
 
CONCEPT
I pictured the housewife as part of the building kit.
 
Sketch & proces linedrawing
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