The Sources of Modern Architecture and Design

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Advantage of Backwardness: The Effect of Industrialisation on European Modern Design Movement

“…John Ruskin, for instance, had depreciated industrial products in The Seven Lamps of Architecture (Ruskin, 2012). William Morris did not only regard industrial manufacture system as evil (Pevsner, 1985) but also felt disgust for industrial metropolis. He looked upon London as a city with unqualified buildings and a mass of swindlers and slaves (Pevsner, 1985).…”

“…William Morris did not only regard industrial manufacture system as evil (Pevsner, 1985) but also felt disgust for industrial metropolis. He looked upon London as a city with unqualified buildings and a mass of swindlers and slaves (Pevsner, 1985). Similarly, the designers of Art Nouveau insisted on seeking natural forms of decoration (Pevsner, 2005).…”

“…Similarly, the designers of Art Nouveau insisted on seeking natural forms of decoration (Pevsner, 2005). They made it even more romantic, believed in handicrafts, and rejected industrialisation at the same level (Pevsner, 1985). The negative attitude was also caused by another factor.…”

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“…John Ruskin, for instance, had depreciated industrial products in The Seven Lamps of Architecture (Ruskin, 2012). William Morris did not only regard industrial manufacture system as evil (Pevsner, 1985) but also felt disgust for industrial metropolis. He looked upon London as a city with unqualified buildings and a mass of swindlers and slaves (Pevsner, 1985).…”

7 Design, Assemblage and Functionality

“…Design cannot be defined by showing a chair by Eero Saarinen or Charles and Ray Eames, but rather the differences that animate it above and beyond craftsmanship and the simple technical production series of industrial premises should be taken into account. Classical history of industrial design, such as Nikolaus Pevsner can recapitulate it, is not interesting to identify an absolute historical origin of design but to understand what constitutes the emergence of this discipline: by identifying architecture and design, in The Sources of Modern Architecture and Design, Pevsner points to the fact that any artefact is related to the issue of dwelling (Pevsner 1968). We do not only dwell amongst houses, but also amongst pens, tables, roads or clothes.…”