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Design and Architecture

Simon Doonan on Aging Flamboyantly, Normcore and Comedic Architecture

Your glasses should get bigger with age, normcore matters and architects are the “new comedians.” Those are among the reflections of Simon Doonan , creative ambassador-at-large for Barney’s New York, Slate columnist and author of several books including most recently Asylum: A Collage of Couture Reminiscences and Hysteria .

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By Frances Anderton • Dec 23, 2014 • 1 min read

Your glasses should get bigger with age, normcore matters and architects are the “new comedians.” Those are among the reflections of Simon Doonan, creative ambassador-at-large for Barney’s New York, Slate columnist and author of several books including most recently Asylum: A Collage of Couture Reminiscences and Hysteria.

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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