Author: be_DESIGN
school master = the classroom
Aesthetics is for me like ornithology must be for birds.
Justifiably, birds do not care about the debates and findings in ornithology. They just fly about, they tweet and they do many other things. The same applies to artists: if they complied with the demands, or simply the insights, of … Weiterlesen
Arts and Crafts
A similar misunderstanding is contained in the terms ‘applied arts’ and ’artisan crafts’. It results from the addition of the word ‘art’ because, here, this word is simply meant to designate a special kind of craft or trade, to upgrade … Weiterlesen
dormitory = dirty room
Fascination
If someone is fascinated, they have inevitably become subject to foreign domination because the word pertains to the so-called ‘fasces’, which were carried by Roman senators in order to symbolise their power and jurisdiction. It was certainly no coincidence that … Weiterlesen
Vermin is not neat and clean, in glass houses it’s never seen.
An intelligent critique of the Bauhaus and other transparent architecture. Somehow this style of architecture evokes associations of quarantine and hygiene, its cleanliness has the charm of a tuberculosis clinic. Everything that does not fit in, that is defined as … Weiterlesen
Creative
Awful: everyone wants to be creative – it’s the only thing that counts. Obviously, it’s the creator’s divine gesture that attracts people. They want to embody this gesture in a clearly perceivable way. They create and they don’t comprehend that … Weiterlesen
a gentleman = elegant man
That’s enough words for the moment, // Now let me see some action! // While you’re handing out the compliments, // You should also make things happen.
Discussions are certainly important for comprehension, for interacting with one another and for discovering new things. But, and this happens all too often today, when the discourse dissolves into mere chatter, gets stuck in justifications or in allegedly great meta-theories: … Weiterlesen