Comments on: Lamps, Part I http://darrenhe.com/blog/lamps-part-i/ Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:49:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: darrenhe http://darrenhe.com/blog/lamps-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-51 darrenhe Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:13:33 +0000 http://darrenhe.com/blog/?p=166#comment-51 Hello Trisha, I wrote "art" and crossed out "furniture" as a means of sarcasm. The two terms can coincide as well as exist separately. Nonetheless, I must also point out that the Tiffany Lotus Lamp, despite my sinister views about the $2.8 million selling price, is indeed a work of art. The lamp is an original design with hundreds of hand-carved pieces of glass. A masterpiece - in both artistic creation and commercial promotion. Hello Trisha,

I wrote “art” and crossed out “furniture” as a means of sarcasm. The two terms can coincide as well as exist separately.

Nonetheless, I must also point out that the Tiffany Lotus Lamp, despite my sinister views about the $2.8 million selling price, is indeed a work of art. The lamp is an original design with hundreds of hand-carved pieces of glass. A masterpiece – in both artistic creation and commercial promotion.

]]> By: trisha http://darrenhe.com/blog/lamps-part-i/comment-page-1/#comment-50 trisha Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:27:59 +0000 http://darrenhe.com/blog/?p=166#comment-50 some annoying philosophy: at what point does a functional, mass-produced lamp become a piece of art? (i figured you consciously chose the word, seeing as you made a point of crossing out "furniture"....) when does aesthetically pleasing design become "art"? answer: when some fool is ready to pay $2 million for it. some annoying philosophy:

at what point does a functional, mass-produced lamp become a piece of art? (i figured you consciously chose the word, seeing as you made a point of crossing out “furniture”….)

when does aesthetically pleasing design become “art”?

answer: when some fool is ready to pay $2 million for it.

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