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they say “I don’t know”

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mads • canada
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"you only like [band] because [other band] talked about them!" well yes that is how discovering artists tends to work actually

Never let anyone make you feel bad for listening to an artist because you saw an artist you like wearing their t-shirt or tour with them or mention them in an interview. It is a beautiful thing to want to listen to the people who influence artists you love and the best way to find similar music. Discovering new music is never a bad thing no matter how you found it. The scene functions through word of mouth all the way from your local basements up to giant stadiums.

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Plastic Chair in Wood by Maarten Baas (2008)

I'm obsessed with this chair. The artist takes a flimsy hunk of injection-molded plastic that's been cost-cut to hell and back, and insists that we look at it with fresh eyes and understand its beauty. And they went about it in the most labor-intensive way I can think of.

Absolutely nothing about this design is convenient to execute in wood. Every piece is curved, most have compound curves. This is artisan craftsmanship: it's inherently slow, manual, and skilled. Notice, also, that most features of this chair must be thicker and heavier than on the plastic chairs being imitated. Injection-molded chairs can be produced in this shape in a matter of minutes with far less material at very low cost.

If these flowing, organic curves are so beautiful in polished wood, perhaps they are also beautiful in the mass-produced chairs that are far more accessible. Perhaps we should remember to admire designs that succeed enough to become ubiquitous. I don't know about you, but I'll never see injection-molded chairs the same way again.

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