Hands Off the Icons
“What would Hans Wegner say?” I tweeted upon seeing a citrus-tinged Wishbone chair on Design*Sponge. “Anyone else hate recolored classics too? They had paint in 1950; he chose not to use it.”
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This story was originally published in Dwell’s October 2010 issue.
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Alexandra Lange
Alexandra Lange is a critic, journalist, and architectural historian based in Brooklyn.
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