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> kitschy consumer product

That is only coincidental side effect of manufacturing and economic means that allowed these things to be cheaply copied and consumed.



Incidentally, one of the motivations behind the Bauhaus movement was to move against art nouveau's style that was impossible to mass produce. So they started using material that was easily available and designed furniture that could potentially be mass produced. See these for example:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassily_Chair

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantilever_chair




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