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youmightfindyourself: “Things that are easy to use survive, regardless of what is fashionable, and people want to use them forever,” Yanagi said in a 2002 Japan Times article. “But if things are created merely for a passing vogue and not for a purpose, people soon get bored with them and throw them away. “The fundamental problem,” he added, “is that many products are created to be sold, not used.” —Sori Yanagi Sori Yanagi designed functional items. His father, Soetsu Yanagi, was the founder of the Mingei (Folk Craft) Museum in Japan and author of “The Unknown Craftsman”, a book that influenced 20th century potters on at least five continents.

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“Things that are easy to use survive, regardless of what is fashionable, and people want to use them forever,” Yanagi said in a 2002 Japan Times article. “But if things are created merely for a passing vogue and not for a purpose, people soon get bored with them and throw them away.

“The fundamental problem,” he added, “is that many products are created to be sold, not used.” —Sori Yanagi

Sori Yanagi designed functional items. His father, Soetsu Yanagi, was the founder of the Mingei (Folk Craft) Museum in Japan and author of “The Unknown Craftsman”, a book that influenced 20th century potters on at least five continents.

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