Vulgarism at Milan Design Week?

David, I love the term Vulgarism you made up to refer to those gigantic, useless, decorative, senseless pieces which invaded Milan last year and keep going with a lot of praise from uncultivated press and the Design Tourist Sapiens in general. But I am worried that you mix everything which is done under the DesignArt category under the Vulgarism label. There is work by very interesting creators (like Jurgen Bey, who was with you at the DesignArt Forum) who under the umbrella of a gallery, which gives them freedom and resources, can do a lot of research on materials, experiment with new techniques and investigate new ideas and concepts. All of this can sometimes become viable things for the industry and do open new paths in the design world which will in the end benefit all of us and our ways of living. I do not mind whether you want to call that type of work DesignArt or not, but I definitely don’t think this work should be called or put in the same category of shallow Vulgarism. Other that that, you know that I agree with 99% of what you think! Ana