Design History
From Parlour to Living Room: A Room Changes Its Name
From parlour to living room, learn how to read a room’s name alongside its layout, furnishings, and traces of everyday…
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Design History
Trace how changing needs and ideas leave their mark on designed things.
Our point of view
Design is a set of choices we can learn to see.
We look beyond appearance to ask what a design does, how it is made legible and who it serves. Noticing those choices makes familiar things more interesting.