Research On American Furniture Design After World War Ⅱ

Despite the history of nation founding is not long, but the United States has created a brilliant industrial civilization in the history of mankind. That American commercial economic grew into prosperous, science & technology became powerful and new material and technology constantly emerged after World War II provided great material carrier and technology security etc for American furniture design field. And more, external design ideological trend and numerous renowned designers migrated to American injected new vitality and power into American furniture design. Furthermore, after decades of collisions, fusion and the effect of foreign designers in practice, American furniture design basing on Europe furniture design system developed, evolved and finalized. After World War II, the design ideology of pragmatism and commercialism gradually form and turn into the main design ideology of American furniture design. Moreover, American furniture had derived from the European furniture design system begins to show distinctive ethnic features and displays the art characteristics of modeling grace and functional utility, possess great art and esthetic value. Meanwhile, it quietly develops into an important pole in world furniture field and guides the future furniture development trend in some way. Regardless of the aesthetic value or the successful experience of development, the furniture of the United States are worth exploring in depth and researching. The research of thesis attempts to reveal American furniture development, evolution and the effect factor of political, economic, culture and religious etc. It proceeds at the basis of existing research and with the background of American furniture development and evolution. In addition, the research, starting with design idea and the different expressive form of design, will analysis general artistic features of American furniture design of different style from modernism to postmodernism after world warâ…¡and summarize the evolvement history and inherent law of American modern furniture after world warâ…¡. Furthermore, the thesis sums up briefly the successful development experience of American modern furniture and looks ahead to it's development trend.