Business for Design: Task 1 list of 20 designers

Part 1: Fashion designer

1. Alexander Wang  (1984)
Characteristic: focus on the  spirit of freedom.

2. Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel/ Coco Chanel   (1883----1971)
Characteristic: focus on the women's right, comfort of a garment.

3. Milena Canonero (1946)
Characteristic：create design by using the characteristics in particular period.

Part 2: Architecture designer

4. Leoh Ming Pei (1917)
Characteristic: create design in different culture, use light to do design.

5. Tadao Ando (1941)
Characteristic: source of inspiration is from the blend of culture. He believe a nice building should contain three elements: reliable material, completely geometric form and feeling seems to be nature.

6. Zaha Hadid (1950)
Characteristic: a famous female architecture designer, deconstructionism master.

Part 3: Jewelry designer

7. Theo Fennell (1982)
Characteristic: his jewelry collect the whole world.

8. Philippe Tournaire (1984)
Characteristic: his jewelry use some architecture element, and combine jewelry and architecture very well.

9. Baobao Wan
Characteristic: she use traditional  Chinese architecture element in her work.

10. Xiaoyu Zhang
Characteristic: her work show the past and future element.

11. Tara Ko
Characteristic: all her work use the organic glass. Her main idea is : I'm transparent，but not fragile.

12. Els
Characteristic: she use new material and technique, such as nylon and 3d printing.

Part 4: Graphic designer

13. Gunter Ram bow (1938)
Characteristic: try to use graphic design to show his artistic ideas and consciousness concept. He use normal image to show some deeply meaning.

14. Naoto Fukasawa (1956)
Characteristic: unconsciousness design, just use simplest element to show all functions of the product.

15. Kyosti Varis (1933)
Characteristic: he think the graphic design product is a kind of art which has high level spirit of innovation.

Part 5: Industrial designer

16. Marc Newson (1963)
Characteristic: soft and minimalism. Source of inspiration is the sea, because of the elegant lines.

17. Luigi Colani (1928)
Characteristic: the design must comply with the principles of nature law.

18. Masayuki Kurokawa(1937)
Characteristic: always focus on the life and sex, and also the origin of life.

19. Philippe Starck (1949)
Characteristic: use simplest curve to make the amazing shape.

20.  Kenya Hara (1958)
Characteristic: people don't necessarily have to be the pursuit of famous brand, but their way of life. So the product should back to the simple and nature.