Commentary on the visual world by Alexandra Lange. Can include movies, TV, books, magazines, parks, buildings, design, cooking, kids. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-10061101-1"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @abitlate)http://abitlate.tumblr.com/Give him (or her, but she’s less likely to mind) Robert A. M. Stern’s latest monograph,...http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/290618341http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/290618341Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:42:00 -0500ArchitectureRobert A. M. SternBooks Is it weird that I love 10 Best lists? Maybe not, because when critics are forced into a 10 Best...http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/286250396http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/286250396Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:31:54 -050010 Best ListsNew YorkerAnthony LaneCritics Modern Family is really funny. Yes, I like something, and it is on TV! The set-up seems overly...http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/284912535http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/284912535Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:19:39 -0500Modern FamilyABCTV Image of DZ Bank, Berlin, by Manuela Martin The fall semester is not yet over, and I have been...http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/283355393http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/283355393Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:48:00 -0500Frank GehryArchitectureDocumentariesSydney PollockMovies Is there anything less contemporary than a Christmas card? (As the daughter of a Jewish father I...http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/279220369http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/279220369Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:10:00 -0500DesignKidsNostalgiaXmas Something has been bothering me about the Up In the Air ads. Not the cute teaser ads with little...http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/278178068http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/278178068Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:41:56 -0500TypographyUp In The AirClooneyHelveticaDesign(or The United Nations is about to undergo a five-year renovation, systems and sustainability upgrade...http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/276781376http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/276781376Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:47:27 -0500Sven MarkeliusUNFinn JuhlEYPPreservation A propos of Todd Oldham, and modernist innovation, and Duchampian transformations of the everyday...http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/270568230http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/270568230Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:29:33 -0500Urban OutfittersCraftShopDIYAnni Albers My review (with DIY slideshow!) of Todd Oldham’s Kid Made Modern is up on DoubleX today....http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/268242757http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/268242757Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:57:23 -0500Todd OldhamDoubleXWorkKid Made Modern I read Fast Company’s story The Rise and Fall of Design Within Reach with great interest. DWR...http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/266546886http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/266546886Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:02:34 -0500DWRD/RDesignShop UnBeige informs me that the High Museum of Art has prepared a tribute to John Portman,...http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/264978276http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/264978276Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:22:41 -0500ArchitectureJohn PortmanRem Koolhaas When you go to the Museum of the City of New York to see the Eero Saarinen show (as you must: stop...http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/262405651http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/262405651Sun, 29 Nov 2009 14:58:09 -0500MagazinesLOOK1950s1960sPhotographyMCNYMad Men In 2003, which now feels like a lifetime ago, my now-husband and I embarked upon a three-week...http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/261300125http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/261300125Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:55:43 -0500Michigan Modern1950s1960sDesignArchitectureAlexanderAlexander GirardEamesEero Saarinen Design Observer posted a link to a wonderful gallery of artists’ Christmas cards at the...http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/257064210http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/257064210Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:37:43 -0500DesignFlorence KnollHolidaysErwin HauerEames I can’t really think about design this week, as I am too busy thinking about food. We are...http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/255715243http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/255715243Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:25:00 -0500FoodThanksgivingHolidaysFamily Every time I get an issue of New York Magazine lately I ask myself: is Adam Moss turning it into a...http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/253284874http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/253284874Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:46:04 -0500MagazinesNew York Magazine I don’t usually like to write about architecture that isn’t there. Too much of...http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/251420604http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/251420604Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:45:05 -0500ArchitectureMAXXIRobert A. M. SternZaha HadidGeorge W. Bush Presidential CenterPhilip Johnson Last D/R post until the book comes out next September, I promise: 10 minute segment on the...http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/249774886http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/249774886Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:50:00 -0500D/RExhibitionsMarimekko1969Books Writing reveals a lot about a person. Is he sloppy? In love with the sound of her own voice?...http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/247298659http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/247298659Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:15:00 -0500D-CritNew YorkerPaul GoldbergerTeachingWritingJean Nouvel From my archives, an excerpt of a review I wrote for The Architect’s Newspaper on the...http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/246035359http://abitlate.tumblr.com/post/246035359Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:26:00 -0500Brooklyn Children's MuseumRafael VinolyArchitectureKidsArchitectArchitect's Newspaper