InsufferableCynic
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Sorry for "this thread again"
I recently saw this twitter thread (>tfw using big tech) talking about minimalism in modern society, and how it's basically sucked the identity and soul out of everything
I have noticed an absolute plague of minimalist design in my city too, it really sucks to see everything is becoming an overly simplified hellhole with a lack of identity.
Personally I think they do it on purpose. Minimalist design is a form of propaganda. The message is clear: In much the same way as your city is designed to conform, not have an identity, and not express itself, you are expected to do the same thing. I definitely feel like they are trying to foster a mindset of compliance and foster an entire population to not have any sort of identity at all, that way they can easily be shaped into mindless consumers and worker drones. It's easy to mindlessly wander against a backdrop of identity-less stuff that simply exists, with no interaction whatsoever. Minimalism isn't just ugly and soulless, it's actively harmful and it needs to be stopped.
Personally I feel this is part of post-modernism expressing itself, which in itself is a form of propaganda. When every opinion is equally valid, why bother making anything good?
What are your thoughts on minimalism? Do you have any "favourite" infamous examples of minimalism going way too far?
I recently saw this twitter thread (>tfw using big tech) talking about minimalism in modern society, and how it's basically sucked the identity and soul out of everything
I have noticed an absolute plague of minimalist design in my city too, it really sucks to see everything is becoming an overly simplified hellhole with a lack of identity.
Personally I think they do it on purpose. Minimalist design is a form of propaganda. The message is clear: In much the same way as your city is designed to conform, not have an identity, and not express itself, you are expected to do the same thing. I definitely feel like they are trying to foster a mindset of compliance and foster an entire population to not have any sort of identity at all, that way they can easily be shaped into mindless consumers and worker drones. It's easy to mindlessly wander against a backdrop of identity-less stuff that simply exists, with no interaction whatsoever. Minimalism isn't just ugly and soulless, it's actively harmful and it needs to be stopped.
Personally I feel this is part of post-modernism expressing itself, which in itself is a form of propaganda. When every opinion is equally valid, why bother making anything good?
What are your thoughts on minimalism? Do you have any "favourite" infamous examples of minimalism going way too far?