In class we have talked about design adding value. Indicating that beauty is a luxury, but when in fact, I believe, it is a necessity. We see evidence of this in the functional objects we use everyday. Take a quilt for example. The purpose of this object has been used prehistorically. And the function of the blanket doesn’t change regardless of its color, construction or pattern. But yet, I see many women go to great lengths to take fabric and cut it up, only to sew it back together along with other coordinating pieces to create something beautiful. Stepping back, the point of it seems like a waste of time. The function of the quilt stayed to same. This didn’t make it warmer or more durable. Why waste countless hours sewing something together that was whole to begin with? The answer is that there is nothing practical about beauty, this is why value is added. I think that there is a drive inside us to create something beautiful. No real purpose, but a person satisfaction.
Kellie Larsen
Great analogy I never really thought about before how when you make a quilt you cut up something that was already whole. I think without beauty in the world we would all have severe depression problems! Just look around campus at how sad people are just because it keeps snowing and the sun isn't shining. I agree that beauty matters!
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