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Less is a Bore

Less is a Bore
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

CORE DEFINITION

Robert Venturi's postmodernist rebuttal to 'Less is More'. It advocates that architecture should embrace complexity, contradiction, and ornamentation, opposing the minimalism and coldness of modernism.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Reduce cognitive load

Embrace complexity. Minimalism can sometimes degenerate into an elitist obsession with cleanliness. In content creation or product design, moderate redundancy, ornamentation, and chaos (maximalism) can instead bring richer emotional connection and vitality.

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Architect Robert Venturi's rebuttal to 'Less is More': 'Less is a bore', advocating for the inclusion of complexity, ornamentation, and contradiction, opposing the monolithic minimalism of modernism.

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