A Silk Purse From A Sow's Ear.

I know I already suggested it but following on from our discussion at the meeting we held, I did some more research into William Morris and the Arts and Craft Movement and rediscovered this quote which I think may be good to incorporate into our presentation:

"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." -William Morris

The whole 'fitness for purpose' debate really resonates with the whole designers fighting ugliness notion, as the idea behind it was that if an object or article was designed solely to serve its purpose well, then it would inevitably embody beauty. I think it would help us explore an alternative perspective of what would have been considered beautiful or ugly in the past.

I also found another article similar to the one I showed you all on Henry Fair - True Beauty in pollutions ugly reality. He takes the ugly effects of pollution and creates beautiful images so I'm going to explore this idea further.