totem

Today, Vessel USA manufactures some of Architectural Pottery’s original designs as new generations of consumers discover the planters, pots and totems that still stand as visual signatures of midcentury modernism.

Politically, we live in volatile times, which makes the hair-trigger Trump a perfect totem for our unpredictable age.

In that way, like other fake populist and charismatic leaders, Trump is a symbol, totem, and hero who they can live through vicariously.

It is true that every presidential candidate becomes, to some extent, a symbol or totem.

What Lévi-Strauss concluded about totems can be applied to dioramas, too.