design-movements

# Design Movements

Every movement is a reaction. Understanding the chain of reactions helps you predict what comes next and choose directions intentionally.

## When to Use This Skill

- Choosing an aesthetic direction for a project
- Understanding why certain styles feel the way they do
- Connecting visual choices to cultural meaning
- Predicting trend cycles
- Avoiding accidental historical misuse

## The Lineage

```
Arts & Crafts (1850s) ─→ Art Nouveau (1890s) ─→ Art Deco (1920s)
                                                      │
                                                      ↓
                        Bauhaus (1919-33) ←────── Modernism
                              │
                              ↓
              Swiss International Style (1950s)
                              │
              ┌───────────────┼───────────────┐
              ↓               ↓               ↓
        Corporate         Psychedelic     Postmodernism
        Modernism         (1960s)         (1970s)
         (1960s)              │               │
              │               ↓               ↓
              │          Punk/New Wave   Memphis Group
              │           (1970s)         (1980s)
              │               │               │
              └───────────────┴───────────────┘
                              │
                              ↓
                    Grunge/Deconstructivism (1990s)
                              │
              ┌───────────────┼───────────────┐
              ↓               ↓               ↓
          Web 2.0        Flat Design    Contemporary
        Skeuomorphism     (2010s)       Eclecticism
         (2000s)              │          (2020s)
              │               │               ↑
              └───────────────┴───────────────┘
```

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## Movements in Depth

### Arts and Crafts (1850-1910)
**Origin**: England → Global
**Reaction To**: Industrial Revolution's dehumanizing mass production
**Core Belief**: Handcraft has moral