tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3973215316119445314.post4637155183173749421..comments2024-02-15T06:40:00.335+01:00Comments on NOTES ON BECOMING A FAMOUS ARCHITECT: 84.You Don't Have to be Good - Part 3: It's about the Idea Stupid!Conrad Newelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13361919565513238957noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3973215316119445314.post-7412280395637660622012-06-22T08:28:47.833+02:002012-06-22T08:28:47.833+02:00Interesting. Thanks for sharing your thoughts abou...Interesting. Thanks for sharing your thoughts about this matter :)Arianhttp://www.cgtegnestue.dk/arkitekt_tegnestue.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3973215316119445314.post-3280842508579935662012-05-01T23:02:50.076+02:002012-05-01T23:02:50.076+02:00Thank you for commenting here Manco Mimarlik,
I a...Thank you for commenting here Manco Mimarlik,<br /><br />I am inclined to think that he was referring to the American economist Victor LeBow who was best known for the quote below:<br /><br />Our enormously productive economy demands that we make consumption our way of life, that we convert the buying and use of goods into rituals, that we seek our spiritual satisfactions, our ego satisfactions, in consumption. The measure of social status, of social acceptance, of prestige, is now to be found in our consumptive patterns. The very meaning and significance of our lives today expressed in consumptive terms. The greater the pressures upon the individual to conform to safe and accepted social standards, the more does he tend to express his aspirations and his individuality in terms of what he wears, drives, eats- his home, his car, his pattern of food serving, his hobbies.<br /><br />These commodities and services must be offered to the consumer with a special urgency. We require not only “forced draft” consumption, but “expensive” consumption as well. We need things consumed, burned up, worn out, replaced, and discarded at an ever increasing pace. We need to have people eat, drink, dress, ride, live, with ever more complicated and, therefore, constantly more expensive consumption. The home power tools and the whole “do-it-yourself” movement are excellent examples of “expensive” consumption.Conrad Newelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361919565513238957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3973215316119445314.post-49593026339189501512012-05-01T15:38:59.398+02:002012-05-01T15:38:59.398+02:00An American businessman's comment on Mies'...An American businessman's comment on Mies'es notion of universality: "Don't you know that the entire economic system of the US is based upon the rapid obsolescence of our buildings, cars, consumer goods? If buildings were designed with so much flexibility that they would never wear out-well, that would wreck our whole building industry!" - The Master Builders, Peter BlakeManço Mimarlık | Manco Architectshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03631879092745081914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3973215316119445314.post-35016391110326075222012-05-01T15:38:23.189+02:002012-05-01T15:38:23.189+02:00An American businessman's comment on Mies'...An American businessman's comment on Mies'es notion of universality: "Don't you know that the entire economic system of the US is based upon the rapid obsolescence of our buildings, cars, consumer goods? If buildings were designed with so much flexibility that they would never wear out-well, that would wreck our whole building industry!" - The Master Builders, Peter BlakeManço Mimarlık | Manco Architectshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03631879092745081914noreply@blogger.com