[Sigia-l] modernism (was "seeking rules")

[Julian Richards]

Eric Scheid wrote, with regards to "user-unfriendly" Modernist architecture:

"Are we heading for a similar plague of Modernism in HCI?"

Modernism in architectural design emerged precisely to address the needs of
working people: it was an
experiment in social transformation.

The modernist concept of "purist" rules that lead the architect always to
refine and simplify design, dispensing with ornamentation, is not that far
from the concept of "aesthetic and minimalist" interface design.