đź’ˇ on beauty
What makes something beautiful? — Schiller & Architecture
youtube.comBeauty: The appearance of freedom. Form determining matter (not matter determining form).
“It has become self-evident that it can no longer be a question of developing beauty from function alone, but we demand beauty as equal to function, that [beauty] be equally a function.” —Max Bill
The beauty of something well-made and made well.
We're living through a Great Flattening.
It seems like every company has adopted the same values, the same mission statements, and the same style of visual branding. Just look at logo design. It's become flat, bland, sterile, drab, and timid.
Architecture is suffering from the same kind of... See more
David Perellx.comWhat we've gained in productivity, we've lost in soul and spirit.
Of all psychology’s sins, the most mortal is its neglect of beauty. There is, after all, something quite beautiful about a life. But you would not think so from reading psychology books.
James Hillman • The Soul's Code
If you want to understand a society, don’t listen to what it says about itself — look at what it creates. You can learn everything about the Victorians — the good and the bad — just by looking at their lamp posts.
And what do the ordinary details of the modern world say about us? That we are technologically advanced, very efficient... and care more... See more
And what do the ordinary details of the modern world say about us? That we are technologically advanced, very efficient... and care more... See more
How Did The World Get So Ugly?
It’s difficult to conceive of art that is more pure than this, though. Functional art that touches a person’s soul whenever they use it. Art that beautifies the everyday.
- The Way of Handmade Things by jemariel
Craft Is the Antidote to Slop
"The devil’s oldest strategy is, of course, promising godlike creation without godlike effort." https://t.co/3LMU326wSe
The devil’s oldest strategy is, of course, promising godlike creation without godlike effort.
