... that marked the beginning of our obsession with mass production. This essay would chronicle the evolution of furniture of the past 70 years, beginning with the modern movement of the 1930s through post-modernism of the 1960s and concluding with the emergence of supermodernism in the 1990s with a focus on the influences of materials and new technology on industrial design. Modernism emerged in the 1930s, influenced by the Bauhaus design principles instituted by its founder, Walter Gropius. Stark, simple forms colored in the primary colors of red, blue and yellow were key elements in a time when Adolf Loos declared, "Ornament is crime". A component the Bauhaus design philosophy, the form must follow the dictates of function and industrial mechanization, was to become a fundamental tenet of the Modern Movement (Fiell 1991). The movement gained an even stronger foothold after the war, developing an architectural style that was to ...

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