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The curriculum, read.

Each topic of design history becomes an immersive essay that teaches its principle by showing you the evidence.

Topic 01Functional Minimalism
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Topic 01
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Less, but better.

Rams’s Braun T3 → iPod → Linear. Strip a 1955 console radio down to the T3, and flip the ET66 calculator into the iPhone.

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Topic 02
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The Grid Is the Truth.

Bauhaus Dessau → repeat(12, 1fr). Snap a designed-by-eye page onto the rails and reflow a card layout across 4/8/12 columns.

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Topic 03
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Helvetica Is a Weapon.

Müller-Brockmann’s 1958 Musica Viva poster → the blueprint grid. A live type-scale explorer and Ruder’s line-length test.

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Topic 04
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Of the Hill, Not On It.

Fallingwater’s compression-and-release entry → progressive disclosure. Walk the sequence, then layer a 40-setting page yourself.

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Topic 05
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Speed Made Solid.

Loewy’s S-1 locomotive → the pill button. A corner-radius dial from machine to capsule, and the nested-radius golden formula.

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Topic 06
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Built to Fit the Body.

The Eames Lounge’s flexing shells → thumb zones and 44px targets. A reach-map audit and a Fitts’s Law tap lab that counts your misses.

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Topic 07
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The Handle Tells the Hand.

Norman’s lying hotel door → click triggers. Push the door yourself, then interrogate six UI suspects for false affordances.

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Topic 08
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Good Taste Is a Cage.

Sottsass’s Carlton bookcase → expressive UI. Flip a promo card between beige and Memphis, then spend the delight budget like Kahneman.

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Topic 09
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There Are 360 Degrees.

Zaha Hadid’s Heydar Aliyev Center → the continuous canvas. Shear a layout through three geometries and pan a camera-based page.

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Topic 10
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The Beauty of the Crack.

Rikyū’s raku bowl → textured portfolios. Crack it, mend it in gold, and turn the ma dial until the page starts breathing.

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