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Barbie’s Magical Mansion, created in 1990, was the largest ever Barbie house at the time of its launch. An elaborate and detailed domestic scape in pink, the house mimics Colonial Revival architecture, with fanlights, neoclassical columns, and balustrades of the type imported to America by European settlers. This style of architecture has strongly influenced the design of suburban homes with its aspirational overtones of status and tradition. Continue reading Pink Thing of The Day: Barbie’s Magical Mansion →
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A highlight of my visit to London last month was a day spent at the Design Museum for Barbie: The Exhibition, a design-focused Barbie-completist wonderland that was absolutely mind-blowing. That’s where I saw these tiny pink chairs that I knew I must somehow own. Let’s find out more about how the chairs came to be!
Continue reading Pink Thing of The Day: Kartell Chairs for Barbie’s DreamHouse →
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It’s no secret that 2023‘s hugely successful Barbie: The Movie, directed by Greta Gerwig, broke box office records and became a global pop-culture touchstone. To create their vision of Barbie’s famous home, set designer Sarah Greenwood and decorator Katie Spencer drew upon the history of the DreamHouse while bringing the interiors to life with pieces by contemporary designers such as Adam Nathaniel Furman , whose whimsical Glowbule Staccato Floor Lamp is seen in the film. Continue reading Eye On Design: Glowbule Staccato Floor Lamp By Adam Nathaniel Furman and Curiosa →
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The original International Symbol of Access (image below) was designed in 1969 by Susanne Koefoed. Enlarged above is the Accessible Icon, a recent redesign that portrays a person in forward motion, propelling through space. Surrounded by small images that depict various iterations, the new symbol represents people in wheelchairs as dynamic, rather than static bodies. The Accessible Icon Project began as a social intervention with the goal of making cities more inclusive.
Continue reading Eye on Design: Accessible Icon By Tim Ferguson Sauder →
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Designs inspired by nature form the largest group of more than 10,000 wallpapers in the collection of the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum. Often, a wallpaper theme would tie-in with the room’s use: designs of food were popular for dining rooms and water motifs dominated in bathrooms. The modern bathroom. with a designated space indoors, running water and flush toilets, had been developed by the late nineteenth century. Given the concerns for hygiene and running water, ceramic tiles were the preferred wall-covering because of their durability and sanitary nature. For those on a budget, early wallpapers imitated this look with varnished tile patterns. Continue reading Eye On Design: Sea Beauties Vintage Wallpaper →
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