Document - Manuscript, Robin Boyd, The Functional Riddle

Historical information

As the title suggests, Boyd explores the concept of Functionalism and questions the decline in popularity of the movement when Functionalism is still intertwined in contemporary design. Boyd challenges R.A.I.A.'s publication 'Australia Outrange' (a book that captures the unaesthetic aspects of Functionalism)

Significance

The annotations indicate this was a lecture with slides.

Physical description

Typewritten, pencil edits / notes, quarto, 5 pages

Inscriptions & markings

"Lewis?" Mitchell penciled on top left corner of first page, pencil notes on the left margin

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