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A Century of Creative Revolutions<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n\n
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\n From the Constructivist revolution to design thinking algorithms, the history of international design reveals humanity’s extraordinary capacity to perpetually reinvent our daily environment. Each movement is born from a vision of the world, a social utopia, a technical innovation that transforms our relationship with objects and spaces.\n <\/p>\n

\n In every curve of an Eames chair, every line of an iPhone, every pixel of an interface, resonate the dreams of generations of visionary creators. From Bauhaus to Silicon Valley studios, from Japanese minimalism to postmodern exuberance, design forges our collective identity and draws the contours of the future.\n <\/p>\n\n

\n “Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”<\/em>\n \u2014 Steve Jobs<\/span>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Big Design History<\/h2>\n

A century of international creative revolutions<\/p>\n \n

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1915<\/div>\n \n

Constructivism<\/h3>\n 1915-1930<\/span>\n

The Russian revolutionary avant-garde<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n

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1917<\/div>\n \n

De Stijl<\/h3>\n 1917-1931<\/span>\n

Dutch geometric abstraction<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n

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1919<\/div>\n \n

Bauhaus<\/h3>\n 1919-1933<\/span>\n

The German modern revolution<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n

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1925<\/div>\n \n

Art Deco<\/h3>\n 1925-1940<\/span>\n

Global geometric elegance<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n

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1930<\/div>\n \n

Streamline Moderne<\/h3>\n 1930-1950<\/span>\n

American aerodynamism<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n

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1932<\/div>\n \n

Cranbrook School<\/h3>\n 1932-1970<\/span>\n

The American laboratory<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n

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1940<\/div>\n \n

Scandinavian Design<\/h3>\n 1940-1970<\/span>\n

Nordic beauty<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n

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1945<\/div>\n \n

Mid-Century Modern<\/h3>\n 1945-1965<\/span>\n

The American golden age<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n

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1950<\/div>\n \n

Good Design<\/h3>\n 1950-1960<\/span>\n

Democratic aesthetics<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n

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1952<\/div>\n \n

Italian Design<\/h3>\n 1950-1980<\/span>\n

Creative dolce vita<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n

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1953<\/div>\n \n

Ulm School<\/h3>\n 1953-1968<\/span>\n

Bauhaus’s heir<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n

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1960<\/div>\n \n

Pop Design<\/h3>\n 1960-1970<\/span>\n

The colorful revolution<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n

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1965<\/div>\n \n

Radical Design<\/h3>\n 1960-1975<\/span>\n

Italian anti-design<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n

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1970<\/div>\n \n

High-Tech<\/h3>\n 1970-1990<\/span>\n

The technological era<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n

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1980<\/div>\n \n

Postmodernism<\/h3>\n 1980-2000<\/span>\n

Embraced eclecticism<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n

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1981<\/div>\n \n

Memphis Group<\/h3>\n 1981-1987<\/span>\n

The postmodern explosion<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n

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1990<\/div>\n \n

Minimalism<\/h3>\n 1990-2010<\/span>\n

Global less is more<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n

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1995<\/div>\n \n

Digital Design<\/h3>\n 1990-2025<\/span>\n

The age of interfaces<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n

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2000<\/div>\n \n

Eco-Design<\/h3>\n 2000-2025<\/span>\n

Environmental consciousness<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n

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2005<\/div>\n \n

Design Thinking<\/h3>\n 2000-2025<\/span>\n

The revolutionary method<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n

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2010<\/div>\n \n

Global Design<\/h3>\n 2010-2025<\/span>\n

Creative globalization<\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n

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Click on a movement to discover its history<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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Constructivism<\/h2>\n
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The Russian revolutionary avant-garde<\/h3>\n

\n Born from the Russian Revolution, Constructivism redefined art and design as instruments for social transformation. Vladimir Tatlin, Alexander Rodchenko and El Lissitzky put geometry, industrial materials and function at the heart of creation.\n <\/p>\n

\n Russian Constructivism (1915\u20131930) \u2192<\/a>\n <\/div>\n
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