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A. The iconic red Valentine portable typewriter, designed by Ettore Sottsass was inspired by which art movement?

1. Minimalism

2. Art Deco

3. Arts and Craft

4. Pop

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B. Which among these was not a core member of ‘Die Weiße Rose’ (The White Rose)?

1. Sophie Scholl

2. Otl Aicher

3. Hans Scholl

4. Max Bill

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C. “Technology might not need art, but art certainly needed technology”, said the famous German Architect _______?

1. Walter Gropius

2. Adolf Loos

3. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

4. Peter Behrens

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D. In the 1920s and 30s, the public interest in book design was rekindled due to the efforts of William A. Dwiggins. What else is he known for?

1. Coining the term ‘ Design’

2. Coining the term ‘ Graphic Design’

3. Coining the term ‘ Typography’

4. All of the above

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E. Who coined the term Universal Design so as to make buildings, products & environments accessible to all?

1. Frank Lloyd Wright

2. Charles Eames

3. Ronald Mace

4. Walter Gropius

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F. Prof. Sudhakar Nadkarni has not been a part of the following design schools?

1. IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay

2. Ulm School of design, Germany

3. Bauhaus School of design

4. National Institute of Design, Paldi, Ahmedabad

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G. The sharp witty discourse in the book Design for the Real World: Human Ecology and Social Change laid the foundations for humanitarian design. Who wrote it?

1. Otto Wagner

2. Victor Papanek

3. Herbert Bayer

4. Adolf Loos

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H. The London Underground Diagram, a 20th-century design classic, created by Harry Beck resembled simple and comprehensible circuit diagrams. His background as an _______ greatly helped him.

1. Aeronautical Draftsman

2. Electrical Draftsman

3. Engineer

4. Architectural Draftsman

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