The phrase "utilitarian elements" is correct and usable in written English.
This phrase can be used to refer to elements of something that serve a practical purpose. For example, "The design of this chair includes utilitarian elements like a large, comfortable cushion and a sturdy frame."
Utilitarian elements of building are important part of architectural creating.
("Decorative surfaces migrate across utilitarian elements", according to the show notes).
As always, I love juxtaposing prints and colours, mixing modern tribal with Bauhaus graphic, adding sporty utilitarian elements," says Castiglioni of her first high-street collection.
This can be seen most clearly in the wayathleisure has moved on: it's not about wearing straight sportswear but mixing it up with a more utilitarian elements.
It seems clear that the form of the rack is influenced in significant measure by utilitarian concerns and thus any aesthetic elements cannot be said to be conceptually separable from the utilitarian elements.
To state the Denicola test in the language of conceptual separability, if design elements reflect a merger of aesthetic and functional considerations, the artistic aspects of a work cannot be said to be conceptually separable from the utilitarian elements.
Mr. Altuzarra said the collection was influenced by Japanese Boro clothing, with its patched and worn utilitarian element.
He has turned down Vicky: "Her gesture towards the bed had had a utilitarian element, like that of a waiter indicating a vacant table".
Indeed, there was a strong utilitarian element in details like a patch khaki pocket on a top, or draped white cotton shirts (they looked and felt like parachute silk) or a new interpretation of Balenciaga's classic fisherman's smock.
The winner of the 2011 Turner Prize was environmental artist Martin Boyce, whose atmospheric sculptural installations drew inspiration from design history and attained the sensibility of the natural landscape through the human-made elements of utilitarian objects and sleek materials.
Singly, the elements are utilitarian or decorative but hardly notable, while in groups they can become overwhelming, like the bright blue hair rollers assembled, Lego-fashion, into a skeletal city that appears to have been decimated by a barrage of pink plastic spears.
