Modernism: Design in a Nutshell (4/6)

Modernism was a far-reaching ideology applied across virtually all forms of creative expression. The general rule was that function should always dictate form. The approach celebrated mankind's intelligence, creativity and radical thinking, even if it sometimes verged on the absurd.

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[Aanaartu]

As a industrial design student, this is one of the more brilliantly made and compressed serie I've found from the whole internet!

[Hermit_Hollow]

sitting my design mock exam in a week and this series has been amazing as revision.

[madstagherd]

Hopefully we have a renaissance and actually start to build buildings that look attractive

[sune_]

Thank you Deped for making me have to watch a youtube video to answer the activity instead of writing a summary of the video on the book

[星星米]

in the early 20th century the war to end all wars didn't end war at all.
it stoked the fires of change.
a traumatized world was right for change，the world was ready for modernism.
modernists wanted to forget history ，or at least reinterpret it.
more than just a style，modernism applied to virtually all forms of creative expression.
innovative artists like Picasso，Asher Dali， they all started looking at their world differently.
other artists tried painting light itself .
these were the Impressionists.
Surrealists went a bit further.
we had entered the age of all these new modern ways of looking at the world blew people away.
when it came to architecture，modernists were intrigued by emerging technology.
concrete，glass and steel featured heavily in their buildings.
modernists believed that they could design a better society.
ornamental indulgence was considered a frivolous waste of effort.
the thought function should always dictate form and that mankind's intelligence，creativity and capability for radical thinking should be celebrated.
take the Russian inventor Georgii krutikov， he suggested an idea for a city held aloft by electrical currents.
this at a time when there was barely enough wattage to keep the lights on！ not everything they designed was a resounding success， but you could argue modernism was a single most influential movement of the 20th century.
from house music to housewares， tables and chairs to graphic design，all have been created by the aesthetics and ideas of modernism.
do you buy into modernism.

[kittybeek]

It looks good, but without captions I can't follow a word as I'm deaf. I expect an Institution like OU to provide them.

[plywoodtrees]

Modernist architecture places function above form.  Le Corbusier takes this to the point that "Houses are machines for living in", or in other words, are mass produced and efficiently designed.  Sadly, the days of modernism have passed.

[doppio]

ent you Who's Here Because Of Their DT Teacher sent you

[chriskappert]

Less is more, untill nothing is left .
Arts & Crafts Movement forever !

[Alakarin]

Great video but I'm personally not a fan of modernism as whole, especially in buildings and furniture.

[gregoryerickson]

I've always preferred the classics.

[BijanIzadi]

I like the phrasing at the end hahaaaa
Thats only what it looks like though, "buying into it"
Its so primitive and simple that it works

[jackyinhere]

Aren't both the terms same?
Please explain if I am wrong.

[modykawasaki]

How is the graphic design of this presentation called? I mean, It's quite popular these days: slightly bleak, pastel colours, simple drawings etc. Does anyone know?

[The_Gallowglass]

Parking garages would be so much cooler if they added hanging gardens to them. More art and more nature to temper modernism.

[DKolha]

the same chair is used representing bauhaus and now in modernism... ??

[yousra]

what year did Modernism Movement begin?

[Ganpignanus]

Nicely summarized. I hate modernism though :)

[larrote]

this video seems to describe the modernists as if they were post-modernists

[brandonrandall]

THE complete Abesence of that which himan