Home Making Strategies

As I was walking through Lexington Avenue, I noticed the window on the top left. Although many windows had plants or Christmas lights draped across them, this one in particular stood out. Situated next to the small plant are books on the right. This is a strategy of home making because the home owner specifically picked those particular books to be by the window. Are they the homeowners favorite books? Are they the books the homeowner reads before going to bed? This purposeful choice makes his or her home feel more home-like because of the meaning those books have to the reader. This strategy relates to our reading of Design and Objects because the homeowner is giving meaning to a simple object in the house. Rather than basing off a person’s life by a famous artwork of that time or a famous movie, a book a person reads could tell wonders about his or her thoughts, beliefs, and values.

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