Simon de Pury Talks About Design

Simon de Pury talks about the limits that defines design. He also talks about when a design becomes a work of art.

www.bigthink.com What is design? Simon de Pury Chairman, Phillips de Pury and Comp. You see, what is wonderful about the place we are living now is all these artificial borders between visual arts, photography, design, between fashion, and between architecture. All these are artificial borders are completely disappearing. And for me, there is only one thing either somebody is a great artist or he is not. So you have some incredible artist who expressed themselves b you creating furniture or objects that you can use on daily basis. And some office like the Australian Megastar of the design world. Mark Houston or the equally great Megastar, the one I had, are producing unbelievably beautiful objects that are stunning sculptures, stunning works of arts and on top of that you can sit on them or you can live with it. Now days, somebody who collects great objects does not want to have ugly furniture in his home more or mediocre daily objects. He wants to surrounds himself with the best. And it has to be challenging, stimulating, and exciting wherever it is that you will surround yourself with. When does furniture become art? It becomes a work of art when it is statically piecing , when it is so extraordinary that you look at it far beyond, it function that you no longer look at it, just as a piece of furniture. Better way you think that it is so stunning that it is great work of art. Big think www.BigThink.com