Beautiful, Functional Design
Love this Umbrella that stands on its own by Hironao Tsuboi. I’m completely obsessed with efficiency and doing more with less - especially when it is done in a beautiful and remarkable way. Sadly, I also am prone to lose umbrellas like it’s my job.
God, the ultimate designer, actually created something out of … nothing. And, he wrote himself into everything - creating beautiful, functional things. Even me. And out of his goodness, he allows us to be a part of having dominion* over the creation and being like him by creating and designing using what he has given us.
Another design by Hironao is this super cool glass with a flower-shaped base. Cold drinks will leave beautiful precipitation on their (hopefully) coasters. I suppose if you were going to have a water mark left on your coffee table, this one is the best kind to have?
This reminds me of a question. Why beauty? What is its purpose beyond just “I like it”. I think the answer to this question has many answers. I plan to give one of them tomorrow in a post entitled Why It Matters. Stay tuned!
Thanks to DesignFynder for information on Hironao Tsuboi!
*Dominion (Genesis 1:26) is not the same as Domination. Dominion is actually loving the creation, taming it, and making it more like the way it was meant to be. More on this later.
