The Romanian design has always been the poor relation in movements which influenced the history of design. Yet the Romanian designers are almost entirely absent from the public discourse, museums, books and contemporary problems. Adrian Mititelu tackles the historical delay and how we can strive to succeed in the design industry.
3. MILES NEWLYN
British
JONATHAN IVES
British
CHARLES AND
RAY EAMES
American
ADOLPHE MOURON
CASSANDRE
Ukrainian-French
OTL AICHER
German
COCO CHANEL
French
AKIO MORITA AND
MASARU IBUKA
Japanese
STEFAN SAGMEISTER
Austrian
SHIGEO FUKUDA
Japanese
PHILIPPE STARCK
French
VERNER PANTON
Danish
ADRIAN FRUTIGER
Swiss
PETER SAVILLE
British
MICHAEL GRAVES
American
WALLY OLINS
British
WIM CROUWEL
Dutch
4. A BIT OF
HISTORY
1800 to present
DESIGNER’S
AUTOPSY
Talent, knowledge, ability and more...
WHAT ABOUT THE
PRESENT?
Any advice?
8. 1850 1925 1975 2000 20151800 1900 1950
CORPORATE
IDENTITY
1950s
THE DIGITAL
REVOLUTION
1980s
POSTMODERN
DESIGN
1970s
WOLFF OLINS
1965
SWISS DESIGN
1940s — 1950s
AKZIDENZ-GROTESK
1957
FINE ARTS
SCHOOL OF CLUJ
1926 – 1933 / 1950
THE UNIVERSITY OF
ARTS IASI
1860
BUCHAREST
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
OF ARTS
1864
FINE ARTS
SCHOOL OF
TIMISOARA
1933 – 1949 / 1962
9. 1850 1925 1975 2000 20151800 1900 1950
CORPORATE
IDENTITY
1950s
THE DIGITAL
REVOLUTION
1980s
POSTMODERN
DESIGN
1970s
WOLFF OLINS
1965
SWISS DESIGN
1940s — 1950s
AKZIDENZ-GROTESK
1957
FINE ARTS
SCHOOL OF CLUJ
1926 – 1933 / 1950
THE UNIVERSITY OF
ARTS IASI
1860
BUCHAREST
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
OF ARTS
1864
FINE ARTS
SCHOOL OF
TIMISOARA
1933 – 1949 / 1962
GRAPEFRUIT
1999
BRAND FUSION
2006
BRANDIENT
2002
INNERPRIDE
2003
10. A BIT OF
HISTORY
1800 to present
DESIGNER’S
AUTOPSY
Talent, knowledge, ability and more...
WHAT ABOUT THE
PRESENT?
Any advice?
11. TALENT
is innate
KNOWLEDGE
is educated
ABILITY
is practiced
C R E AT I V I T Y Q U E S T I O N S
P O S S I B I L I T I E S
S O L U T I O N S
S O F T WA R E
D R AW I N G
P H O T O G R A P H Y
F I L M & V I D E O
S C U L P T U R E
12. C R E AT I V I T Y Q U E S T I O N S
P O S S I B I L I T I E S
S O L U T I O N S
S O F T WA R E
D R AW I N G
P H O T O G R A P H Y
F I L M & V I D E O
S C U L P T U R E
TALENT
is innate
KNOWLEDGE
is educated
ABILITY
is practiced
13. C R E AT I V I T Y Q U E S T I O N S
P O S S I B I L I T I E S
S O L U T I O N S
S O F T WA R E
D R AW I N G
P H O T O G R A P H Y
F I L M & V I D E O
S C U L P T U R E
TALENT
is innate
KNOWLEDGE
is educated
ABILITY
is practiced
14. TALENT
is innate
KNOWLEDGE
is educated
ABILITY
is practiced
C R E AT I V I T Y Q U E S T I O N S
P O S S I B I L I T I E S
S O L U T I O N S
S O F T WA R E
D R AW I N G
P H O T O G R A P H Y
F I L M & V I D E O
S C U L P T U R E
15. TALENT
is innate
C R E AT I V I T Y Q U E S T I O N S
P O S S I B I L I T I E S
S O L U T I O N S
S O F T WA R E
D R AW I N G
P H O T O G R A P H Y
F I L M & V I D E O
S C U L P T U R E
KNOWLEDGE
is educated
LEONARDO DA VINCI
1452 – 1519
ABILITY
is practiced
16. TALENT
is innate
C R E AT I V I T Y Q U E S T I O N S
P O S S I B I L I T I E S
S O L U T I O N S
S O F T WA R E
D R AW I N G
P H O T O G R A P H Y
F I L M & V I D E O
S C U L P T U R E
H U M A N I S M
A R T
S C I E N C E
M U S I C
KNOWLEDGE
is educated
LEONARDO DA VINCI
1452 – 1519
PANTHEON, ROME
126 AD.
ABILITY
is practiced
INSPIRATION
is exploration
17. A BIT OF
HISTORY
1800 to present
DESIGNER’S
AUTOPSY
Talent, knowledge, ability and more...
WHAT ABOUT THE
PRESENT?
Any advice?