Today’s designed world doesn’t leave much room for kids to explore. For better or worse, products and the designed world are used as tools for self-determination. In childhood, toys become part of a ...

We don’t look at polka dots twice. Our brains immediately recognize that they’re a repeating pattern of dots. The same goes for plaid, chevron or any kind of design. We’re also able to look at a bunch ...

Thanks to an awareness that design affects children’s development, playrooms are no longer ‘the worst room in the house.’ You may even want to hang out there. By Tim McKeough If you were a child again ...

Rooms for kids (no matter what age) can be hard because they have to appeal to the parents, as well as to the kids who inhabit them. But as seen in these three rooms — a play space, a craft room, and ...

In her classic book, The House in Good Taste (1914), Elsie de Wolfe served up her advice on designing every room of a home, from the living room to the dining area to ...