Week 4 Writing

After reading 'Ornament & Crime,' I would agree to Adolf Loos' statement about evolution being synonomous with taking away ornaments from objects. In a way, I would say it is obvious that efforts are wasted on objects that are likely to go out of style quickly, as Loos stated 'Those objects, without ornaments, which mankind created in earlier centurys, has carelessly been discarded and destroyed,' he is getting across to the point that when an object goes out of style, it loses its attraction and usefulness, which is when the object becomes discontinued.
As a result, ornaments have been useful for preventing objects from being discarded from mankind, and without these ornaments, the style tends to move on, which more objects being constantly produced during the eighteenth and nineteenth century. However, with the style rapidly moving on, ornaments lost their purpose, and were then regarded as wasted manpower and ideas due to the fact that a new object was completely focused on, leaving this previous object in the dust. So in regards to Adolf Loos' point of view, I would say he is well aware of the evolution of fashion and style, given the fact that this is still the case today.


Karl Nayeris' 1993 design of ornaments. Note these are rarely, if ever seen today