However, one design element that has had its merit consistently questioned is the object that serves no purpose except to please the senses or trigger a memory. Paintings and trophies are two such items.
Very often, from an interior design perspective, if an object doesn't have a practical purpose, it's deemed lesser or frivolous. Home and design shows emphasize enormous collections of figurines, toys, sneakers, and such as a demonstration of poor taste. The notion is seeped into language: for instance, the borrowed French term “bric-à-brac”, defined by Larousse as a “Heap of heterogeneous objects, disparate old things, in poor condition.”
In Estonian, you might have heard antique stores' wares dismissively referred to as tingel-tangel, or kribu-krabu.
In the pursuit of the “clean and modern” ...
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