It strives to avoid a style. Designers emphasize asymmetry, straight lines, rectangles, and flat planes. Parts are arranged in a series of geometric shapes and forms usually with linear elements. Light and dark relationships are important. Machine aesthetic that focuses on functionality, simplicity, purity, anonymity, standardization, and flexibility or adjustability is a defining precept. Designers emphasize geometry to unify the whole of a building, interior, or piece of furniture. Other key characteristics are modern industrial materials such as tubular steel, primary colors, and no applied ornament.
