About this deck
A 19th–century revolt against industrial ugliness. William Morris and John Ruskin held that beauty lived in the maker’s hand — in honest materials, visible joinery, and patterns drawn from nature. Key sections include: Arts & Crafts. The hand against the machine.; Art Nouveau. Lines as living things.; Bauhaus. Form follows function.; International Style. Neutrality as an ideal.; Mid-century Modern. Modernism, but warmer.; Memphis. Color and irony come back.; Pixel art. Hard limits, hard charm.; Skeuomorphism. Wood, leather, felt.; Flat design. Pixels stop pretending.; Neumorphism. Brutalist web. Glassmorphism..