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Posted by Mark Vanderbeeken | 2 Jun 2008
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Alice Rawsthorn profiles the 'design-art' phenomenon in the International Herald Tribune:
"'Design-art' is a commercial phenomenon, not a cultural one. It's a label adopted by auction houses in the hope of flogging limited-edition furniture for higher prices than it would muster if relegated to the unfashionable category of 'decorative arts.' And it has been very effective, commercially at least. A new season of design sales starts Monday with the opening of the Design Miami/ Basel fair in Switzerland, followed by auctions in New York next week. Despite the purists' sneers, collectors' interest in 'design-art' is still increasing, and as the market matures, a less ditzy side to it is emerging."
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It's time to start questioning the design-art phenomenon more critically. By means of the sheer volume of reproductions in journals and books, its legitimation and promotion by major museums, and its celebrity magnetism, design-art has the potential to drown out all other conceptions of what contemporary design is or could be.