Instrumentality

Tone touch
Tuning stability
Long life

Between equally good functional products the user will choose the more beautiful.

“There are two places where I can completely relax: in nature and by the piano.” – Sigrid

Imperial
620 snap shot
Camera

The Herbert George company founded by Herbert Weil and George Israel around 1945 manufactured a slew of simple plastic cameras.

“The lenses are simple meniscus glass lenses, with a fixed aperture of about f/11 and shutter speed of about 1/30- 1/60 sec.” – Mark O’Brien

Hand Forged
Wrought Iron
Meat Hooks

Breathing new life into old materials.

“If it can’t be reduced, reused, repaired, rebuilt, refurbished, refinished, resold, recycled, or composted, then it should be restricted, designed or removed from production.” – Carl Sandburg

Once a marvel
Domestic engineering
Sits inert

A hauntology is the presence of the past that is neither simply present nor absent.

“A ghost never dies, it remains always to come and to come-back.” – Jacques Derrida

Synthesis particular
Observable phenomenon
Cognitive characteristics

Mustang taillights with Austin-Healey 3000 reflection.

“I ease off the clutch, roll into the throttle, and the torquey six pulls with more verve than I expect.“ – Eddy Eckart

Stretched tight
Latent opposition
Balancing forces

Rescue rowboat hanging off the side of the Jamestown ferry.

“If you have no other choice than to be in a row boat it’s not as enjoyable; that’s survival.“ – Demetri Martin

Navigational aid
Warning signal
Entrance marker

To warn mariners of dangerous shallows and perilous rocky coasts to help guide vessels safely into and out of shelter.

“I feel that we’re all lighthouses, and my job is to shine my light as brightly as I can to the darkness.” – Jim Carrey

1935 Maytag
Model 30
Wringer washer

The Maytag Washing Machine Company was founded in 1893 by businessman Frederick Maytag.

“Ol’ Lonely’s predicament is testimony to the durability and reliability of Maytag appliances. Now if only he had something to do with his days.” – Vincent R. Vassolo

Thick carapace
Dried white paint
Encases rigid monument

This image speaks to the fundamental tension between possibility and limitation, between the boundless potential of the artist’s mind and the material constraints of the world.

“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.” – Vincent van Gogh

Spoon
Bowl
Reflection

The perceived color of objects is dependent on the ambient light and surrounding radiation influences.

“All colors are the friends of their neighbors and the lovers of their opposites. ” – Marc Chagall