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Can appliances be art?
Designing your space, particularly small spaces that often come along with apartment living, is a constant work in creativity. The best fits are often the unexpected find whose presence in your space turns each room into home. The lovely couple of Marin and Loren, long time Twin Peak residents and all around fabulous people, were kind enough to introduce me to the art of the Sandwich maker. Although at first glance its design aesthetics could be up for debate, its presence in the kitchen is sure to evoke a feeling of nostalgia and thoughts of home for those familiar with its workings. The same thing any great piece of art would do, right? So can appliances be considered art?
YES!
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I keep pointing out to the heathens that mock my Dualit toaster that it is a piece of industrial art. So, most assuredly, YES!!!
view mschatelaine's profile
Yes, they can ... but not those two appliances on that stove!
(Like your Joyce Chen bamboo cutting board, though...)
view Jane's profile
Isn't art something that serves no real utilitarian purpose, and useful objects are "designed"? But that's beside the point. I have a tiny kitchen and my red dutch oven makes everything look cute.
view AmyV's profile
especially the teapot. i have a tangerine orange one!
view mod*mom's profile
Of course an appliance or any functional item can be art. This is exactly what Sullivan meant by "form ever follows function!" Particularly in the U.S. pragmatism and aesthetics do not negate one another.
view timmy jr.'s profile
If in its function a masterpiece is created, is it then not a masterpiece itself? Own it, Love it!
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