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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 4064067, member: 55"]I think the distinction is not so much curved versus straight lines (the lovely Shaker piece above has very straight lines) as it is well-designed, or designed at all, versus poorly designed or mass-market imitation design.</p><p>There have been great modernist designers; but poor imitations of them, or poor imitations of Victorian design, are just dreck.</p><p>Or I think of George Nakashima designs. Designed, and thought-out; but one can't just slap a slab of wood on top of a random base and have something as good as his.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 4064067, member: 55"]I think the distinction is not so much curved versus straight lines (the lovely Shaker piece above has very straight lines) as it is well-designed, or designed at all, versus poorly designed or mass-market imitation design. There have been great modernist designers; but poor imitations of them, or poor imitations of Victorian design, are just dreck. Or I think of George Nakashima designs. Designed, and thought-out; but one can't just slap a slab of wood on top of a random base and have something as good as his.[/QUOTE]
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