미학적 해석을 통한 근대 가구디자인의 기능미에 관한 연구

A Study on the Functional Beauty of Modern Furniture Design through Aesthetic Interpretation: Focusing on the functionalist chair design of the 1920s

In the modernist design initiated by functionalism, function has an inseparable relationship in dialectical unification, not as an alternative term between aesthetics and functionality. Function is a central concept in the identity of design, and it is necessary to redefine the concept of function from an aesthetic point of view in that it is an object of multilayered and contextual discourse beyond usefulness and practicality. Prior to the analysis, we reviewed the concept of functions discussed in architectural discourse through literature research, and reviewed sociological discussions that examined the appearance of objects changing through the process of modernization in terms of semiotics. Subsequently, we analyzed how the concept of function has been accepted and expanded in the background of modernist design, focusing on representative examples of modernist chair design in the 1920s. Through this, we reached the conclusion that the concept of function in design extends to aesthetic objects such as visualizing visions, revealing the logic between materials and forms, and acting as social values that imply change. The functional form of modernist design is expanded to aesthetic objects that secure the beauty of suitability and interact with the user's senses by revealing functional images such as usefulness and convenience. And in this context, function no longer means a technical mechanism, but rather has conceptual symbolism. Functionalist design originated from the concept of functional beauty, but it resulted in a direction that followed the aesthetics of function. In order to establish an aesthetic perspective of design, this study attempted to reinterpret and expand the concept of functions inherent in design, starting with interpretation of functions. Based on this, a follow-up study can be conducted to examine the genealogy of functional aesthetics, starting with early modernism and leading to the design of mid-to-late modernism chairs.