Seminar: Style

style: a distinctive appearance, typically determined by the principles according to which something is designed. i.e. how you work

Dr Cornel West - his style is a fusion of many other styles
-hard to define style

Henry Miller - style for Miller is a fluid motion

'style is the mirror of an artist's sensibility - more so than the content of his work'
-Truman Capote 

style or content (completely separate)
-you can never act outside a style

Marcel Breuer (chair design) 1920
believed in 'purposeful construction of logical designed objects'
'styleless' 'logical problem solving'
he designs by redaction (removing all 'fluff')
manifestation and consideration of significances, rather than problem solving

antipathy - strong dislike

there can be no acting outside of style
for example; style is a container with things in them.
philosophical enquiry
-talking concepts and using them to drive enquiries
styles work on intensities - fade in and out
fusions and mutations.