"Beauty," Olafur Eliasson, 1993. In this work, a spotlight shines through a layer of mist to create a rainbow that's only visible from certain angles.

1993, Pierluigi Cerri.

A photo of Verner Panton from 1993. © Panton Design, Basel

The gradually inclined entrance ramp and open plan help make the house accessible to a range of users.

Vitra Fire Station, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 1993

A simple swipe-left-or-right option on Luma's smart phone app—seen here—allows parents or residents to control who has access.

The Waterloo International Terminal, 1993, in London. Image courtesy Jo Reid/John Peck.

Kellogg spent five years working on the house, and the structure was completed in 1993.

A close-up of the dramatic display by Lindsay Adelman, who is an expert user of blown-glass.

The dial control lets the user adjust the darkness of the toast as well as set it to a defrost mode.

Simple solid and void carvings create a purposefully oriented and constructed complex of volumes that pull the user out to nature and in to repose.

Rineke Dijkstra, Long Island, N. Y., USA, July 1, 1993, 1993; chromogenic print; 66 1/8 in. x 55 11/16 in.; Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York & Paris; © Rineke Dijkstra

The Douglas fir deck that extends from the front facade of one of the cabins features a sunken tub that lets users feel as if they're floating above the clouds while bathing.

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Walking Papers (open-source mapping project for users' personal annotations) by .

The vanity and toilet are height-adjustable to accommodate a range of users.

A perfectly spaced notch in the base of the lamp holds the cord in place, allowing the lamp's user to achieve a harmonious placement of fixture and flower.

A photo of Verner Panton from 1993

The lower terrace, which features a hot tub, is farther down the hill to immerse its users in the landscape.

When Rob and Mary Lubera started pulling threads to uncover the origins of their new home—the lone midcentury house amid rows of Tudor Revivals in suburban Detroit—not even architecture scholars could have anticipated what they would find. Theirs is the last surviving residence by Alexander Girard (1907–1993), a modernist visionary who made his name in textiles but tried his hand at virtually everything, architecture included. The shoji-like laminate screens, seen in the entryway, are characteristic of his Japanese-influenced work.

From the glass wall of the master bedroom, the user can look down into the living lounge.

An aerial view of Washington, DC, circa 1993.

Products from Rudy’s Barbershop, which started in Seattle in 1993, are available in the shower.

The new Axor Bouroullec line of fixtures is based on the concept of "Feel free to Compose"—users can customize the arrangement and combinations of the 40-piece collection.

The Bund sightseeing tunnel. Image courtesy Flickr user Erwyn.

The Darwin Martin House. Image courtesy Flickr user Gmeadows1.

The bathroom window is strategically positioned so that views of the sea can only be seen when the user is seated on the toilet.

1993 Stefano Giovannoni designs Merdolino toilet brush for Alessi.

A mirror placed across the rear wall of the bathroom allows users to experience the original length of the school hallway.

Architect Neal Schwartz was tasked with designing a family guesthouse with both an aging relative and a wheelchair user in mind; at a maximum size of 775 square feet per the local zoning regulations, the home would need to be a single-level structure but also deal with the connection between the main house and the guest house. The solution was a new garage with a breezeway that connected to the guest house, all at the same level, and with a sculptural opening in the roof of the breezeway for light and air.

"Eclipse is a nesting table set that is an example of how we like our products to be playful. Each user can make the layout he wants."

Orgone Stretch and Lounge, 1993. Photo by Fabrice Gousset/Courtesy of Galerie Kreo.

1993 Dolce & Gabbana create costumes for Madonna's "Girlie Show" tour.

With both an aging relative and a wheelchair user in mind, architect Neal Schwartz creates a family guesthouse designed to be accessible to all. Resident Elizabeth Twaddell enjoys the weather with her daughter Uma outside the guesthouse Schwartz designed for her mother-in-law, Surendra, who frequently visits for extended stays. A concrete driveway forks off from the main house to lead to a covered breezeway, sited between the new 775-square-foot structure and a two-car garage.

The Camareiro bench was designed by Etel Carmona in 1993. Carmona is the head of Etel Marcenaria in Brazil.

Maison Latapie when first completed in 1993, looking much less lived in.