“Construction should be decorated. Decoration should never be purposely constructed.” – Owen Jones
He meant nature should only be a model. Nothing should be designed for the decoration itself, the decoration had to make sense with the function of the design.
I tend to disagree. Everyone has their own likes and dislikes, why couldn’t something be designed firstly for the decoration or even decoration alone? People shouldn’t be told what to like, if there weren’t other styles and ways of tackling design, design wouldn’t be able to move forward, even if the decoration is unnecessary.
This is a modern version of an 18th century ‘decoration constructed’ lamp. It is firstly a dog and then a lamp.
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