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Vorsprung durch Technik: Michael Breuer’s B33

Vorsprung durch Technik: Michael Breuer’s B33

Update: 2014-08-26

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Emma Curtis, of the Design Museum, introduces the historical and ideological context of modernism in design. At the beginning of the 20th century new technology led to a growing optimism about the potential of design to change the world. One school, modernism, laid the foundation for machine-inspired design.

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Vorsprung durch Technik: Michael Breuer’s B33

Vorsprung durch Technik: Michael Breuer’s B33

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