Articles tagged "virginia postrel"

Column: Marginal Utility

The Design Imperative

by Rob Horning

[29.Jan.08] :. No longer a prole with a dirty toilet, thanks to that fancy toiletbrush in hand, one becomes a fledgling design critic and a curator of the tastefully appointed museum that used to be a one-bedroom apartment.

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Books Review

The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, & Consciousne

by Maria Lorusso

[5.Jan.04] :. Critics who deem the adornment of a person, place or object as inauthentic, something that merely adds disguise and trickery, fail to recognize what a tap of the pretty stick adds to the 'function' of something.

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