> Not really. It's more the fact that a guy called Steve Jobs reanimated a dying computer business into a global mega-cult, wholeheartedly embracing and thereby

> Not really. It's more the fact that a guy called Steve Jobs reanimated a dying computer business into a global mega-cult, wholeheartedly embracing and thereby popularizing ideas of people like Dieter Rams. I suppose thats one way to look at it, but a counter example. I'm getting into hardware debugging/hacking/etc... so I've a need for an oscilloscope and a logic analyzer. I could get an el cheapo oscilloscope for about $450, and a logic analyzer for about another 400. But then both of these are separate, and the logic analyzer depends on my computer as well. So instead, I'm saving up for a Rohde and Schwarz MSO oscilloscope that while much more expensive at about ~$3,000 with all the options, takes up less space and does everything. (it also has no fan which i'm huge on) Yes this is arguably minimalism, but i'd argue the trend is more rooted in modernism of the 20's. I'll spend more to reduce clutter, I don't really have a glut of space in which to put it all.