Things and Words: An Exhibit

With so much to see in Prague with its museums and its buildings which in other cities would be just buildings but which, here, are museums in and of themselves, it can be good to just focus on one or two small exhibits.

Wandered into one called "Things and Words" at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design. Its point was, in part, was that design of things have two functions: to beautify or elevate the status of its users and to serve a function in their lifestyle.




I quote: "Useless and kitschy things belong here since even objects of bad taste and were - and are - an integral part of human culture...these objects shape the environment in which we have and continue to live...even when we throw these things out as being no longer of use."




The point being, I guess, that we do not live in museums and yet we populate our environment with objects that intrinsically represent our own "collections" that have value in reflecting our lives and times.


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