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Person Place Thing
Person Place Thing

Architect Claire Weisz

By Tina Renick
Published September 27, 2024 at 10:30 PM EDT
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Does use determine design, or does design shape our behavior? Architect Claire Weisz asserts the latter: “A certain object does make you behave a certain way or do certain things.” Her example? A humble lime-squeezer. Designing large and small. Produced with the National Academy of Design.

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