Two matters may here be of special concern to the conscientious designer and may make him stop and think or, perhaps, think and stop. The first is that with his help another object will be added to the many that are already taking our attention and our care, another object to distract us. (Our households contain hundreds of objects.) The second is that by trying to give this object its best possible shape, by trying to make it as timeless as possible—that is, not dictated by short-lived fashion—and by finding for it a form as anonymous as possible—that is, a form unburdened by dominantly individual traits of the planner—the designer finds himself in direct conflict with the economic pattern of our time.

— On Weaving by Anni Albers