Alexandra Lange

Alexandra Lange|Essays

On Inksie: Good Design is Aesthetic

I was asked by the editors of Inksie to write about Dieter Rams and his ten principles for good design. Luckily they assigned me my favorite

Alexandra Lange|Essays

On Archpaper: Saccharine Design

My review of Marcel Wanders’ exhibition Daydreams at the Philadelphia Museum of Art for The Architect’s Newspaper just went online and let’s just say I was not impressed.

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Straw Men Redux

I can't help but compare and contrast Nicolai Ourossoff's opening sentences of his recent work.

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Category Error

My son is now at the age when he wants to put things in categories, and I struggle to define the categories of automobiles that extend beyond SUV or sedan.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Icon Review: Attila

At the Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Attila, the applause starts before the curtain rises.

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Please Stop Coloring

I was exasperated when I saw the new citrus Hans Wegner wishbone chairs.

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What I Learned @dcritconference

The D-Crit Conference is just a memory, so as a tribute to the afternoon presentations I saw, I offer a set of tangents.

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The Ur-Paperback

This great handmade layout for what now seems like a ubiquitous mass produced series—maybe the ur-paperback—reminded me of a piece I wrote for Metropolis long ago on remaking the Penguin line, Penguin Goes Punk.

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For My German Readers

As time goes on my negative impressions of Morphosis's 41 Cooper Square are coloring my previous positive feeling about all of Mayne’s work.

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Now What? Or, Beware Panels

Last night after I got back from The Changing State of the Design Press: Now What? I wrote a long crabby post about how boring it was, and also tweeted to that effect.

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Confessions and Criticism

I am not a fan of TMI, the confessional mode, or the sense one gets that the best way to make it as a woman in the media business is to write about yourself.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Fischer Price Airport

I bought this from Ebay for my son for Christmas — the toy my friend had that I always wanted to take home with me.