Moreover, for all the rhetoric of functionalism, even in their own time the most notable 1920s and '30s Bauhaus buildings and objects were really aesthetic explorations of new materials and techniques, or conceptual critiques of life in an industrial age--rather than technological inventions or discoveries in the scientific sense.

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She's on the vanguard of curator-retailers who are giving design the same aesthetic attention as artwork, while also insisting that beautifully crafted objects can and should be used at home.

WSJ: Libby Sellers Knows the Art of Design

Several objects in MAD's show have an uncomplicated, old-fashioned purpose: to provide aesthetic pleasure.

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