"The
standard Best Products building is a box whose purpose is to supply the objects
that are demanded by and in part define the lives of those who live out a
version of the American Dream- a version in which material possessions, once
the objects of religious sacrifice, now serve to mark out rituals of daily
life. To a considerable extent our household goods have become our household
gods; our markets, temples of consumerism. In designing a facade for Best, we
have undertaken to tell the story of this transformation of values in a witty
way, and to describe the cycle of life to which it bears witness"
Stern,
Robert A.M: " The Earth, the Temple and the
Goods " en: "Buildings for Best Products", Museum of Modern Art,
New York,
1979, p.26-29.
