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disposable society
Stephen Lauf 2003.11.15 20:57
Long before the computer industry and even the car industry manifested planned obsolescence, the world of fashion has long been designing style that only lasts a season.
Funny how Ben van Berkel and Caroline Bos in MOVE pronounce that "the architect will be the fashion designer of the future." They might well be right in that more and more architects are designing style that only lasts a season, but is that really what good design should be about?
Who ever thought up the saying (which I as a child saw written on a Philadelphia trash truck) "Your trash is our cash" was probably a better "designer" than anyone ever realized.
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