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<i>The Scout a.k.a. Times staff writer David A. Keeps brings you the coolest design innovations and shopping scoops:</i>

The Scout

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The Scout a.k.a. Times staff writer David A. Keeps brings you the coolest design innovations and shopping scoops:

Do we have to spell it out for you? Actually, no. One motif popping up in home furnishings these days is the use of letters as a graphic element, often abstract in form or random in appearance. Crate & Barrel’s fall collection includes the Alpha coffee table ($899).

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