- Jun 2023
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designobserver.com designobserver.com
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Indeed the mainstream embraces almost anything edgy; although once the label is applied it is no longer on the edge.
Once a movement becomes mainstream it's no longer sortout by the masses.
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emergence of other confrontational art and design movements, including Punk and Grunge, sought to unhinge dominant methods and mannerisms, but were ultimately absorbed into the mass culture.
This is an example of underground turned mainstream.
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Despite its anti-establishment symbolism, Cubistic, Futuristic and Expressionistic veneers, he argued, would capture consumers’ attention better than a hundred slogans.
The rawness of the avant-garde's talent connects to the public better than a structured sortout slogan. It speaks the language of the public.
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Yet when an intrepid commercial artist attempted to push the boundaries of design, they had to be cognizant of what industrial designer Raymond Loewy called MAYA (Most Advanced Yet Acceptable).
Basically the underground talent is too raw to be publicized on its own so it needs to be watered down to be acceptable to become mainstream.
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- Oct 2021
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designopendata.files.wordpress.com designopendata.files.wordpress.com
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dichotomous
1: dividing into two parts
2: relating to, involving, or proceeding from dichotomy the plant's dichotomous branching a dichotomous approach can't be split into dichotomous categories
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Yet most companies neglect design as a strategy tool. What they don’t realize is that design can enhance products, environments, communi-cations, and corporate identity.”
This is true because a Designer can communicate one's ideas in a clear and sensible way. Companies need design in order to get as many people to associate themselves with them.
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maelstrom
1: a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius tried to shoot the canoe across a stretch of treacherous maelstrom — Harper's
2: something resembling a maelstrom in turbulence the maelstrom enveloping the country a maelstrom of emotions
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