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Ornament and Crime

Thoughts on Design and Materials

by Adolf Loos · 2019 · 352 pages

Rick Rubin
Rick Rubin
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About This Book

A collection of seminal essays by the pioneering modernist architect Adolf Loos. The title essay argues that the removal of ornament from utilitarian objects is a sign of cultural progress and economic necessity. These writings influenced the Bauhaus and the development of 20th-century functionalism.

Genres

PhilosophyHistoryCreativity & Design

Topics

AestheticsArchitectureDesign TheoryFunctionalismMinimalismModernismVienna Secession

Book Details

Published

2019

Pages

352

Language

de

ISBN

9780141392974

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