Patina and Intimacy
Strongly disagree with the authors choice of conflating what they call high modernism with utilitarianism or lack of interest in aesthetics.<p>Personally this cozy, homely, "clay pot on the floor", pastoralism does nothing for me. I'm a big fan of industrial design and I don't think characterizing it as 'low-maintenance', even though it may be that as well, does it justice.<p><i>>"Spatially, the minimalist and glossy-modernist trends have the unfortunate habit of moving toward a void</i>"<p>What's wrong with voids for example? One of the  most interesting design choices that I came across recently were the designs in Denis Villeneuve's Dune that he made for the interiors. Very empty, but also very awe inspiring.