Text & images © Deborah Jaffé 2011
Site design © Alice Krelle 2011
Site design © Alice Krelle 2011
Industrial Design
For many years Deborah has been interested in the impact of the Great Exhibition of 1851 on industrial design. In the paper, 'The Bauhaus Dessau 1979', given to the Cold War Conference at the School of Advanced Study at London University, she drew on her own experience. Her two week participation at a conference on playground design at the Bauhaus in Dessau in 1979 has given her much experience and material on which to draw and to assess the impact of the Bauhaus on industrial design across political boundaries. Discovering Bauhaus type, metal framed, swivel windows in the Reunification Palace in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) was particularly exciting.
Deborah has written extensively on the impact of new materials and technologies on the design and manufacture of toys and play equipment and the influence on childhood. As editor and designer of Links for Newcomen, she draws on her knowledge of industrial design, aesthetics, innovation and materials. She has researched and written specific company histories using her specific knowledge of how design and innovative technology can become crucial to successful product development.
For many years Deborah has been interested in the impact of the Great Exhibition of 1851 on industrial design. In the paper, 'The Bauhaus Dessau 1979', given to the Cold War Conference at the School of Advanced Study at London University, she drew on her own experience. Her two week participation at a conference on playground design at the Bauhaus in Dessau in 1979 has given her much experience and material on which to draw and to assess the impact of the Bauhaus on industrial design across political boundaries. Discovering Bauhaus type, metal framed, swivel windows in the Reunification Palace in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) was particularly exciting.
Deborah has written extensively on the impact of new materials and technologies on the design and manufacture of toys and play equipment and the influence on childhood. As editor and designer of Links for Newcomen, she draws on her knowledge of industrial design, aesthetics, innovation and materials. She has researched and written specific company histories using her specific knowledge of how design and innovative technology can become crucial to successful product development.
The then newly renovated Bauhaus in Dessau, GDR, August 1979. Photograph by Deborah Jaffé
The metal framed windows in the Reunification Palace Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam, which was built in the 1960s, are another example of the global influence of the Bauhaus. Photograph by Deborah Jaffé October 2010.