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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| Define kitsch | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | James Collins | General discussion | |
| Define kitsch perhaps Websters (or dictionary publisher of your choice) needs to expand the definition to include a relatively recent phenominon to wit kitsch One entry found for kitsch. Main Entry: kitsch Pronunciation: 'kich Function: noun Etymology: German 1 : something that appeals to popular or lowbrow taste and is often of poor quality 2 : a tacky or lowbrow quality or condition NEW NEW NEW DEFINITION!!! 3 : deliberately mimicing 1 and 2 above in order to appear hip and urbane. | |||||
| Although... | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | koen | General discussion | |
| Although... I agree that it would be fun, one has to realize Olive that some of us (that includes me) are doing this with the dictionary at hand...so it might not be as sponateous as intended...but yes, it would be soemthing to think about. | |||||
| MCM? Easy... | 1 Relevance | 19 years ago | LuciferSum | General discussion | |
| MCM? Easy... According to the dictionary Modern is defined as: Of or pertaining to the current time. I dont believe MCM was originally dubbed such - I think it was just referred to as Modernism. However, as styles began to change and shift towards the pop culture style of the 60's and 70's people needed a moniker to described Modernism without confusing it with the then modern pop movement. Since the Modernist movement took place at the end of WWII and through the 50's it litterally existed in the middle of the century: Mid Century Modern became the over ... | |||||
| 20 million or more polyprop... | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | NULL NULL | General discussion | |
| 20 million or more polyprop... 20 million or more polyprop chairs have been sold (every bit of wasteland in London has at least one abandoned but defiantly indestructible Polyprop chair on it)so its not expensive. Who cares? I think you'd care if a grinning Swedish nobody in a catalogue was taking credit for YOUR ideas. When the dictionary of Oxymorons get printed 'Ikea Designer' is a shoe-in, with 'well known Sydney journalist' not far behind..... | |||||
| I would still like to think | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | Robert Leach | General discussion | |
| I would still like to think It means different things to different people, and different things to each person as they grow. I was surprised the dictionary definition I read mentioned only materials and suitability, there was no mention of grace. Carlo Mollino springs to mind as an essentially 'elegant' designer, but then again, I have a feeling for his work at the moment.. Maybe it is transient to a certain extent? Or maybe I'm too subject to fashion ? | |||||
| Official design magazines | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | Antonella | General discussion | |
| Official design magazines In Design dictionary you can find some of the most important magazines in the world. Every magazine section features a description. I suggest you try Casabella and Casaviva. http://www.designdictionary.co.uk/ENG/riviste.htm | |||||
| Rock by Definition is Modern | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | Big Television Man | General discussion | |
| Rock by Definition is Modern Check the dictionary or any generally accepted interpretation of Modern and Rock qualifies although I think dcwilson nails it with the take on Jazz versus rock. But a band that might just qualify as Modern would have to be "Midnight Oil". No romanticism there. Just straight up, "This is the modern world, and what are we going to do about it. They stretch vocally, lyrically, by instrumentation and every other way. Some of the best modern paintings I've ever created were with the Oils pounding into my skull. | |||||
| Phillip Johnson: PT. 2 | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | dcwilson | General discussion | |
| ... absense in the Glass Box is overtly present in the relationship between the Glass Box and the structure in the pond, on the one hand, and in some of the interiors photograped of other structures on the property on the other. Procession is defined in the dictionary as follows. 1 a: a group of individuals moving along in an orderly often ceremonial way b: succession, sequence 2 a: continuous forward movement : progression b: emanationI think these definitions capture rather accurately what happens in some of the interiors photographed in the story, as well as ... | |||||
| At least the post picked up again | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | LuciferSum | General discussion | |
| ... static, nor that language does not evolve. The concept of 'design' is generally thought of as a creation composed within material, functional, and aethetic constraints. Design is the answer to a certain equation - an answer that is generally better and more efficient for the user. The fact that the users cannot easily read contractions is not the fault of the original poster - but it is a constraint around which he must work. The dictionary currently accepts "altho" as an abbreviated form of "although" - so perhaps in time my post will be invalidated. A ... | |||||
| To some extend Martin | 1 Relevance | 20 years ago | koen | General discussion | |
| ... not only to question the efficiency of the classic science that combined both questions "why" and "how", and started a mouvement in which the "why" would take second stage and "how" would become the main motivation behind progress and the the standard by which progress should be measured...and so a cell phone that is also a camera and a small screen TV is "better" than a cellphone that only transmits the human voice. I realize I am repeating part of your contribution so...product wisdom...I think it should be a major concern to all of us to see how, instead ... | |||||
| symantics | 1 Relevance | 21 years ago | modernisbetter | General discussion | |
| symantics "symantics" was a test. you fell for it. pretty funny. So you are trying to bring back fiberglas? The dictionary lists fiberglass... I usually go by that. even mentioning fiberglas as a correction and not a "trivia bit" is rather pretentious and quite amusing.. | |||||
| Just to put all the dots on the i.... | 1 Relevance | 21 years ago | koen | General discussion | |
| Just to put all the dots on the i.... Chaise longue (literally: long chair) is properly translated with: lounge chair or lounging chair...at least according to my swedish dictionary | |||||
| . | 1 Relevance | 21 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| . Webster says "collectable." Nobody ever said English was simple, or even logical! Although Latin is supposed to be far more logical and consistent, apparently -able and -ible both derive from (interchangable?) Latin suffixes, though Webster says -able also has French roots. Go figure. . . Any ability I have along these lines seems to derive from a good visual (?) memory -- and I do a LOT of checking with my desk dictionary! Now, back to design. . . | |||||
| Skip... | 1 Relevance | 21 years ago | dcwilson | General discussion | |
| ... post historical amnesia, where mistakes get repeated ad infinitum and past virtues fail to be rediscovered when needed again. Using artifacts otherwise needed to document design's historical record as consumer goods, or for a connosieur's personal pleasure, is simply acting irresponsibly toward the profession of design and to it's and society's posterity. If an HM expert thought the dogged HM chair should have been kept in tact by the owner, or sold or donated to a person or organization dedicated to preserving it intact; then that is what should have happe ... | |||||
| There is | 1 Relevance | 22 years ago | SDR | General discussion | |
| There is a less-used meaning of "render" which the dictionary gives as "to cause to be or become; to make. . ." | |||||
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