Patina and Intimacy
Strongly disagree with the authors choice of conflating what they call high modernism with utilitarianism or lack of interest in aesthetics.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.>"Spatially, the minimalist and glossy-modernist trends have the unfortunate habit of moving toward a void"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.