From schools to sand piles: Critic Alexandra Lange tracks how design has shaped kids and kids have shaped design
(LA Times Clippers)

When architecture critic Alexandra Lange first had her children - a son and daughter, now ages 11 and 7, respectively - she says that she found herself, like many parents of infants, contending with an avalanche of stuff: toys, dish ware, clothing, furnishings and assorted accoutrements. `As a...