is currently moving in a tight band from the west, with neo-thermiism breaking out along the coasts, and scattered patches of dispositivism, anticarpalism, antidisestablishmentarianism and nomism. otherwise fine.

wow. looks like the language of the moon. Are these all just in the states?

shizzism.
it's 39% up over in the middle and a little soft around the edges.

I find that individual-ism is a pretty effective design philosophy.

pessimism, it's always there. Design is a process of errosion.

"I don't believe in -isms. I just believe in me."

I don't think we get to discern what the '-ism' of our day is...that's for the next generation to decide. As with any trend, though, the second it gets a label its all downhill.

...and sustainability and universal design shouldn't be '-isms'.

A true example of individualisn.

I'm trying to revive rationalism. Who woulda guessed?

Phantasmagorical........-ism

hahahahahahaha agfa you're mean,

but seriously i've been seeing a lot of pessimism lately and itsall over, BOTs you're right

jumpthesharkism

O.G.-ism

postcritical open-source maximalism

pastmodernism

ism'titlovely

by the way froggy,

i don't think people are being snarky. an 'ism' isn't actually of much use: it is a way of categorising things in the past from the viewpoint of the present. As for what comes next: hopefully just more people trying to do good architecture. Ask again in fifty years time.

there's no point in trying to historicise the present. what comes next is up to you.

hey, my name is frogpiss! its something that comes out of a frog, not frog itself.

anyways, yeah. I figured a little while after- that humans can only find out what was going on(ismwise) after it had happened.

"I try not to follow any ism for that matter"

-ferris beuller

correction:

A person should not believe in an "-ism," he should believe in himself. I quote John Lennon, "I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me."

Cameron Frye: Ferris, my father loves this car more than life itself.
Ferris Bueller: A man with priorities so far out of whack doesn't deserve such a fine automobile.

bullshit-ism been going strong for years

Yeahhhhh, that's where I heard that 'ism' stuff, Saint Ferris of Oak Park.

Also, I dig what 'Past-Modernism' could imply.

what's universal design?

what about post-critical ... ism

j-turn -

'universal design' is a term that's been used to describe an end run around accessibility as a burden > toward a fully accessible architecture as a goal and a design opportunity.

in other words, we all want the best of what we design to be appreciated by the public (because it's great, right?), so if we exclude part of the public, we've failed (right?). if every project starts with an assumption that it will be universally accessible, we design better and for more people. not just the person in a wheelchair, but ups delivery and mom with a stroller. it works for everybody and it can then be clear to everyone how great your project is.

probably not an -ism, because it's not really a design idea so much as a programmatic foundation. though i guess it could be expressed more overtly and become a design idea....don't know how useful it would be.

great post, Steven.

post-modernism gave way to everythingism that gave way to realcrapism, etc. etc.
have you seen some of the stuff that is built in suburbia lately?
the shame... the shame

thanks steven -

Goff-ism

Yeah, I'm on another of my tangents.

'Architecture has nothing to do with the various styles'-Corb

Nurbanism (c)2005

Just rolls off the tougue so nicely.

Andres Duany better pay me.

Thanks Rita but

i was using that in planning theory class way back in 95.

Nurbanism (c) 1995

Its a good word that deserves usage so i wont sue.