Germ theory, Art Nouveau and the future of design in a post-pandemic world

Photo of Art Nouveau staircase in Riga, Latvia by Lāsma Artmane on Unsplash. Article by Joshua Mosonyi. UX Design – March 19, 2021.

Changes that affect the mind of the greater public frequently have unpredictable consequences to the way society is structured and built.

Much of human progress is interconnected by a chain of minor events that trigger a broader transformation of human culture. As we continue to go through the era of the pandemic, much of our collective thought has been directed towards questioning our previous ways of life and thereby will also inevitably change the way we design to solve the problems we face in the world. This article will explore what we can learn from the past so that we might anticipate the future.

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