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Design studio Second Story makes beautiful exhibit sites and Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home is one of my favorites. Take a guided tour through a traditional Chinese home and learn about the ginormous family that lived there for eight generations. The 3-d model highlights rooms and structural elements as you marvel at old artifacts like the nail-less wooden joints and the family’s ornate porcelain urinal. And if you’re ever near Boston, you can visit the real deal at the Peabody Essex Museum, where the 200-year-old Chinese house was brought and reassembled.

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Candy is an artist, designer, and urban planner in NYC. She likes to make city information more engaging through design and the creative use of public space. She also seeks to empower citizens by improving the ways people share information. Read her blog, view her work, and feel the power.
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