Alexandra Lange
@langealexandra.bsky.social
Design critic, author, 1970s, malls, kids, Marimekko // more at www.alexandralange.net
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AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here's why that's happening and what can be done about it.
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
The AI Invasion of Knitting and Crochet
AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here’s why that’s happening and what can be done about it.
www.plagiarismtoday.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here's why that's happening and what can be done about it.
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
“You’ve got seven different homework assignments that you’ve got to remember each night,” she said. “I challenge many adults to do this.”
This is what HS is like and it was a nightmare for my child. Constant pick pick pick.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/m...
This is what HS is like and it was a nightmare for my child. Constant pick pick pick.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/m...
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“You’ve got seven different homework assignments that you’ve got to remember each night,” she said. “I challenge many adults to do this.”
This is what HS is like and it was a nightmare for my child. Constant pick pick pick.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/m...
This is what HS is like and it was a nightmare for my child. Constant pick pick pick.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/m...
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Here is the Stahl family's FB message regarding the sale of Case Study House 22. Possibly my all-time #1 architecture tour... Carlotta and Mark Stahl were hosting and it was absolutely magical. No one wanted to leave. Won't be the same under new owners, esp. given likely price tag, but 🤞
November 21, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Here is the Stahl family's FB message regarding the sale of Case Study House 22. Possibly my all-time #1 architecture tour... Carlotta and Mark Stahl were hosting and it was absolutely magical. No one wanted to leave. Won't be the same under new owners, esp. given likely price tag, but 🤞
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Federal funding cuts go deeper than erasing Black history; they suppress the voices of those who share and protect Black stories, which puts the future of Black history at risk. baltimorebeat.com/the-importan...
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Federal funding cuts go deeper than erasing Black history; they suppress the voices of those who share and protect Black stories, which puts the future of Black history at risk. baltimorebeat.com/the-importan...
I had a real Uh oh moment last night when 14yo asked me where his debate trophies from middle school were ... I wouldn't have purged those over the summer, would I ??? ... and they were in the second place I looked. I love having a house-shaped database in my head.
November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I had a real Uh oh moment last night when 14yo asked me where his debate trophies from middle school were ... I wouldn't have purged those over the summer, would I ??? ... and they were in the second place I looked. I love having a house-shaped database in my head.
It's applications time of year again so just putting it out there: I'm always happy to talk about the fellowship programs I've attended AND I had to apply multiple times. Don't be discouraged!
November 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
It's applications time of year again so just putting it out there: I'm always happy to talk about the fellowship programs I've attended AND I had to apply multiple times. Don't be discouraged!
It's Julia Child Day (at Smith College)! Queen of the organized kitchen // download the special issue of Design Quarterly or a poster here walkerart.org/magazine/des...
November 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It's Julia Child Day (at Smith College)! Queen of the organized kitchen // download the special issue of Design Quarterly or a poster here walkerart.org/magazine/des...
Abercrombie --- > Library in Escondido and readership is up www.kpbs.org/news/living/...
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Abercrombie --- > Library in Escondido and readership is up www.kpbs.org/news/living/...
I would be so much more sympathetic if the hill he'd decided to die on was building the banned sandboxes and jungle gyms
Well everyone needs a hobby I guess, and this guy's seems to be spending every waking minute and all of his money making life miserable for the neighbors he chose to live near
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Don’t Tread on Frank: How One Man’s Yard Became a Battlefield
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I would be so much more sympathetic if the hill he'd decided to die on was building the banned sandboxes and jungle gyms
The only thing I make for Thanksgiving is pie and I make the same 3 every year and people are *happy* Some of these pie flavor suggestions are bonkers to me. Experiment with the controversial salad.
November 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The only thing I make for Thanksgiving is pie and I make the same 3 every year and people are *happy* Some of these pie flavor suggestions are bonkers to me. Experiment with the controversial salad.
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Add this to le discourse:
I just finished a piece for next Azure mag issue on how trad malls across Canada (box + parking lot) are being transformed into mixed use, indoor outdoor shopping centres that resemble walkable trad downtowns. So some considerable $$$ is going urban in Canada.
I just finished a piece for next Azure mag issue on how trad malls across Canada (box + parking lot) are being transformed into mixed use, indoor outdoor shopping centres that resemble walkable trad downtowns. So some considerable $$$ is going urban in Canada.
Right, this is true, but the OVERWHELMING evidence of the past 100 years of American life is that vastly more people want space and a car than a smaller unit and a car-free lifestyle. This is mostly why the suburban share of US population has grown relentlessly for the entire 20th and 21st century
Some people put a premium on space in my experience, others put a premium on not having to have a car and not being isolated out in the suburbs
November 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Add this to le discourse:
I just finished a piece for next Azure mag issue on how trad malls across Canada (box + parking lot) are being transformed into mixed use, indoor outdoor shopping centres that resemble walkable trad downtowns. So some considerable $$$ is going urban in Canada.
I just finished a piece for next Azure mag issue on how trad malls across Canada (box + parking lot) are being transformed into mixed use, indoor outdoor shopping centres that resemble walkable trad downtowns. So some considerable $$$ is going urban in Canada.
I have to take the LIRR tomorrow and I think it is only the second (?!?) time in my 30+ years in NYC. I'm afraid of getting lost in that part of Atlantic Terminal!
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I have to take the LIRR tomorrow and I think it is only the second (?!?) time in my 30+ years in NYC. I'm afraid of getting lost in that part of Atlantic Terminal!
Eyes on the street but only security guards are home
There are blocks I won't go jogging down because it's just a wall of Ring cameras right up against the street with no setback and I do not need everyone and their grandmother recording me struggling at sunrise.
www.theverge.com/podcast/8220...
www.theverge.com/podcast/8220...
November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Eyes on the street but only security guards are home
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Wild. We always say on the podcast that owning a car is required for effective full enfranchisement in most places of the USA because we are such a car-dependent society, but this is...next level. They say it like it's disqualifying for office.
WaPo editorial board launches a disgusting car-brained attack on Seattle's new mayor Katie Wilson.
"Who is Wilson? She does not own a car"
It's so bad you need to read it, so a gift link: wapo.st/4r2peP3
"Who is Wilson? She does not own a car"
It's so bad you need to read it, so a gift link: wapo.st/4r2peP3
November 17, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Wild. We always say on the podcast that owning a car is required for effective full enfranchisement in most places of the USA because we are such a car-dependent society, but this is...next level. They say it like it's disqualifying for office.
Our podcast project on American women architects was turned down for an NEH grant earlier this year — amazing reviews but women? It was a no. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
November 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Our podcast project on American women architects was turned down for an NEH grant earlier this year — amazing reviews but women? It was a no. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
For the weekend reader: Why Finnish-style baby boxes became a talking point in the NYC mayoral election www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Finnish-Style Baby Boxes Get a New York Twist
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani campaigned to offer citywide baby boxes, a free care package program for expectant NYC mothers. Outgoing Mayor Eric Adams already paved the way.
www.bloomberg.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:10 PM
For the weekend reader: Why Finnish-style baby boxes became a talking point in the NYC mayoral election www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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“Many of its nearly 50 grant programs have been paused or ended, according to an examination of its website. About 2/3 of the staff has been laid off and, last month, most members of the scholarly council that must review a majority of grants were abruptly fired by the White House.”
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Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“Many of its nearly 50 grant programs have been paused or ended, according to an examination of its website. About 2/3 of the staff has been laid off and, last month, most members of the scholarly council that must review a majority of grants were abruptly fired by the White House.”
[gift link]
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A student journalist fired... For asking follow-up questions to the president of the state's flagship university.
Student journalist terminated following interview with UVA interim President Paul Mahoney - C-VILLE Weekly
Getting an interview with, let alone answers from, upper leadership at the University of Virginia is an uphill battle for any news organization. The groups with the most access to UVA’s administration...
c-ville.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A student journalist fired... For asking follow-up questions to the president of the state's flagship university.
Speaking of the teens and young adults … www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/r...
New York Lacked an Affordable Housing Portal. So These Teenagers Made One.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Speaking of the teens and young adults … www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/r...
I had no idea what I was doing in college but I did write a critique of the leadership of the architecture school, then in its darkest days, and I edited reviews on Halloween candy and Madonna's Sex book so there was something there. I appreciate students who go for it.
November 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I had no idea what I was doing in college but I did write a critique of the leadership of the architecture school, then in its darkest days, and I edited reviews on Halloween candy and Madonna's Sex book so there was something there. I appreciate students who go for it.
I love that the Daily Princetonian published a special issue about their new museum + it included criticism! www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...
November 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I love that the Daily Princetonian published a special issue about their new museum + it included criticism! www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025...
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Need a little midday distraction? I know I do, so I present to you JOYS OF JELL-O (1967), found in my grandmother's house.
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Need a little midday distraction? I know I do, so I present to you JOYS OF JELL-O (1967), found in my grandmother's house.
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Get in losers we're ruining the workplace.
Poster designed by Lois Ehlert for Manpower Temporary Services, 1979, in the collection of @cooperhewitt.org.web.brid.gy.
Poster designed by Lois Ehlert for Manpower Temporary Services, 1979, in the collection of @cooperhewitt.org.web.brid.gy.
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Get in losers we're ruining the workplace.
Poster designed by Lois Ehlert for Manpower Temporary Services, 1979, in the collection of @cooperhewitt.org.web.brid.gy.
Poster designed by Lois Ehlert for Manpower Temporary Services, 1979, in the collection of @cooperhewitt.org.web.brid.gy.
A ton of strip malls and also mall malls and corporate headquarters
"...they’re seeing that go up everywhere. So it just didn’t connect. So I said, you know, I’m not building on open spaces, I’m doing transit-oriented development, repurposing – there’s a ton of strip malls that could be repurposed…it just didn’t connect..." (5/5)
November 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A ton of strip malls and also mall malls and corporate headquarters
Great piece that argues, Less playable art, more everyday play
The piece I was writing which uses this pavilion as a starting point has just been published. Thought you might be interested: www.mediapolisjournal.com/2025/11/citi...
When Cities Aren’t Playable: Placing Children’s Play in Urban Environments
Contrasting the visibility of playful art installations with a decline in funding for public infrastructures, Alison Stenning discusses how playability of ordinary urban environments is often ignored,...
www.mediapolisjournal.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Great piece that argues, Less playable art, more everyday play