Falling Water, designed by Wright, is an example of a aesthetic innovation, which is defined as the product's external appearance, those attributes that can be judged at first sight with no need to interact with the product or understand it. Falling Water fits this definition because the appearance of the building is not normally common, due to the water fall it cantilevers over. Thus, this design breaks the normality of a house, and establishes new possibilities of where houses can be built and what environments compliment it.
The Mason A Bordeaux, designed by Rem Koolhass, is an example of typographic innovation, which is defined as deviation of a product from its formal archetype. The Mason Bordeaux fits this definition becuase the archetypical multi-story building uses stairs to allow people to move from one level to another; however, due to a handicap man living here, this building uses an elevator style platform to mover between floors. Thus, its form breaks with the dominant mode, and establishes new designs for handicaps to travel from one floor to the next.
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