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There’s definitely a populist, get-rich-quick element to acquiring objects, Zemaitis says.
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A great collection is not always about value?
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Zemaitis is attracted to objects that seamlessly incorporate nature.
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Zemaitis sees himself as a generalist of 20th-century design.
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Much of what Zemaitis sells is just for display, though he has many clients who use the work for interior design.
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How much is a Post-It note worth if it’s displayed at MOMA?
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Zemaitis sees the beauty in 100-year-old wire insulators.
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It’s all about the mutant materials, Zemaitis says.
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Though today’s designers have to straddle the line, the better ones have a social consciousness, Zemaitis says.
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A designer’s “mistakes” are become increasingly valuable in the marketplace, Zemaitis says.
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Europeans are discovering 20th-century American design – and driving up prices.
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Eero Saarinen, Zemaitis says, is “criminally underrated.”
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Zemaitis reviews the big-ticket designers of the past century.
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Expanding the idea of collecting beyond the one-of-everything mentality.
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Zemaitis loves Frank Lloyd Wright and other 20th-century American designers.