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...share of blank windows and dark buildings. But, at least for a few more months, the most conspicuous storefront in the Square will light up Brattle St. with bold frocks, patterned cushions, quirky furniture, and floor-to-ceiling tapestries. The exhibit, under the direction of architect Jane F. Thompson, celebrates the fortieth anniversary of the glass and concrete edifice at 48 Brattle Street. Thompson’s late husband Benjamin C. Thompson designed the iconic building in 1969 as headquarters for Design Research, a home furnishings and design company the couple founded together...
...Thompson says Crate and Barrel’s founder was a “disciple” of D/R, and the chain was previously a customer...
...Thompson says the unconventional layout of the D/R headquarters and Crate and Barrel’s departure at a time when economic fears were at their peak combined to stall the search for a tenant...
...When Thompson, who now heads the Boston-based architectural firm Thompson Design Group, was drawing up a proposal for another D/R exhibition that would not open for two years, she had an idea for the Brattle property. She would bring back the designs D/R introduced to Cambridge in the ’50s, ’60s, and early...
Enlisting fellow Marimekko collectors, Thompson assembled 300 Marimekko print dresses to temporarily fill the building...