• “House & Home,” a new exhibit at the National Building Museum, tours three centuries of domestic life, from Monticello to Sea Ranch to FlatPak. [1 of 3]
 

today’s Very Short List:
design 24 May 2012

by Alexandra Lange, an architecture and design critic and the author of Writing About Architecture.
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  • I still own my grandma’s 1960s Vera Neumann towels. Now you can dry your hands on a By the Pint dish towel, an archival Vera print. [2 of 3]
 
  • The only film I know depicting life with a design geek is Please Give, starring Catherine Keener as a vintage-modern picker. [3 of 3]
 
  • Images (in order): photo via National Building Museum; image via Crate & Barrel; Please Give still via Design Observer.
 
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