On Monday, March 4, 2019 at 11:59:33 AM UTC-5, Sir Ridesalot wrote:
On Sunday, March 3, 2019 at 4:12:12 PM UTC-5, Frank Krygowski wrote:
New York's Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) currently features an exhibition
called "The Value of Good Design." See
https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5032
Unfortunately, they include the 1960's Spacelander bicycle as an example
of good design! See
https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibi...image_index=34
I took one for a brief test ride many years ago. MoMA's standards are
certainly far different from mine. It's hard to imagine a heavier,
clumsier rattletrap of a bike. Heck, I'd prefer that Fiat 500!
But then, the rest of the exhibition seems to glorify the 1950s and
1960s as an era of "good design." Weird.
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- Frank Krygowski
The I look at it a designer designs something and the engineer(s) tell whether it will work or not.
A good friend of mine is a general contractor that builds private homes for a living. He says the worst people he has to deal with are architects.