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Distant designs
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This section discusses those designs that the interviewees actively found
displeasing; they clearly wanted to create a distance between their taste
and the product – hence, the name “distant designs”. What makes this category
of products interesting to study is that sometimes the products were used
frequently, even daily. A selection of photographs of such products from the
sample illustrates the diversity of these kinds of designs (P 197–203).
In the sample, there were some products that the interviewees explicitly disliked,
even hated. They had indeed gotten rid of most of these really displeasing
products, but still there where those that they were still using, displaying or at
least storing in the apartment.
In 2005, Hannele described her delight that a Marcel vase had broken when
a bookcase had collapsed in the kitchen.
H: The big Marcel vase by Sarpaneva broke, but I did not mourn it a all.
(Hannele 05 69-70)
Later, she elaborated:
H: There is [in the photographs taken in 2004] one Aalto vase, that one.
That was acquired nearly 20 years ago. These days it wouldn’t occur to
me to buy an Aalto vase.
HP: but you haven’t gotten rid of it, it has its use.
H: noooo. It’s like a vase amongst other vases. And besides, they get
dented when you wash the dishes and (pause) I don’t mourn that
either. It does not matter. But if this [plate by Birger Kaipiainen] were
to break, then I would be a little, like (pause) oh no, so I try to guard
that, since I know that it is a bit more valuable. But that Marcel vase, I