The Design Imperative

By Rob Horning

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. [29 January 2008]

(more Marginal Utility)

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

By Maria Lorusso

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. [5 January 2004]