Alexandra Lange
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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.