From Rus with Love | Los Angeles Times Magazine

he question at hand was the validity of enforcing distinctions between objects—and object makers—that have traditionally been categorized under the rubric of art and those that have long occupied the ghetto of design. Those distinctions have been eroded by the work of folks like Roy McMakin, the gentle genius behind Domestic Furniture, and others who chafe at artificial divisions in professional identity and creative output. This topic was particularly relevant in the context of the Armory Show. The commingling of