Can design ever be ‘timeless’ ?  Can designers ever work outside the constraints of their moment in history to create objects which defy the unpredictable currents of fashion and taste ?

Beauty must always be rare and exclusive.  This is one of the great paradoxes of aesthetics and the quest for beauty : if everything were beautiful, nothing would be.

Can design ever be ‘timeless’ ?  Can designers ever work outside the constraints of their moment in history to create objects which defy the unpredictable currents of fashion and taste ?