Bad taste is the problem not redundancy.
The problem nowadays are people who buy fake designer pieces just because they have seen it on tv, magazine or the Internet. One has to know how an object was design in relation to its function primarily before its aesthetics. These furnitures were thoughtfully designed by designers who toiled hours and hours to get it right. And now comes a buyer who'd buy fakes just for the looks and ignorant of the function of the piece. Akin to a guy who buys a car and replace the wheel into a monster 22" diameter size disregarding how a car drives and throws off the real intent of the car designer. Good taste can't be bought. One has to have the understanding and respect towards the designer and the object.
Money cant' buy taste but it...
Money cant' buy taste but it can buy an interior designer who can make your house look like a display home. I don't really care if people have bad taste, I just don't want them all to have the same generic taste.
My favorite interiors are the ones that reflect the personality of the person who lives there, not clinical and calculated spaces that talk speak more about the status associated with the objects in the room. Finding that balance is really about having the confidence to forge your own path. Fill your home with things you like and things that give you joy.
Maybe it doesn't need saying...
Maybe it doesn't need saying but its really just a good proportion of everyone who is 25-35, middle class, educated and white who follow these silly fashions isn't it?
What shits me is people mistaking that fugly 'kooky' chair (plenty here lately) for anything like good design.
I read that it is illegal to...
I read that it is illegal to buy or import copies in Denmark for use in commercial installations and that you can only buy them for personal use.
If correct it's better than the current situation which is virtually a free reign to all the bottom feeders.
If only our politicians had big kahunas to toughen up the laws.
Actually any Kahunas at all would help.hehe
I like it best when people...
I like it best when people confuse great design with rubbish. I have found some brilliant stuff dumped on the side of the road or in thrift shops. What really makes me laugh is the way that these factories pump out "vintage' or 'industrial' style bits and bobs with pretend patina to be carefully placed in the contrived spaces of hipster homes.
Regarding replicas, what incentive is there for emerging designers who spend their valuable time developing designs, only to have some bastard rip it off and flood the market with cheap copies. Of course this is seen by some as no big deal because good design is perceived to be affordable for the massesl. Good design has often been expensive and all the masses are getting is a piece of tomorrow's junk.
Replica furniture reminds me of the blue-green algae problem, it destroys the environment.
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Replicas remind me of fast food...
Fast food: Cheap, easy to get, seems like real food (but isn't), instant gratification, eaten without thought or reverence.
Knock offs: Cheap, easy to get, seems like real design (but isn't), instant gratification, ultimately disposed of without thought or reverence.
Great analogy Solange....
Great analogy Solange. Fast-furniture offers very little sustenance and is guaranteed to give you indigestion. One of my favorite replica pieces is the truly awful Matt Blatt copy of the 1950's Featherston contour chair. The lightness of the original seems lost in this overstuffed and clumsy facsimile.
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