No, the dominant factor in the world is profitability. It doesn’t matter what the demand for beautiful things is, the things that are the most profitable that most people will buy will dominate. Lowest common denominator type stuff.
Artful things cost more to produce than simple geometric shapes. So, in order for the artful things to have the same profitability as the simple things, they have to cost more money. Costing more means that less people will buy it, so it actually needs to cost even more to remain competitive. Bish bash bosh, beautiful becomes synonymous with wealth and then it needs to compete with the trendy expensive things that the wealthy buy. If this is how the world works, then you’d expect things like this to be common among the wealthy in times of it being a trend. Otherwise, you’d expect it to be niche or old.
(Looks out at the world) Yep, elaborate knockers are out of fashion, and all of the rest are niche or old. Interesting, that.
But aren’t people with art degrees the ones designing the new sterile, soulless things?
No that’s the industrial designer who only gets a budget to make it functional and mass producible.
That’s because the people signing their paltry checks demand it.
Then demand something else as a customer.
Not how any of that works, but good try?
It’s exactly how that works
No, the dominant factor in the world is profitability. It doesn’t matter what the demand for beautiful things is, the things that are the most profitable that most people will buy will dominate. Lowest common denominator type stuff.
Artful things cost more to produce than simple geometric shapes. So, in order for the artful things to have the same profitability as the simple things, they have to cost more money. Costing more means that less people will buy it, so it actually needs to cost even more to remain competitive. Bish bash bosh, beautiful becomes synonymous with wealth and then it needs to compete with the trendy expensive things that the wealthy buy. If this is how the world works, then you’d expect things like this to be common among the wealthy in times of it being a trend. Otherwise, you’d expect it to be niche or old.
(Looks out at the world) Yep, elaborate knockers are out of fashion, and all of the rest are niche or old. Interesting, that.