Why is this discussion useful to my understanding of design?
Modernism was largely driven by a shortage of resources after WW1 and a strive the use in way that could “emphasis on volume, asymmetrical compositions, and minimal ornamentation”. (1)
A large area of design focus for this movement was on architecture and minimalising decoration with the idea that less is more.
A great example of modernism is the Sydney Opera House, this was a surprise to me as I presumed it was more art deco. The importance of understanding these design ideas and their values is why we have these readings. From this reading I now understand why these buildings are the way they are, some of my grandparents furniture is seemingly modernist in its design however made after modernism was really used as a design aesthetic, meaning even after the idea has died it can still influence the designs if today including my own current and future work.
(1) https://www.architecture.com/explore-architecture/modernism
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