"I decided on a course of development that would lead me from individual units to increasingly larger projects. For that reason, I first studied smaller objects- for example, chairs and smaller pieces of furniture...
In accordance with my programme of work, I proceeded from design to private homes."
Marcel Breuer to Ise Gropius March 1932
On our class filed trip to the Museum Of Design Atlanta to see the Marcel Breuer exhibit our charge was to experience the Theory of Minimalism through his work. I think that was successful.
In the video interview Breuer said that he "works upwards form the details to the whole". I found this statement quite profound in reference to interior design. That is what we do. The smaller details form the design of the interior. He spoke on the design of his chairs and furniture. When asked the question where he got his inspiration... he responded... a bicycle. As soon as he said that I could see it. The design of his furniture and a bicycle are both visible to us. Nothing about the structure is hidden. Reduced to their bones. He said design is a "question of function... not just size".
The last part of the exhibit included some wonderful scaled models of his architecture. In seeing the design of these buildings I could see another foundation of Breuer's Minimalist Theory... of interior and exterior harmony and that it is all designed to work together.
It was very interesting to see the Theory of Minimalism expressed in such a unified harmonious way.
Image: Taken by Heather Marcet
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