Things of Beauty

Via Design Observer, Saul Bass matchbook covers. Nothing to say except these are about the most beautiful things I have seen in some time. We have all been starved for color, and these seem like signs of spring. I would take any one, applied to almost anything (pillow, t-shirt, wallpaper, rug).

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Alexandra Lange is an architecture and design critic, and author of Writing about Architecture: Mastering the Language of Buildings and Cities. (Princeton Architectural Press, 2012). Her work has appeared in The Architect's Newspaper, Architectural Record, Dwell, Metropolis, Print, New York Magazine and The New York Times.
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