A long-time international residential interior design publication recently published, as acknowledgement of such existence, an article about the interior home design style of certain persons in a municipality well-known as “sin city”.

My immediate quick reaction was, as gently as can be expressed in professional polite conversation, was strong repulsion.

The mission of said publication is to highlight the best of residential interior design internationally and not as a cultural history of what exist.

Design characteristics of said “sin city” are brash, gaudy, overtly sexual, money-oriented, addictive, attention-seeking, and low ebb ambiance.

Interior design, as well as all other professions, should seek was is best as quality and not just as status.

Over the past few decades, what does our personal knowledge and appreciation of what is beautiful say, and in what direction has such gone?

The goal, while preserving what is the best of the past, of civilizations should be to grow and advance the level of quality in all aspects of our lives.

During your lifetime, what have you experienced, noticed, and expressed about aesthetics in your personal living environment?

Food for thought.