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Essays & Reviews

Forget Me Not

By Javier ArbonaOctober 21, 2015
Memorials to dead cops try to bury injustice in a display of ersatz collective grief
The Austerity Kitchen

A Short History of the Dining Room (Part 2)

By Christine BaumgarthuberMarch 17, 2015
The turn of the last century saw the dining room go from a haven in a heartless world to a fueling station for factory work
The Austerity Kitchen

A Short History of the Dining Room (Part 1)

By Christine BaumgarthuberJanuary 20, 2015
As more people found a place at the table, the concern became that of finding a place for the table
Essays & Reviews

The Speech of Things

By Léopold LambertNovember 25, 2014
When objects are called on to give legal testimony, it forces lawyers, architects and designers to rethink their practices.
Essays & Reviews

Commuter Riots

By Cory StephensOctober 24, 2014
The Kansas City Royals' Kauffman Stadium is in a suburban sports complex that is perfectly modernist, which is to say, perfectly designed to quash riots.
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