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SOLUTIONS Design and Technology quiz – Monday 1. When were these chairs designed (in what decade)? Do you know the names of the designers? • 1928 - Le Courbusier http://www.design-museum.de/en/collection/100- masterpieces/detailseiten/chaise-longuel-le-corbusier-pierre- jeanneret-charlotte-perriand.html • 1950s - Grant Featherstone (Australian designer) http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/media_release/mid-century-modern- australian-furniture-design/ • 1982 – Peter Shire, Bel Air chair (Memphis style) http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1175028/bel-air-chair-shire- peter/ • 1904 – Charles Rennie MacIntosh http://www.eframe.co.uk/blog/index.php/charles-rennie- mackintosh-for-the-home-6984.html 2. Name 3 simple mechanisms Lever, gear, pulley, cam, wheel and axle, screw, incline plane 3. Name 2 natural fibres other than wool or cotton Mohair, angora, flax, linen, jute, hemp, alpaca, silk, etc. 4. What is this Australian invention, and when was it invented? 5. Mystery object What do you think object does? • The Cochlear Ear Implant – 1983 Professor Graeme Clark http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/australia_innova tes/?behaviour=view_article&Section_id=1010&article_ id=10001 BURGLAR ALARM The clockwork mechanism on this 1870s burglar alarm was wound up and the upright lever set, before the device was placed at the foot of a door and a spike pushed into the floor. If an intruder tried to enter, the lever would be pushed down and set off the surprisingly loud and effective bell. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1045114/The-1920s-satnav--- weird-wonderful-gadgets-quite-took-off.html#ixzz4Dt1lzyTG
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SOLUTIONS DesignandTechnologyquiz–Monday1. Whenwerethesechairsdesigned(inwhatdecade)?Doyouknowthenamesofthedesigners?
• 1928-LeCourbusierhttp://www.design-museum.de/en/collection/100-masterpieces/detailseiten/chaise-longuel-le-corbusier-pierre-jeanneret-charlotte-perriand.html
• 1950s-GrantFeatherstone(Australiandesigner)
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/media_release/mid-century-modern-australian-furniture-design/
• 1982–PeterShire,BelAirchair(Memphisstyle)
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1175028/bel-air-chair-shire-peter/
• 1904–CharlesRennieMacIntoshhttp://www.eframe.co.uk/blog/index.php/charles-rennie-mackintosh-for-the-home-6984.html
2. Name3simple
mechanismsLever,gear,pulley,cam,wheelandaxle,screw,inclineplane
3. Name2natural
fibresotherthanwoolorcotton
Mohair,angora,flax,linen,jute,hemp,alpaca,silk,etc.
4. WhatisthisAustralianinvention,andwhenwasitinvented?
5. MysteryobjectWhatdoyouthinkobjectdoes?
• TheCochlearEarImplant–1983
ProfessorGraemeClarkhttp://www.powerhousemuseum.com/australia_innovates/?behaviour=view_article&Section_id=1010&article_id=10001
• BURGLAR ALARM The clockwork mechanism on this 1870s burglar alarm was wound up and the upright lever set, before the device was placed at the foot of a door and a spike pushed into the floor. If an intruder tried to enter, the lever would be pushed down and set off the surprisingly loud and effective bell. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1045114/The-1920s-satnav---weird-wonderful-gadgets-quite-took-off.html#ixzz4Dt1lzyTG
