Modernist design- function before beauty
-If problem is solved perfectly, then that is where the beauty comes from
Rational design culture can change the world for good
-15th July 1972- Charles Jencks declares modernism is dead (Demolition of Pruitt-Igoe block, St Louis)
Helvetica- Gary Hustwit
Harry Beck 1933 underground
-Replicated all over (Massimo Vignelli 1972)
Art and culture against war and nationalism
Ad busters telling you the be 'left wing' could be same as adverts telling you to buy
-Like shadows on wall in cave
-Experiment Jetset
Bauhaus worked on democratising
-Nazi's shut it down because they don't believe in equality, believe Germany above all else
Paul Klee (1925) Pedagogical sketchbook
Wasily Kandinsky (1926) Point and line to plane
Gyorgy Kepes (1944) Language of Vision
Lazlo Moholy-Nagy (1947) Vision in Motion
Lupton (1988) Writing lessons: modern design theory
Marinetti F.T. (1909) Manifesto of Futurism
- Sided with Nazi's but still modernist- aggressive facism
Modernism not just about style- political consideration- What kind of world do you want?
Benjamin (1936) Communism responds by politicising art
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