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“Russel Wright was the most responsible for the shift in taste toward modern in the late 1930s.”

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George Nelson was an American designer renowned for his modern furniture designs in the mid-20th century. His work is characterized by simplicity, functionality, and a focus on practicality, which has had a profound impact on modern interior design. more

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“What is the crowning glory of your civilization... the symbol as clear a statement as the pyramids, the Parthenon, the cathedrals? What is this symbol? What is its name? Its name is Junk. Junk is the rusty, lovely, brilliant symbol of the dying years of your time. Junk is your ultimate landscape.”

Years Names Clear Dying Civilization Glory Ultimate Brilliant Lovely Statements Symbols Landscape Junk Pyramids Cathedrals Parthenon Crowning Glory

Author:George Nelson

“You don't think your way to creative work. You work your way to creative thinking.”

Thinking Way Creative Creative Work Creative Thinking

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“No design can exist in isolation. It is always related, sometimes in very complex ways, to an entire constellation of influencing situations and attitudes. What we call a good design is one which achieves integrity – that is, unity or wholeness – in balanced relation to its environment.”

“Everything is sculpture. Any material, any idea without hindrance born into space, I consider sculpture.”

Ideas Born Space Materials Sculpture Hindrance

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Source: A sculptor's world

“For me it is the direct contact of artist to material which is original, and it is the earth and his contact to it which will free him of the artificiality of the present and his dependence on industrial products.”

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“We borrow from nature the space upon which we build.”

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“If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.”

People Ifs Giving Architecture Nothingness Pondering

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“I think architecture becomes interesting when it has a double character, that is, when it is as simple as possible but, at the same time as complex as possible”

Thinking Character Simple Interesting Complexes Architecture

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“I create enclosed spaces mainly by means of thick concrete walls. The primary reason is to create a place for the individual, a zone for oneself within society. When the external factors of a city's environment require the wall to be without openings, the interior must be especially full and satisfying.”

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“No matter how advanced society becomes, institutionally or technologically, a house in which nature can be sensed represents for me the ideal environment in which to live. From a functional viewpoint, the courtyard of the Rowhouse in Sumiyoshi forces the inhabitant to endure the occasional hardships. At the same time, however, the open courtyard is capable of becoming the house's vital organ, introducing the everyday life and assimilating precious stimuli such as changes in nature.”

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