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The Journal of the Asian Conference of Design History and Theory. 2020, 3, p. 44-52

Environmental Control and Information Design: Development of the Flow Concept by Knud Lönberg-Holm in Collaboration with Ladislav Sutnar

Ihara, Hisayasu

The ACDHT 2019 FUKUOKA Executive Committee

英語

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2020-03

Theme I : Nature And Design

Sweet’s Catalogue of Building Construction, by architect Knud Lönberg-Holm and graphic designer Ladislav Sutnar, is well known as a pioneering work in information design. However, what is less known but essential in understanding Lönberg-Holm’s work was his theoretical work in relation to environmental control. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between Lönberg-Holm’s activities from the 1930s onwards by dealing with both his theoretical work in collaboration with his colleague Theodore Larson and his catalogue design practices in collaboration with Sutnar. For this purpose, this study focuses on the use of the term ‘flow’. During a design research project focused on environmental control, the ‘production cycle’ and ‘production index’ were developed as a means of transforming and combining ‘environmental forth’ into usable forms. In these studies, the term ‘flow’ was used in relation to various things, including energy, production, and information. However, the term first played a fully active role in relation to catalogue design when Lönberg-Holm joined Sweet’s Catalog Service. The ‘mental flow pattern’ representing the purpose transition of the user, the ‘information flow pattern’ representing the logical structure of information, and ‘the visual flow pattern’ representing the visual structure were all formulated by Sutnar, and design goals were determined for the establishment of balance in each. Since then, the content of the flow has been expanded and its role has been further enhanced to align ‘function’ and ‘form’. In Lönberg-Holm’s final book, Development Index, the goal of productivity improvement via the production cycle was neutralized, while a harmonious system involving nature, human beings and culture was emphasized. Although Lönberg-Holm contributed little to the environmental movement, his unique design concept focusing on the flow of information is still worth considering in terms of the harmony between nature, humans and culture that he espoused.

10.18910/90917

90917

Environmental Control and Information Design: Development of the Flow Concept by Knud Lönberg-Holm in Collaboration with Ladislav Sutnar

Ihara, Hisayasu

The ACDHT 2019 FUKUOKA Executive Committee

英語

2020-03

The Journal of the Asian Conference of Design History and Theory

3

44

52

https://hdl.handle.net/11094/90917

10.18910/90917

https://doi.org/10.18910/90917