Invariably, early expressions of sub- or alternative cultures are the most fertile sampling grounds
Sometimes art and ideas can be considered as less than what already is accepted, as a result of things becoming more simplified and easier, resulting these neglected or irrelevant ideas one day becoming crucial to the future.
Commercial culture depends on the theft of intellectual property for its livelihood.
This was a great statement because it sparks curiosity in how the world around us is greatly influenced by the past and this which can result in what can be considered "Theft" and copyright infringement when considering how simple it has become to succeed commercially.
Earnest Elmo Calkins
https://designobserver.com/feature/earnest-elmo-calkins/39651
avant-garde
Bauhaus
Deutsche Werkbund
What is Deutscher Werkbund? https://www.deutscher-werkbund.de/wir-im-dwb/basic-information-in-english/
Weiner Werkstatte
What was the Wiener Werkstatte movement? https://www.theartstory.org/movement/wiener-werkstatte/
intellectual property
What is intellectual property? https://copyright.cornell.edu/node/15