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    Design and Architecture

    Morphosis designs OCMA, is childhood overdesigned?

    Orange County Museum of Art gets new a museum designed by Morphosis Architects, and it tips its hat at Richard Serra’s “Connector.” Will it bring urban life to suburban Costa Mesa?

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    By Frances Anderton • Jun 19, 2018 • 28m Listen

    Orange County Museum of Art gets new a museum designed by Morphosis Architects, and it tips its hat at Richard Serra’s “Connector.” Will it bring urban life to suburban Costa Mesa? And design critic Alexandra Lange explores “good” toys and playgrounds and wonders if children would be just as free and creative if left to play with a cardboard box.

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    2 stories
    1. 0:33

      Morphosis avoids designing an icon for OCMA

      Orange County Museum of Art closed its doors this weekend in Newport Beach. It will now move to a temporary location in South Coast Plaza Village in Santa Ana.

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      11 min
    2. 11:57

      Is childhood overdesigned?

      Anyone with kids knows that they come with a lot of… stuff. “From the first minute you have a child you have to buy all of these new things to accommodate your child: strollers, toys, highchairs, all of that.

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      16 min
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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Avishay Artsy

      Producer, DnA: Design and Architecture

      Culture

    In this episode

    2 stories
    1. 0:3311 min

      Morphosis avoids designing an icon for OCMA

    2. 11:5716 min

      Is childhood overdesigned?

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