On the left, mass-produced Art Nouveau silver jewelry box by P. A. Coon, 1908. On the right, hand-made Machine Aesthetic silver teapot by C. Dresser, 1879. The machine aesthetic was an artistic metaphor of “modernity” chosen by Loos — not a true functiona

Some holes were evident in Adolf Loos’ theories, even at the time they were written

Nikos A. Salingaros

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