Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>S Dimitrov jotted down the following: > >> I'm sure it [the Yasuhara T-981] will become a collectible in spite of its >> shortcomings. > >Sort of like the Japanese art of useless industrial design? The purposeful >innovation of non-functional objects? > >Anyone know what that's called. I've just spent an hour plugging every >conceivable term into search engines and have just drawn blansk... > >M. "The purposeful innovation of non-functional objects"? Wouldn't that be "government," Martin? Guy