nonconformism

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Some trends from Western Europe and America nonetheless seeped in, and a streak of utopianism and nonconformism surfaces in 1920s proposals for teardrop-shaped single-occupancy airplanes and 1970s zigzagging bookcase prototypes that dangled from ceilings.

From New York Times • May 31, 2020

Professional nonconformism seems to have been the gallery’s ethos.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2019

Admirers will also go back to the lavish pleasures of his The Last Emperor and to the fierce intelligence of The Conformist and Before the Revolution – intense memories of his revolutionary nonconformism.

From The Guardian • Nov. 26, 2018

With names like Totnes People's Cafe, Food For Thought and The Curator Cafe, many of the coffee shops share an aesthetic of nonconformism.

From BBC • Aug. 7, 2012

Muller wants his dream car to communicate the air of genteel nonconformism that Saab aficionados once adored.

From BusinessWeek • Jun. 17, 2010