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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bluemoon, post: 146133, member: 1296&quot;]I often notice that when it comes to antiques, people don&#039;t necessarily pay attention to the design of an item and how well designed it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s face it: there&#039;s plenty of bad design even in the category of antiques.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve noticed that the most high-end galleries and antique stores tend to have the &quot;neatest&quot; and most timeless, balanced and well-designed antiques while elsewhere you have to go through a lot of awkward furniture and such before coming across something great.</p><p>I don&#039;t think it&#039;s a coincidence. The more expensive places have staff with understanding of design and such, so they only sell that kind of pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>Do most people even detect the difference between good and bad design?</p><p><br /></p><p>2 examples (pictures linked from other sites found through google):</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KVlzBx_G_Q8/VEpt6cMqn1I/AAAAAAAADz4/u7TZc7brqxU/s1600/1_.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTYwMFgxNDUz/z/oq0AAOSwNSxVcvvc/$_35.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/3zkAAOxyp-BSK5er/s-l300.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>VS:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://media.liveauctiongroup.net/i/15211/15552869_1.jpg?v=8CFE31F3516B060" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://a.1stdibscdn.com/archivesE/1stdibs/042815/JoyceHorn_CC_DM/18/X.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://cdn0.rubylane.com/shops/antiquemystique/AM1307.1L.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(The second picture group is the good design -one)</p><p><br /></p><p>The well-designed items that I like, they all have this certain thing to them that I can&#039;t explain.. A perfect, solid-looking combination of symmetry, texture and colour. They have an intriguing, timeless silhouette and character. The badly designed ones however look lousy to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you think? </p><p><br /></p><p>Is it a matter of taste or what naturally pleases the human eye?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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