The arts connected with building: lectures on craftsmanship and design delivered at Carpenters hall, London wall, for the worshipful company of carpenters (1909)
Davison, T. Raffles (Thomas Raffles), 1853-1937 · London : B.T. Batsford · leaf 109
THE INFLUENCE OF TOOLS ON DESIGN. 93 about the end rather than the means, about the means of life rather than the means of production ; but the civilised man in this case, as in so many others — as in the case of money, for instance — falls into the natural trap of mistaking the means for the end ;… … direct effect upon our An Eighteenth Century Door. modern design, which is in the nature of a re- action ; which is seen in the almost morbid desire of the crafts- man or designer to be as original as he possibly can. Lie gets so tired of the monotonous repetitions of the machine, and, rightly or…
Worshipful Company of Carpenters (London, England) · Architecture · Decoration and ornament · Interior decoration
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