Biological Imperative Meets Love of Design

December 7, 2008

If you read my entry on the Children’s room at the Seattle Library yesterday, you might assume I’m a mother. After all most childless adults don’t spend much time talking about children’s design, right? Probably true. Nevertheless, I’ve been drawn to spaces and objects designed for children ever since I was one. Part of this

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A Place for Kids

December 6, 2008

I’ve always loved spaces that are well designed for children. Too often, adults have weird ideas about what kids should like: grinning clowns, pastels and the like. The children’s room in the Seattle library shows a bit more thought, and at least an attempt to get on a kid’s level. The first most obvious thing

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Geek Out

December 5, 2008

You can tell Matt and I are nerds when we do things like, say, squeal in excitement because our favorite NPR reporter has returned from a two week vacation. Still, even we had to admit that it was a bit over the top to be spending an entire day of our honeymoon in a public

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