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\nBook editor Joan Crawford in her magnificent blue penthouse-apartment kitchen in The Best of Everything<\/i> (one of the primary inspirations for Mad Men<\/i>). There are so many mid-century-design details here (and in every scene), but I love the two book covers – or design layouts – framed high on the wall. I\u2019m sure they are layouts Crawford’s character had a hand in. Maybe they date from her first gig as an assistant editor? Maybe they represent mile-markers in her career, the first project she helmed to completion as a younger woman. Their presence could signify many different things – but all I know is those framed pictures are not random. Nothing is random. Nothing is ever “just”, not in a film this exquisitely designed. Those framed pictures are there as a character detail. They are what this woman is proud of, what she\u2019s given her life for. Her work. Even in her kitchen, she wants to be reminded of the work she has done, work of which she is rightfully proud. Yet \u2026 in contrast to how she actually feels \u2026 alone in her kitchen after hosting a party \u2026 those framed pictures tell another story. <\/p>\n
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Book editor Joan Crawford in her magnificent blue penthouse-apartment kitchen in The Best of Everything (one of the primary inspirations for Mad Men). There are so many mid-century-design details here (and in every scene), but I love the two book … Continue reading