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Re:Graphic Designers Have Always Loved Minimalism. But at Wh... by egypturnash on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @03:06PM (#26879727)
I grew up in a city full of “unnecessary” ornament and spent a while in a city where everything was turning into absolutely brutalist 5-over-1 apartment blocks. That ornament does a lot to make the place feel welcoming and human.

Mood is a thing that design and ornamentation effects. It is a thing neglected by engineers and capitalists on the whole but it is important.

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Re:Graphic Designers Have Always Loved Minimalism. But at Wh... by scyzoryk_xyz on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @02:34AM (#26886082)
It all depends on the quality of the design and engineering. If you feel alienated and shitty in a place, then it probably wasn’t designed very well.

I don’t know where all the “capitalists” come in to the picture as that is a whole other matter.

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