By the mid-1970's, when the cost of petroleum (crucial to plastics) went through the roof, designers turned back to more conventional materials.

Even when these designers turn their hands to sportswear, there is nothing minimal about the results.

So the designer turned to the 18th century, known for its purely shaped, unornamented furniture.

As minimalism has lost favor, designers are turning to decoration.

For the first time in years, designers and engineers can turn their imaginations loose.

But with material, models and money in short supply just after the war, the designers turned to miniature mannequins to show their clothes.

As we'll see in the next section, engineers and automotive designers are once again turning their attention to this 100-year-old technology.

In New York, designers were turning to this neglected fashion area.

The Italian designer has turned it into an object of whimsy, with a straight edge.

The designers have turned what they see as the instability of our times into an architectural virtue.