Comments on: Why Dallas, Why Modern Homes http://www.dfwmodernhomes.com/2008/09/29/why-dallas-why-modern-homes/ Dallas and Ft. Worth Modern Homes, Architecture and Contemporary Furnishings Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:02:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Tina Winslow Hudson http://www.dfwmodernhomes.com/2008/09/29/why-dallas-why-modern-homes/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Tina Winslow Hudson Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:33:08 +0000 http://www.dfwmodernhomes.com/?p=21#comment-3 Julie, I understand the cleaning part. That would be the scariest part for me is keeping all the surfaces in a Modern Home clean. I haven't seen the sink in action so you may well be right about splash up and depth concerns. I think soap and other leave behinds could be contained in other ways. I however, love the debate, whether it's functional enough to be "form follows function." And even if that philosophy is essential to the modern movement. Part of this blog, is the debate about what makes a house, a home, a product - termed modern. Is it the removal of the superfluousness of it all or is it the design or the "art of it all". It's a grey area. I just know that there is a vein of design, of art, of products that touches me in an unexpected way and I'm exploring that. My next post is on defining what makes things modern. I suspect you will be a very valuable source of information in that regard. You have a keen eye for all things design and I can't wait to hear what you have to say. T Julie,

I understand the cleaning part. That would be the scariest part for me is keeping all the surfaces in a Modern Home clean. I haven’t seen the sink in action so you may well be right about splash up and depth concerns. I think soap and other leave behinds could be contained in other ways.

I however, love the debate, whether it’s functional enough to be “form follows function.” And even if that philosophy is essential to the modern movement. Part of this blog, is the debate about what makes a house, a home, a product – termed modern. Is it the removal of the superfluousness of it all or is it the design or the “art of it all”. It’s a grey area. I just know that there is a vein of design, of art, of products that touches me in an unexpected way and I’m exploring that.

My next post is on defining what makes things modern. I suspect you will be a very valuable source of information in that regard. You have a keen eye for all things design and I can’t wait to hear what you have to say.

T

]]> By: Julie http://www.dfwmodernhomes.com/2008/09/29/why-dallas-why-modern-homes/comment-page-1/#comment-2 Julie Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:23:24 +0000 http://www.dfwmodernhomes.com/?p=21#comment-2 I agree with form following function - but that sink seems to be all about form. It's too shallow to be functional as a sink. The topography, beautiful though it is, creates fun angles for water to splash around at. Cleaning all those nooks and crannies will be a pain. And where does your soap, or your toothpase, or anything else besides the water go when you rinse your hands or spit? Function implies usability and practicality - which this sink seems to lack. There's nothing terribly superfluous, so in that sense it is "modern." But I don't see it as an example of placing function ahead of form. For a sink, anyway. As a piece of art, it succeeds - it certainly is nice to look at and touch. I agree with form following function – but that sink seems to be all about form. It’s too shallow to be functional as a sink. The topography, beautiful though it is, creates fun angles for water to splash around at. Cleaning all those nooks and crannies will be a pain. And where does your soap, or your toothpase, or anything else besides the water go when you rinse your hands or spit? Function implies usability and practicality – which this sink seems to lack. There’s nothing terribly superfluous, so in that sense it is “modern.” But I don’t see it as an example of placing function ahead of form. For a sink, anyway. As a piece of art, it succeeds – it certainly is nice to look at and touch.

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