Italian furnishings designer Giulio Cappellini |
By Thomas Shess--Dezeen’s daily email newsletter arrives in time to read it with my morning coffee. It keeps its readers up to date on all things design and architecture in a factual, yet breezy, newsy style.
After a while, I began to notice its postings of what Dezeen editors believe to be creative
design (and they’re not often wrong) all have a similar look, especially in new
architecture.
Dezeen for the
most part features architecture, which is boxy, angular, black and gray, small
and monotone, but every now and then they post a blockbuster, a lilac among the
dandelions.
Let me back off a bit.
Sameness isn’t saying it’s not well conceived or built, often to over
wrought client demands, but sameness isn’t art.
Art happens when fresh, bold ideas take shape and flourish.
In the world of furnishing design, a major voice also found
sameness dominating his genre.
Dazeen recently published a Q&A on Italian furnishings designer Giulio Cappellini, who
points he sees too much of the same from his peers. He claims Italian brands create "too
many products that look the same", says Cappellini, whose furniture
company is making a comeback under new owner Haworth.
Cappellini is speaking of furnishings, but it holds true for
new era cookie cutter architecture.
For the entire Q&A with Mr. Cappellini click the long
link for Dezeen’s timely Q&A:
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