At the time, such unornamented objects could have been found in many unpretending workaday items of industrial design, ceramics produced at the Arabia manufactory in Finland, for instance, or the glass insulators of electric lines.
Di saat itu, suatu objek tak berornamen bisa ditemui di banyak item desain industrial sehari-hari yang bersahaja, keramik yang diproduksi di pabrik Arabia di Finlandia, misalnya, atau isolasi kaca untuk jalur listrik.