Transcript -- Vorsprung durch Technik: Michael Breuer’s B33 - a podcast by The Open University

Emma Curtis, of the Design Museum, introduces the historical and ideological context of modernism in design. At the beginning of the 20th century new technology led to a growing optimism about the potential of design to change the world. One school, modernism, laid the foundation for machine-inspired design.

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