https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/10/06/how-capitalism-can-save-art/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 16:25:18 -0400<![CDATA[Over the past century, industrial design has steadily gained on the fine arts and has now surpassed them in cultural impact. In the age of travel and speed that began just before World War I, machines became smaller and sleeker. Streamlining, developed for race cars, trains, airplanes and ocean liners, was extended in the 1920s to appliances like vacuum cleaners and washing machines. The smooth white towers of electric refrigerators (replacing clunky iceboxes) embodied the elegant new minimalism.]]>Sat, 06 Oct 2012 22:35:26 -0400<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/10/06/how-capitalism-can-save-art-n96405