Protomodernism

Australian designer Josef Hoffmann was great at minimal style.  He first came around during the arts and crafts movement.  He began to question the traditional style.  He helped lead the way to the Vienna Secession.  It was a movement that helped create a new style that was its own.  They hoped to show modernism at every level of society.  Architects from this time period embraced geometry and abstraction.  They also developed decorative style with curvilinear designs.  As the movement progressed, architects became very interested in planar and classical forms.  The Vienna Succession Movement was very important because it showed their rejection to historicism and combined modern design.

Today's Design

E.C. Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Ic8SF0qzA

Peer Reviews

Savannah: I really like how you described protomoderism as a rebellion. I also really liked your video about 20th century design, you really can see the protomoderism influence.

Somang: I really liked how you went into detail about both movements and talked about how protomodernism expanded from the arts and crafts movement.