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GEOMETRIC MODERN (HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE, FURNITURE), 1930s - 1960s, ideas…
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- ideas of Bauhaus + International Style
- functionalism, geometric forms, little applied decoration, new materials & technologies, simplicity
- U.S. industries convert from war to civilian production + build upon technology, speed of production, + new materials
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- Japan recovers from WWII = becomes industrial power & design force - embraces modernism
- Postwar - U.S. becomes leader in modernism
- Congres Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne (CIAM)
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- 1950s - high-style Modern architecture changes - postwar architects & designers explore new theories
- 1960s - excitement is craved = Modernism fades out
- The United States - creating images as a new world power & leader of industry; didn't have much damage after war = different focus (other countries had to rebuild it's cities)
- how to use industrial techniques quickly + effectively to produce well-designed goods + architecture
- MOMA holds design competitions
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Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill
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