We live in a world designed to be frictionless, yet we have never felt more exhausted. The endless scroll and the seamless object promise positivity but deliver a profound psychic fatigue—a condition philosopher Byung-Chul Han terms the "Burnout Society." He argues that this pervasive "smoothness" has erased the difficulty, texture, and resistance essential for genuine meaning. We are left adrift in a polished, autoerotic loop where we encounter only ourselves, never the 'other'.

This study investigates a powerful material antidote to this cultural crisis. It argues that a new category of objects, Post-Luxury Conceptual Functional Art (PLCFA), is emerging as a necessary form of cultural therapy. We explore how the "un-smooth" object—defined by its narrative, imperfection, and haptic resistance—functions as a tangible anchor in a weightless world. This is an analysis of the new "Aesthetics of Endurance," a quiet but profound movement that pits slow, contemplative stewardship against the accelerating, disposable logic of our time.