Ornamentation and Crime Summary: In 1908, Adolf Loos, an Austrian architect, described in Ornament and Crime how ornamentation is not fitting for the modern world. He believes that we must remove ornamentation from functional objects for society to evolve. There are a...
Summaries Leaving Traces by Hilde Heynen With Modernism Hilde argues that the idea of the Home began to shift. People slowly did not want to live in a place of refuge, but rather a place that gently guided them to leave. With globalization on the rise people were...
Summaries Ornament and Crime The decoration and ornamentation of the body and other items in general, is seen as something extremely negative to the author. He makes it very clear how he feels about tattoos from the get-go. It’s made pretty apparent that those...
Summaries Ornament and Crime by Adolf Loose In this article, the author argues that ornamentation is no longer an expression of our culture. Nowadays, the society lacks an appreciation of ornamentation. From a moral concept and an economic view, the author mentions...
SUMMARIES Ornamentaion and Crime Loos describes how, in the modern age, the process of ornamentation stagnates the “evolution” of culture and society, and describes ornamentation as a crime. The foundation of his argument hinges on the idea that the world...
