Alexandra Lange

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Learning New Tricks

Harvard doesn't have any design courses, but I've found new friends in "material culture." What it's like for a critic to go back to school.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

A World of Paste and Paper

Today's obsession with digital renderings sparked two exhibitions that suggest a handmade, but far from quaint, corrective.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Rural Vacation | Urban Questions

Driving Vermont's rural routes I began to wonder: Why does this town get a brand-new energy-efficient supermarket, and that one a minimart-slash-video store-slash-bank?

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Nevermind the Masterpiece

What's your "Masterpiece of Everyday New York"? A broken umbrella? A shirtwaist? Discarded gum?

Alexandra Lange|Essays

How To Unforget

The straightforward logic of “A Handbook of California Design” makes it the first step in unforgetting two generations of makers.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

An ABC of the ABCs

Were you a child? Did you read books? Then the NYPL's "ABC of It" serves as a portal back in time.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Every Little Thing

Cranbrook: A campus where the designers have thought of everything.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

That Personal Touch

In the age of the digital signature, what does script mean?

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Praise the Partner(s)

Salute Denise Scott Brown because she deserves it, but let's not forget the other partners.

Alexandra Lange|Interviews

Home Improvement

The Sweethome, where Consumer Reports and Amazon product reviews meet.

Alexandra Lange|Essays

The Fork and the World: Design 101

If you had to explain design to the uninitiated, where would you start?

Alexandra Lange|Essays

Dream Weaver

On a retrospective of the work of midcentury sculptor Ruth Asawa at Christie's, her first solo show in New York in 50 years.