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    Design and Architecture

    Wine and Design

    In the last couple decades there has been a transformation in the branding of chocolate, of coffee and other essential elements of the Good Life. But nowhere has this been more prevalent than with wine. Henry Urbach is curator of design at SF MOMA.

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    By Frances Anderton • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    In the last couple decades there has been a transformation in the branding of chocolate, of coffee and other essential elements of the Good Life. But nowhere has this been more prevalent than with wine. Henry Urbach is curator of design at SF MOMA. Together with the architects Diller Scofidio and Renfro -- designers of new Broad Museum -- he created a show called How Wine Became Modern, 1976 to Now. He talks about designing the rituals around wine helped deliver a new lifestyle to American consumers.

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    The full episode

    4 of 4
    Architecture and the BIG Idea
    1. 0:00Engineering In Disaster
    2. 3:19Facebook Gets a New Face
    3. 11:06BIG Ideas, Big Impact
    4. 22:26Wine and DesignYou’re reading this
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