Module 5 : Modern Art and Design
  Lecture 14 : Minimalist Home Appliances, Rococo Design, Conclusion
 

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; December 28, 2012)

Thus, the hugely successful trend of new found aesthetic beauty in minimalism has become strong tool for efficient, effective profitable manufacturing process. The philosophy of essential form and color attributed to a new inspiration not only in art for but also in Industrial Design. The Bauhaus became the cauldron of Neoplastic Art and Design philosophy.  It resulted in finding a new form of aesthetic beauty through ‘straight line’. Bauhaus created its impact on architecture to home appliance to poster design (plate 17A-17D). Naturally such philosophy greatly influenced the field of Industrial Design. The strength of minimalist design became the spirit of modern day lifestyle spanning from furniture, architecture, apparel design, dress design, to office design, etc. Hence, modern industrial product design would always be linked to its source of inspiration from Modern Art.