No, not a joke. That You took this in his address, and quite in vain, and he in whose address was drawn, and who does not recognize the art in design, though respected architects, and anyone in the works Shipeka imagine just kitsch, did you see in themselves are not questioned.

Apologize - considered the messages in chronological order. I've been a brand new man, but I doubt))))
To get away from personal topics to high, and there, and to design not far away, I do not know how the forum refers to the ability Vrubel. Was such an artist. Here the artist was the designer items from pottery, clay, I mean. Not the most elite material. Vrubel so captured the work with clay, that he gave up painting and became a principal artist in Abramtzevo, and then, if not mistaken, in Talashkino.
The forum has already managed to see a thumbnail of Stipa - genius. He works by the artist on the glass. A senior artist at the Leningrad glass factory was Vera Mukhina. Also loved the glass, crying, if something did not work.
Mies Van de Rohe - his Barcelona chair is still considered classics of the genre.
You know - the art is not art - it depends on whether, at what level you climb into his work. When I see modern stadiums, airports, bridges - is it not art. In my opinion, look at the world so that the art - is just fine - to deny himself the pleasure of communicating with other spheres of human creativity.

Here: pavilion chair based on designs of mies van der rohe barcelona 1929.

Well said.

Yes, you still ask how much it costs from licensed manufacturers. Before the crisis in Kiev is worth, I think, about 20 tysch green.

For example:
Brand Name: palazzetti modern classics mies van der rohe
Item#/SKU: P/334
pavilion chair based on the designs of mies van der rohe shown in barcelona 1929. leather seat and back. 29.5 "x29.5" x29.5 "H. palazzett@aol.com, 631-722-3733 631-722-3733
Our Price: $ 2,260.00

LCR, What a wonderful theme!

If you do not mind, would like to mention one of my favorite designers Tony Dukett (1914-1999). Tony Duquette it is not known in Russia, in Italy I saw a lot of references to jewelry made from his designs for Hollywood divas.
But he was also the interior designer, set designer for theater, musicals, dances. Painted. In general, people - the orchestra.

His work I really like, I know that the jewelry made them have investment potential, but on priboreteniya and prices I have, unfortunately, no information.

And I Jacob Jensen (Jacob Jensen) curious.
Here is his beautiful website: http://www.jacobjensenholding.com/

Industrial Design
 

With competition Electrolux Design Lab'09, I do not understand how this can be translated, but admire the beauty of ideas:
1.Moleculaire - molecular 3d printer for food. Clubbers Nico (Nico Kleber), International School of Design in Cologne, Germany
2.Teleport Fridge - Fridge teleported food. Duliavat Vongnava (Dulyawat Wongnawa), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
3.Water Catcher - a trap for rain sends special balls in the air to catch rain drops. After the rain stopped, the balls are returned to the special station - a tray where the water is purified. After cleaning the balls bring drinking water directly to the user. Penghao Chan (Penghao Shan), Zhejiang Sci-tech University, China
4.Serpo - robotic sea creature, which cleans your bathroom. Karmazin Anna (Anna Karmazina), Moscow State Institute of Electronic Technology, Russia
5.The Egg - opens like a flower. Its petals are a cooking surface, a place to prepare food and sink. Egg also includes a holographic projector, which helps consumers find information about the various recipes online Internet.Vlad Ikobet (Vlad Icobet), University of Fine Arts of Bukhara.

Well, it was necessary to move the person, that then justified?

In short: the utilitarian thing, the smaller the opportunity for kitsch!
(ie ukrashatelskoy nonsense)
But on the other hand, the utilitarian thing, the less its "investment potential" ..
Most konginialnye designs (which we use every day, and without which modern life is unthinkable), the authors failed to produce virtually NOTHING! And the investment potentials in them 0 (zero)!