Bio 5
Eileen Gray has very few architectural works and she hasn’t the persistent pursuit of quantity. Her attitude towards design is to follow her inner thoughts in each work. The most famous is her first architectural work called E-1027. The house was located on the coastline of southern France. The building E-1027 sounds like a cold machine number, but in fact, it’s full of Gray’s feelings. She turned her relationship with Bardovic into a set of simplified numbers: “E” stands for “Irene”. “10” and “2” represent the position of Bardovic’s acronym in the alphabet. “7” is the “G” representing Gray, and E1027 represents Gray hugged Badovic tightly. The unique location itself brings a unique view to this building, and the interior decoration created by Gray herself adds to the brilliance of this building. Gray said: “The sense of poverty in modern architecture stems from our shrinking pursuit of sensibility.” She believes that the house is a living organism and an extension of the human experience. “It is not a question of establishing beautiful lines, and the formula doesn’t help. People-oriented is important.” Irene Gray has maintained a passion for creating new things throughout her life. Her independent and strong personality has given her the courage to create new things. Gray isn’t limited to a certain design field, breaking the boundaries of design types. The design works are between decorative and modernism. With her keen artistic insight, Gray has grasped the mainstream design of the times and is worthy of being the greatest female designer of the 20th century.
As a student in art school, I really like everyone who has an attitude towards life. I also think that only those who love life can design good objects. The essence of loving design is loving life because the meaning of design is to discover and create the beauty of life; only if there is a pair of eyes that love life, there will be a pair of beautiful hands drawn, love life, and then love design.
The significance of design is that it is an important way to enhance our lives, it is also an important way for us to gain a sense of happiness, and at the same time it is to enhance a quality lifestyle. Good design will improve the quality of life. The design also reflects humanistic care through detailed processing and changes. Many excellent designs are produced to solve the problems of most people in daily life. In the process of problem-solving, that is, in the process of design, the values and spirits that humans can feel together are produced, and The touch caused by this is the most attractive part of the design. It’s like the E-1027 bedside table – now one of Gray’s most reproduced designs – could be pivoted and its height easily changed. Her reason is she wanted guests to eat toast in bed without worrying about getting crumbs in the sheets.
bibliography
“The Sordid Saga of Eileen Gray’s Iconic E-1027 House”/ Jason Sayer/September 12, 2018/ https://www.metropolismag.com/architecture/e1027-villa-eileen-gray-crowdfund-preservation/
“Eileen Gray: an architect and designer you should know”/By Michelle Doyle/Published 2 March 2020/ https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/eileen-gray-architect-designer
“Eileen Gray, an Architect Ahead of Her Time, Reclaims the Spotlight”/Lydia Pyne/July 10, 2020/https://hyperallergic.com/576021/eileen-gray-bard-graduate-center/
