Design and Architecture
Is childhood overdesigned?
Anyone with kids knows that they come with a lot of… stuff. “From the first minute you have a child you have to buy all of these new things to accommodate your child: strollers, toys, highchairs, all of that.
By Frances Anderton • • 1 min readAnyone with kids knows that they come with a lot of… stuff.
Alexandra Lange, author of “The Design of Childhood,” tells DnA “how marvelous a cardboard box can be for a child” because it’s a blank surface upon which a child can project so many things.
Baby at Play, by Thomas Eakins, 1876.
