Alexandra Lange
@langealexandra.bsky.social
Design critic, author, 1970s, malls, kids, Marimekko // more at www.alexandralange.net
Zohran graphics pivoting to the Mets (Queens) color scheme now that he's been elected
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Zohran graphics pivoting to the Mets (Queens) color scheme now that he's been elected
This is my #1 for the Kid Agenda: opt-out School Streets nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/a... closely followed by Low-Traffic Neighborhoods
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is my #1 for the Kid Agenda: opt-out School Streets nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/05/a... closely followed by Low-Traffic Neighborhoods
Magazines are also pushing a desaturated palette that I find super boring so this also intersects with my own taste. If I were renovating an old house I could still go for robin's egg blue. This is a VT house redone by Barbara Bestor www.nytimes.com/2022/04/21/g...
November 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Magazines are also pushing a desaturated palette that I find super boring so this also intersects with my own taste. If I were renovating an old house I could still go for robin's egg blue. This is a VT house redone by Barbara Bestor www.nytimes.com/2022/04/21/g...
This is my favorite -- rich, textured, but there's still a strong grid and it is monochrome
November 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This is my favorite -- rich, textured, but there's still a strong grid and it is monochrome
Here's a post of MSL Holiday covers and I would argue that with the exception of the ones with MS herself they do not date www.marthastewart.com/8011894/mart... (1995/2003)
November 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Here's a post of MSL Holiday covers and I would argue that with the exception of the ones with MS herself they do not date www.marthastewart.com/8011894/mart... (1995/2003)
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social did you paint this on my least favorite intersection?
October 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
@brooklynspoke.bsky.social @sgoodyear.bsky.social did you paint this on my least favorite intersection?
People impressed by the small street level footprint of 270 Park may I introduce you to … Rainier Tower (1977)
October 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
People impressed by the small street level footprint of 270 Park may I introduce you to … Rainier Tower (1977)
I have, in fact, known about this for years ... glad this sculpture is finally returned to light www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
October 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I have, in fact, known about this for years ... glad this sculpture is finally returned to light www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
A look at the Court/Baltic crossing now that the colored paint has gone in on the Court Street bike lane: Drivers are respecting the brown!
October 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A look at the Court/Baltic crossing now that the colored paint has gone in on the Court Street bike lane: Drivers are respecting the brown!
Thrilled to announce the new, expanded paperback of THE DESIGN OF CHILDHOOD feat. all seven on my Pulitzer Prize-winning essays in print! Out Nov 11 @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @bloomberg.com
October 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Thrilled to announce the new, expanded paperback of THE DESIGN OF CHILDHOOD feat. all seven on my Pulitzer Prize-winning essays in print! Out Nov 11 @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @bloomberg.com
Skateboarding, Scandinavia, nostalgia in the NYTMag www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/m...
October 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Skateboarding, Scandinavia, nostalgia in the NYTMag www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/m...
A less cursed image ... well, maybe not
October 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
A less cursed image ... well, maybe not
If you ever wondered where the solar panels from the White House ended up americanhistory.si.edu/collections/... One of the funnier collection images I've seen.
October 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If you ever wondered where the solar panels from the White House ended up americanhistory.si.edu/collections/... One of the funnier collection images I've seen.
The latest from mallworld courtesy @cmonstah.bsky.social: An update on Rick Caruso's faux urbanism, post fire @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social nyra.nyc/articles/mal...
October 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The latest from mallworld courtesy @cmonstah.bsky.social: An update on Rick Caruso's faux urbanism, post fire @nyreviewofarch.bsky.social nyra.nyc/articles/mal...
Great segment @wnyc.org on Designing Motherhood at MAD. I wrote the foreword for the catalog and can attest, it's a great show www.wnyc.org/story/how-de...
October 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Great segment @wnyc.org on Designing Motherhood at MAD. I wrote the foreword for the catalog and can attest, it's a great show www.wnyc.org/story/how-de...
Keri Russell = Brooklyn neighbor, kids the same age, AND also allergic to success (I broke out in hives for the first time ever after I won the Pulitzer) www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
October 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Keri Russell = Brooklyn neighbor, kids the same age, AND also allergic to success (I broke out in hives for the first time ever after I won the Pulitzer) www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
It would be poetic if Benjamin Franklin Parkway went pedestrian ... they did it for the Bicentennial!
October 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It would be poetic if Benjamin Franklin Parkway went pedestrian ... they did it for the Bicentennial!
I feel as if I always knew who Jane Goodall was thanks to this high 1970s children's book, Grub: The Bush Baby. RIP. www.abebooks.com/978000195273...
October 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I feel as if I always knew who Jane Goodall was thanks to this high 1970s children's book, Grub: The Bush Baby. RIP. www.abebooks.com/978000195273...
I’m thrilled about the new Court St bike lane but can someone investigate why it’s painted so you can park in the crosswalk @nyc.streetsblog.org
October 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I’m thrilled about the new Court St bike lane but can someone investigate why it’s painted so you can park in the crosswalk @nyc.streetsblog.org
I just noticed this countdown on the Department of the Interior site ... that ribbon 250 is so bad when we once had this
September 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I just noticed this countdown on the Department of the Interior site ... that ribbon 250 is so bad when we once had this
In additional media mentions: Quoted in this History Channel entry on my beloved Jungle Gym www.history.com/articles/jun...
September 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
In additional media mentions: Quoted in this History Channel entry on my beloved Jungle Gym www.history.com/articles/jun...
Checking the proofs for the ***new edition*** of THE DESIGN OF CHILDHOOD with all of my Pulitzer Prize winning essays! Out in November.
www.bloomsbury.com/us/design-of...
www.bloomsbury.com/us/design-of...
August 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Checking the proofs for the ***new edition*** of THE DESIGN OF CHILDHOOD with all of my Pulitzer Prize winning essays! Out in November.
www.bloomsbury.com/us/design-of...
www.bloomsbury.com/us/design-of...
Moomins merch (in good colors!) to support the library shop.bklynlibrary.org/shop
August 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Moomins merch (in good colors!) to support the library shop.bklynlibrary.org/shop
Love to see Noguchi in the mix too … more on his play career from me in 2026 www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847...
August 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Love to see Noguchi in the mix too … more on his play career from me in 2026 www.rizzoliusa.com/book/9780847...
Maybe all you bike nerds already knews this but TIL about Bikecentennial '76 www.adventurecycling.org/blog/bikecen... Does anyone happen to have a road sign?
August 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Maybe all you bike nerds already knews this but TIL about Bikecentennial '76 www.adventurecycling.org/blog/bikecen... Does anyone happen to have a road sign?