Design and Architecture – Modern Architecture and Post…

Design and Architecture of the 20th Century: Late Modernism Late Modernism was the ideological dam of modernism bursting, and the metaphorical river diverged into many tributaries of coexistent styles. The technological advances of the 60s, and particularly the 70s led to much speculation …

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Design and Architecture – The Post-war Era

Design and Architecture of the 20th Century: Mid-Century Madness The Second World War had a major impact on the field of architecture. For one, it destroyed previous socioeconomic orders, and the horrific use of technology to commit so many heinous atrocities undermined its central positio…

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Design and Architecture – Modernism

Design and Architecture of the 20th Century: Birth of Modernism What is commonly referred to as Modernity in the fields of philosophy and sociology can basically be summed up as lots of new science coupled with angst. The science included ideas such as evolution and new fields such as psyc…

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The concept of Brutalist architecture

SOS Brutalism, save the Concrete Monsters! …what characterises the New Brutalism…is precisely its brutality, its je-m’en-foutisme, its bloody-mindedness Reyner Banham, 1955 Its oversized thickness makes holding the newly released Concept Concrete feel like you’ve got an actual brick i…

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The non-humanoid world of the Birrin

Too often, science fiction depicts somewhat unimaginative humanoid aliens who sometimes even look like slightly different humans. It is understandable, really. human-centric view of the world leads many of us to imagine that intelligent life in the universe would be at least somewhat like us…

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The Mystery of Belief

The man who is admired for the ingenuity of his larceny is almost always rediscovering some earlier form of fraud. The basic forms are all known, have all been practiced… John Kenneth Galbraith, The Age of Uncertainty Many of nowadays' computer-savvy crooks have taken their cue fro…

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100 Beste Plakate 2020

The association 100 Beste Plakate (transl. 100 Best Posters) e.V. is an interest group for graphics, design and the graphic arts in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The association was founded with the aim of promoting, awarding and strengthening the public awareness of the high design qua…

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