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    Design and Architecture

    Design as a Form of Therapy; The Meaning of Camp

    Simon Doonan, who's moved far away from his dreary British childhood town, to mingle with the Beautiful People, discusses what shaped his approach to design, including his discovery of -Camp.- Also, interior designer Madeline Stuart on what's really involved in making over someone-s living space, and architectural historian Sylvia Lavin and psychologists Susan Painter and Connie Forrest on the therapeutic aspects of designing a home.

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    By Frances Anderton • Jul 19, 2005 • 30m Listen

    Simon Doonan, who's moved far away from his dreary British childhood town, to mingle with the Beautiful People, discusses what shaped his approach to design, including his discovery of -Camp.- Also, interior designer Madeline Stuart on what's really involved in making over someone-s living space, and architectural historian Sylvia Lavin and psychologists Susan Painter and Connie Forrest on the therapeutic aspects of designing a home.

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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