Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000

摘要

A large photograph of a boy, hanging precariously from a tall wall with one hand and smiling mischievously, greets visitors. Nearby, an early twentieth-century film clip shows a father frantically running to catch his child, who is rolling away inside some fantastic circular contraption, demonstrating how the pursuit of fun, parental angst, and the concern for radical design can, at times, be intricately tied. In the center of the space, a giant table and two oversize chairs reveal that when sitting on the Tripp-Trapp-a Danish wooden high chair designed in 1971-a toddler can feel (and seem) much more adequate in scale next to a large table.