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What we’re reading: shadowing curators, living with mom

By Craig Nakano
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The New York Times shadowed a curator from the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, as she walked the aisles of the nation’s premier home design show, the International Contemporary Furniture Fair. We loved the idea -- loved it so much we did that last year. To see our 2008 story in which we shadowed Cooper Hewitt curatorial director Cara McCarty as she walked the aisles of ICFF, above, click to the full story. To read Times staff writer Barbara Thornburg’s coverage of this year’s show, check out our photo gallery.

Last week the NYT Home section had an article on adults forced to move back in with their parents -- a nice follow to the cover story we published back in November under the headline ‘Living With Mom (Again).’

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-- Craig Nakano

L.A. at Home
Craig Nakano

Craig Nakano is the assistant managing editor for Entertainment and Arts. He joined The Times as an assistant travel editor, later served as home editor and most recently was the fine arts editor, leading a team whose accolades included a Pulitzer Prize and an Online Journalism Award. A California native, he worked at the Desert Sun of Palm Springs and at the San Francisco Chronicle after graduating from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. He lives in Long Beach with his husband and son.

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