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Post-Modernism/ Deconstruction 22 April 2023 During the time of the postmodernism movement, the west showed their support for Israel, therefore, the Middle east and Arab countries cut off the oil supply to the US and Western countries. Due to this decision, there was a global recession which affected people in many ways. Many consumers started to change their outlook on the economy and became "grab what you can get" mentality, which left modernism to stop progressing.  The colorful image above is a style that derived from post-modernism called "the Memphis Movement." This movement started from a design exhibition in Milan in 1981. The reason for the movement was to deconstruct the style of modernism and take away the strict boundaries and rules that were set in place. The inspiration for the Memphis movement was the popular are called "Pop Art" and the design style "Art Deco." As you can see from observing this image you can see that they wanted ...

 Modernism in America: Part 2 15 April 2023 The Style of Modernism has many different aspects to it including one of the most popular parts of the style called Mid-Century Modern. The style of Mid-Century modern has many famous trademarks and characteristics such as the asymmetrical profiles and the combination of outside and inside and how they are interwoven within the architecture. The picture above was a project done by Joseph Eichler. The characteristics are seen in this image relate to the Mid Century style because of the sloped roofs, the expanding walls of glass, and the combination of indoor and outdoor spaces.  The image above is an interior done by Joseph Eichler and an important characteristic seen in this image is the use of color. In Mid-Century Modern design there is a specific color scheme of mustard yellow, rust orange, gray, olive green, turquoise, ect. The colors seen in this interior space are rust orange in the walls and olive green and mustard yellow seen...

Modernism in America: Part 1 8 April 2023 Background: The Design style of modernism became well-known around the time of the early to mid 1900s after World War II. The countries with major ties to this style were mainly European countries such as France and Germany, these countries were also greatly effected by the World Wars which caused them to undergo major changes. After World War II Modernism became popular and the design style spread through books and journals which help get the style over to America. Another way modernism found its way to America was through the many designers that moved to the States after the war because of the new opportunities America had that Europe did not provide them due to the devastation left there after the war.  There were two ways modernism was approached, one way was before the war which was more idealistic and theoretical and post war modernism was more practical and applied.  The image pictured above is one of the works of who is known t...