I agree with most of your statements. However, the designer stated that it was a concept design, not meant to be implemented in real life. I could see this used in a futuristic movie, for example. To discourage someone from creating art that gives them pleasure though nonfunctional is wrong to me.
Shouldn't a concept design acknowledge physical law with at least a tiny nod towards actual application? Otherwise it's art for art's sake, not design.
