The Kohler Factory in Sheboygan Wisconsin makes toilets and sinks, but the company has a surprising motto, that quotes the 19th century art critic John Ruskin: “Life without labor is guilt. Life without art is brutality.” Kohler runs an artists-in-residency program, and Studio 360 sent Hillary Frank to check it out.
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