Abstract
A thing found is a found thing; das ding an sich, the thing-in-itself, is altogether something else. We know chair before we know this found chair. We know chair-ness, and yet for us, there is no such thing-in-itself as a chair. Strange enough? Yes, but an ordinary thing, a thing as-itself, like this found chair, is also something else. Especially if it is designed. Especially if it is French. And then we see the same is true of other stuff, especially if it is a Juicy Salif. Especially if it is from the childhood of Ettore Sottsass. Especially if it is the thing just there in the corner, on a shelf, in the laundry, awaiting its use. In designing, we are always seeing things in their potential and realized specialness. Let’s call this special way of seeing things the Continental approach. The Continental “Beautiful music – Dangerous rhythm –
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