Bought no new things today.
Here are two quotations from architects that I came across today:
"Less is more." Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe
"Less is a bore." Robert Venturi
You choose.
A conundrum: tonight Joel was searching on the internet for a used book for Michal. He found the book used but with shipping costs it was more expensive than it would be to buy it new. I said: buy it used anyway. He said: but it costs more! For me, adding new (and necessary) things to the world trumps cost. Joel's not so sure. To add to the issue: shipping itself involves fossil fuels, labour, packaging. And so at what point does it cancel out the new-thingness of the new thing?
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