So I came up with this while talking to a friend and immediately discarded it but the idea was still kinda funny to me.
People who grow up in chaotic households and dislike it/ calm households and like it tend to prefer minimalist aesthetics and design. Meanwhile people who grow up in calm households and dislike it/ chaotic households and like it tend to prefer maximalist aesthetics and design.
Yes it’s stupid and reductive and probably not even a factor in taste. Infact people prefer one or the other style in different aspects too for eg minimalist clothing and maximalist interior design. And tastes change over time too, nevertheless smth about this idea just tickles my brain.
My home growing up was calm but maximalist. Tchotkis everywhere. Bookshelves wherever there weren’t windows. Jars of baby teeth, framed photos, every art project we kids ever did, family heirlooms in glass cases. But it was always quiet and clean and safe.
Your parents were superheroes
Here’s my poorly thought out take:
I feel like the minimalism of the 1980s and 90s is a reaction against the chaotic aesthetic of the 60s and 70s. The maximalist aesthetic of the present is due to the popularity of the Harry Potter movies.
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Too much credit to hp there. But lolking at it as how society reacts is good, post ww1 the germans started the bauhaus movement so societal patterns can probably fall into this for sure
I actually see your theory as having truth to it. Not so much minimalism but systemicism (for a lack of a better word) which includes minimalism. I insert systemicism in a lot of what I do because I’ve seen people try to operate by a lack of protocol and fail miserably. I probably talk about systemicism enough that my Twitter profile can be taken as a lowkey manifesto for it.
(Well I almost honored my New Year’s resolution of going a whole year without inventing a neologism)
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