Alexandra Lange
@langealexandra.bsky.social
Design critic, author, 1970s, malls, kids, Marimekko // more at www.alexandralange.net
There's a French Chef connection in my new book that I was very happy to make
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
There's a French Chef connection in my new book that I was very happy to make
It's Julia Child Day (at Smith College)! Queen of the organized kitchen // download the special issue of Design Quarterly or a poster here walkerart.org/magazine/des...
November 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It's Julia Child Day (at Smith College)! Queen of the organized kitchen // download the special issue of Design Quarterly or a poster here walkerart.org/magazine/des...
More trivia (from a talk I have on all the women who wore Marimekko), this dress was also worn by model Anja Lehto, later the wife of photographer Tony Vaccaro who photographed the brand for LIFE
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
More trivia (from a talk I have on all the women who wore Marimekko), this dress was also worn by model Anja Lehto, later the wife of photographer Tony Vaccaro who photographed the brand for LIFE
If you haven't been ... it's fab + has a great interactive site gropius.house
This is Ise Gropius's customized Marimekko from Design Research
This is Ise Gropius's customized Marimekko from Design Research
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
If you haven't been ... it's fab + has a great interactive site gropius.house
This is Ise Gropius's customized Marimekko from Design Research
This is Ise Gropius's customized Marimekko from Design Research
Zohran Mamdani endorses Magna-Tiles (as do I)
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Zohran Mamdani endorses Magna-Tiles (as do I)
Curious about the design for babies that both New York's outgoing and incoming mayors support? I got you www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Curious about the design for babies that both New York's outgoing and incoming mayors support? I got you www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Publication day for the expanded paperback edition of THE DESIGN OF CHILDHOOD, with a new intro and my Pulitzer-winning essays up front geni.us/designofchil...
Plus a brand new audiobook www.audible.com/pd/The-Desig...
@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
Plus a brand new audiobook www.audible.com/pd/The-Desig...
@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Publication day for the expanded paperback edition of THE DESIGN OF CHILDHOOD, with a new intro and my Pulitzer-winning essays up front geni.us/designofchil...
Plus a brand new audiobook www.audible.com/pd/The-Desig...
@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
Plus a brand new audiobook www.audible.com/pd/The-Desig...
@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social
Zohran graphics pivoting to the Mets (Queens) color scheme now that he's been elected
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Zohran graphics pivoting to the Mets (Queens) color scheme now that he's been elected
This is my #1 for the Kid Agenda: opt-out School Streets nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/a... closely followed by Low-Traffic Neighborhoods
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is my #1 for the Kid Agenda: opt-out School Streets nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/a... closely followed by Low-Traffic Neighborhoods
Magazines are also pushing a desaturated palette that I find super boring so this also intersects with my own taste. If I were renovating an old house I could still go for robin's egg blue. This is a VT house redone by Barbara Bestor www.nytimes.com/2022/04/21/g...
November 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Magazines are also pushing a desaturated palette that I find super boring so this also intersects with my own taste. If I were renovating an old house I could still go for robin's egg blue. This is a VT house redone by Barbara Bestor www.nytimes.com/2022/04/21/g...
This is my favorite -- rich, textured, but there's still a strong grid and it is monochrome
November 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This is my favorite -- rich, textured, but there's still a strong grid and it is monochrome
Here's a post of MSL Holiday covers and I would argue that with the exception of the ones with MS herself they do not date www.marthastewart.com/8011894/mart... (1995/2003)
November 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Here's a post of MSL Holiday covers and I would argue that with the exception of the ones with MS herself they do not date www.marthastewart.com/8011894/mart... (1995/2003)
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social did you paint this on my least favorite intersection?
October 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social did you paint this on my least favorite intersection?
People impressed by the small street level footprint of 270 Park may I introduce you to … Rainier Tower (1977)
October 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
People impressed by the small street level footprint of 270 Park may I introduce you to … Rainier Tower (1977)
I have, in fact, known about this for years ... glad this sculpture is finally returned to light www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
October 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I have, in fact, known about this for years ... glad this sculpture is finally returned to light www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
A look at the Court/Baltic crossing now that the colored paint has gone in on the Court Street bike lane: Drivers are respecting the brown!
October 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A look at the Court/Baltic crossing now that the colored paint has gone in on the Court Street bike lane: Drivers are respecting the brown!
Thrilled to announce the new, expanded paperback of THE DESIGN OF CHILDHOOD feat. all seven on my Pulitzer Prize-winning essays in print! Out Nov 11 @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @bloomberg.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Thrilled to announce the new, expanded paperback of THE DESIGN OF CHILDHOOD feat. all seven on my Pulitzer Prize-winning essays in print! Out Nov 11 @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @bloomberg.com
Skateboarding, Scandinavia, nostalgia in the NYTMag www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/m...
October 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Skateboarding, Scandinavia, nostalgia in the NYTMag www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/m...
A less cursed image ... well, maybe not
October 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A less cursed image ... well, maybe not
If you ever wondered where the solar panels from the White House ended up americanhistory.si.edu/collections/... One of the funnier collection images I've seen.
October 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If you ever wondered where the solar panels from the White House ended up americanhistory.si.edu/collections/... One of the funnier collection images I've seen.
The latest from mallworld courtesy @cmonstah.bsky.social: An update on Rick Caruso's faux urbanism, post fire @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social nyra.nyc/articles/mal...
October 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The latest from mallworld courtesy @cmonstah.bsky.social: An update on Rick Caruso's faux urbanism, post fire @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social nyra.nyc/articles/mal...
Great segment @wnyc.org on Designing Motherhood at MAD. I wrote the foreword for the catalog and can attest, it's a great show www.wnyc.org/story/how-de...
October 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Great segment @wnyc.org on Designing Motherhood at MAD. I wrote the foreword for the catalog and can attest, it's a great show www.wnyc.org/story/how-de...
Keri Russell = Brooklyn neighbor, kids the same age, AND also allergic to success (I broke out in hives for the first time ever after I won the Pulitzer) www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
October 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Keri Russell = Brooklyn neighbor, kids the same age, AND also allergic to success (I broke out in hives for the first time ever after I won the Pulitzer) www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
It would be poetic if Benjamin Franklin Parkway went pedestrian ... they did it for the Bicentennial!
October 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It would be poetic if Benjamin Franklin Parkway went pedestrian ... they did it for the Bicentennial!
I feel as if I always knew who Jane Goodall was thanks to this high 1970s children's book, Grub: The Bush Baby. RIP. www.abebooks.com/978000195273...
October 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I feel as if I always knew who Jane Goodall was thanks to this high 1970s children's book, Grub: The Bush Baby. RIP. www.abebooks.com/978000195273...