Rectilinear (adjective) : moving in or forming a straight line
In, “Nontsikelelo Mutiti on Interrogating the Euro-centric Design Canon”, Samarskaya states, “But what if we think about kente in relationship to that, in relationship to modernism and a rectilinear approach to design motifs?”
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Samarskaya meant that us designers have to take a more clearer approach to designing