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Beautiful, boring, and without soul

UX Collective Typography What could be more important in life than how you make people feel? Written by Steyn Viljoen Some time ago I found myself strolling through a quiet, less touristy place in London. In typical style, it was overcast and gloomy but not raining.

“When we are deprived of green, of plants, of trees, most of us (though evidently not all of us) succumb to a demoralization of spirit which we usually blame on some psychological or neurochemical malady, until one day we find ourselves in a garden or park or countryside and feel the oppression vanish as if by magic.” ➪ Robert Harrison “…the architect of Versailles (André Le Nôtre) seems to have first sent in an army of human bulldozers to clear away whatever grew here, reducing the grounds to a flat, empty plane on which to project the master design. Le Corbusier was one of the most influential architects of the 20th century, and his ideas and designs significantly contributed to the development of the International Style, which emphasised simplicity, functionality, and the use of modern materials like steel and reinforced concrete.

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