Consideracions entorn del fenomen postmodern: aproximació crítica a algunes produccions i actituds del disseny i de la cultura contemporània

The opposition between modern and post-modern architecture and design urges us to inquire into the ethical and aesthetical foundations of this division.If we analyse the relationship between object and society, we realize that the former is a sign of the latter. If we venture beyond this saussurian analysis, we fall into the «confliction» of the sign and there on we move it away from the signified, from society. Thus, the goal of modern architecture of contributing to change society has become in post-modern architecture that of searching for mechanisms that only change outward details without really bringing about any substantial change.