WSR Interview with Harry Bertoia NewsCast.

--Harry Bertoia

WSR NewsCast

“If you look at these chairs, they are mainly made of air, like sculpture. Space passes right through them.” 

-Harry Bertoia 

 Saade:  “ I am here with Harry Bertoia”. The Artist, and The Philosopher, “Hello Art History class of Stevenson University my name is Saade J. Matthews I am a Visual Arts and Communication and Design student. I am joined here with Mr. Harry Bertoia, 

“Did I pronounce that correct Mr. Bertoia?”

Harry Bertoia:

“Yes, you pronounced that corrected you have a nice autentico pronunciation.

 Saade:

” Thank you so much!” I am used to speaking some French and Spanish but noone has ever said that I had a nice Italian accent before. grazie mille”!

Saade: 

” I spoke with your daughter, Lesta and son Val, this morning the two stated you were visiting back in your hometown of San Lorenzo, Friull Italy?…How are you today on this misty but beautiful morning? 

“Harry Bertoia:”

 I am great today, thank you very much, Saade!”.

Saade:

“Mr. Bertoia  What professional background do you profess to be to the world”?

Harry Bertoia:

” Nice Question I profess to be a , Printmaker, Jeweler, furniture designer and Sculptor as well as Philosopher.”

Saade:

  Mr. Bertoia that is a very inspirational to all artistic students Mr. Bertoia, ” How much strength in your design process did you build when Knoll introduced The Bertoia Diamond chair series in 1952?

 

Harry Bertoia:

  I gained a lot of momentum and strength from when I introduced my first chair. I made sure all the live production was done for the Items. I remember setting up my shop in a old fume escaping and inhaling garage building.”

Saade:

 Mr. Bertoia, I commend you on your work that you have done with the Diamond chair. Does it feel amazing to have several of your work chairs completed designs for Knolls?

Mr. Bertoia:

Yes, Miss. Matthews he compensated me very generously and my work was very popular and part of the ” modern” furniture movement. I was able to purchase my dream farmhouse I was renting to become a owner of a house!

Saade:

 “Mr. Bertoia, I want to also congratulate you on your first architectural sculpture commission that you earned in 1953 for the Motors Technical Center, thanks to your fellow designer  Cranbook pal Eero Saarinen. It made its debut placed on the altar in the Boston, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chapel shortly after you earned your commission in 1953, that is a foreshadowing of amazing strength and perseverance.”

Saade:

“What do you think was one of your weakness from your successful lifestyle?”

Mr. Bertoia:

Saade, I think one of my weaknesses from my lifestyle was spending a lot of time around materials of beryllium copper and toxic fumes, I think that contributed to my lung cancer that will not expel out of my body.”

Saade:

“Mr Bertoia what do you think was a Opportunity  that you had in your life to become so successful as a Printmaker, Jeweler, furniture Designer, Sculptor as well as Philosopher?”

Mr. Bertoia: ” That’s another great question, Saade, as a Italian born American. I came to the great United States of America searching for the American dream, where I can image my future and design my career like the motto that you use as a Wild Stang at Stevenson University. I wanted to live my dream to become a painter as well as design brides wedding day linen and  embroidery patterns. I wanted to use my opportunity to gather scholarship money from The Art School of Detroit to enrich my paint and drawing skills to enter local art competitions. America was my place to grow! Home of the free land of brave souls.”

Saade:

“What was a threat that you encountered throughout your career as a sculptor, jeweler, and print maker designer”?

Mr. Bertoia:

 “Saade, I encountered a threat of getting lung cancer, not spending time to maintain my chickens and cows and goats around my farm house. I also haven’t had time to teach other students, Negro or Caucasian the proper ascetics they need to have a better understanding on how to embroidery print and market themselves in America.”

Saade:

“Amazing statement Mr. Bertoia, it was a pleasure to meet you and speak to your daughter Lessa I know you were influenced by your mentors  Florence Shust ( Knolls), Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen.Thank you for doing a news-broadcast for the WildStang radio here at Stevenson University Grazie Mille! Very nice to meet you, the artist and philosopher Harry Bertoia.”

Mr. Bertoia: 

“ Nice to meet you as well, lovely lady Saade, best wishes to you young astute, successful lad”.

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Analyzing Atomic Style Design

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Imagery Design forces are a images that are portrayed in a household through furniture and paintings.People consume products that are based upon their upbringing and cultural contributions. Atomic elements are also constructed in geometric shapes and there uses for elements red,cyan, and yellow elements also oval spaces,  lines and from my observation shapes are an inch away example of the plate located away for lines on each other. The directions of the shapes from atomic Style are very much in the principle of shape being of positive imagery. The texture of the oak wood is very rough, organic and not smooth in  Imagery Design as shown above in the picture of the cat with  inside the red briefcase example. Product designers can use  methods to compare differences between their original designs and the new green modules. Product Designer perform necessary design modifications to make  the design appeal to the consumer.A table lamp and a motor are used as case study examples to show the effectiveness of the atomic-theory-based green product design method. Atomic Design was a protection against radiation. Lava lamps were invented as well as computers were all sources of effective design from the Cold War era.  Pyrex was advertised in color mainly red, green, blue and yellow.Chef Boyaardee was founded by Ettore ” Hector”.To produce during War War 2 to shield from problems going on over seas in the Cold War from Germany. I gained a handful of information researching these topics of design.

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March D Center Presentation Talk for March 4th

Bellow is a beautiful example of a Lota pot.This beautiful pot below is full of gorgeous etchings.

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Lota Pot

The India Report and March speakers approaches  have in common  the fact that they have a strong desire for being motivated when it comes to  working.  The India report stated that  In each person’s mind you should  never become lazy in what you have to do to advance your life. And to think about the life of your loved ones. In everything you do you should be centered on a focused  and in thought or action in which you enjoy. While doing work you should  let go of anxiety and stay calm and make your work stand out. The information that I learned from reading the design culture India Report, was to make your design your own and have fun while you are making your design. I  learned from the D Talks that you can make design anywhere you want to with groups out on the street or in murals on a building like in Downtown Baltimore. It is  also great to have a support group that is helping you out throughout your design adventures.  The D Talks  was very helpful in getting an understanding of how you have to have grants and permits to take you to get a good amount of funding from your community to put on such art works at theater. It’s fun to start in small groups as well when creating theater. Getting  funding for different art theater programs would be a plus as well! I feel like I learned a great amount from reading the India report and its wonderful to see the different funding and opportunities that India Design companies are implementing as well. Theater in Arts in Baltimore as well is looking to be advanced.  I am looking forward to the next D. Talk and to go to one of the Single Carrot Theatre plays. I got more information about the shows after the talks.

Inventions that Challenged Social Behaviors 1925-1959

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1925 Leica A Camera

Leica A Camera The first popular 35-mm film camera. Form has remained a standard for digital age. The Leica A’s optics even retracted into the body when the camera was not in use, just like today’s compact shooters. It created a revolutionaized in photography in 1925. It offered a undreamed of freedom in artistic photography.

1929 Sunglasses

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In 1929, Sam Foster, founder of the Foster Grant company sold the first pair of Foster Grant sunglasses on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, NJ. By 1930, sunglasses were all the rage. Trademark: Trademark filed November 3, 1959.  Sunglasses are visual aids which feature lenses that are colored or darkended or polarizing lenses to protect the eye from the sun’s glare.The popularity of sunglasses is really a twentieth-century phenomenon. And in America, the military, which played a role in the development of sunscreens, also was at the forefront of sunglass

1935 Anglepoise Original 1227 Task Light

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The ability to adapt to human whims, it has a ease of use, it is a rigid but flexable spring and lever.Lever mechanism created by George Cardwardine developed while designing car suspenstions. The Anglepoise can adjust to any angle you demand. And its industrial looking anthropomorphic at once.

1945 Interlocking Blocks

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Interlocking blocks, created by Englishman Hilary Fisher Page, were colored plastic bricks with studs on the top.Throughout the early and mid-1930’s he experimented with molding plastic toys, His partners, however, felt that plastics were simply too risky for the company, Especially one already in a difficult financial position and they persuaded him to form a new company for his experiments – British Plastic Toys Ltd.

1950 Pace Maker

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The pacemaker was invented by the Canadian John Hopps in 1950. John Hopps research as an electrical engineer discovered He was working with radio frequencies and how it can be used to bring up body temperature. It was then he learned that a heart that stops due to cooling can be restarted.The way to do it was with mechanical or electrical methods. This discovery helped him conceive of the pacemaker. His creation in 1950 though, could not be fitted in the body; it was the external type. In 1957, Earl Bakken of Minnesota invented a wearable pacemaker.This device was capable of modifying the pacing heart rate. It was linked to the skin via electrodes. This in turn was connected to the myocardium.In 1958 an implantable cardiac pacemaker was created in Karolinska University in Sweden. The pacemaker used was created by Rune Elmqvist. The first recipient of an implantable pacemaker was Arne Larson. He received a total of 26 pacemakers in his life before dying in 2001 at the age of 86.

1959 Invention of the Barbie Doll

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Invention of BarbieThe first Barbie doll character was a teenage fashion model called Barbie Millicent Roberts. The doll  has since had more than 125 different characters including a doctor, astronaut, businesswoman, police officer,  and athlete. Barbie has holds  the title of the most popular fashion doll ever created.  One of the most famous toys in American history, the Barbie doll is a example in the toy chests of little girls everywhere. Along with co-founding the renowned toy company Mattel, woman inventor Ruth Handler also designed the doll that would become an American cultural icon.While watching her daughter play with paper dolls.

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1939 First Electric Guitar 

The first electric guitar to have commercial success was the Rickenbacker “Frying Pan” in 1932, a model played on the musician’s lap. At first, since it sounded nothing like an acoustic, this guitar took a while to be embraced. At that time, other people were experimenting with the idea of a new variation on the electric guitar. One step in this direction was Les Paul’s guitar, constructed on a piece of pine, called “The Log.” The development of the solid-body electric guitar was a major development. In 1950, Leo Fender developed such a guitar for mass production. Next, Gibson unveiled its own solid-body electric guitar. From the 1950s onward, rock musicians made Gibson, Les Paul, Fender and Rickenbacker became famous.

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