Why do Beautiful Things Make us Happy - And Why Does Modernism Make us Sad?

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A recent exhibition at the MAK Vienna - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, is showcasing the works of Sagmeister & Walsh, a NYC-based design firm investigating what makes beauty so appealing.

Titled "Beauty," the exhibition explores the notion that beauty operates as an independent function, and that in itself, it can be the primary motive for architecture: form is a function. In collaboration with the YouTube channel and design studio Kurzgesagt (In A Nutshell), this video released along with the exhibition explains why beautiful things make us happy.

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Cite: Vasundhra Aggarwal. "Why do Beautiful Things Make us Happy - And Why Does Modernism Make us Sad?" 30 Nov 2018. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/906762/why-do-beautiful-things-make-us-happy-and-why-does-modernism-make-us-sad> ISSN 0719-8884

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为什么美让人愉悦,而现代主义让人悲伤?

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