Word: giant
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...usual, the bedroom is a giant, open and sparsely decorated space. In addition to the photographs of old Hungarian relatives and current family members, a sleek iPod player graces the resting chamber...
...make your way into Steve Pinker’s loft, the first thing that strikes you is the fact that he’s wearing black Calvin Klein jeans. The second thing is the giant open space. The living room, dining room, kitchen, and his study are all out in one area. A generous amount of windows spaced throughout the brick walls provides ample lighting, giving an air of softness yet practicality. The walls, placed in a zigzag modernist form, are lined with dozens of photographs, all taken by Pinker himself. He happily points out his little masterpieces...
...office, which sits on a raised wooden platform and overlooks the entire space, is also practical and decorated in a contemporary fashion. An abstractly shaped blue couch, slightly reminiscent of a progressive psychiatrist’s chaise, sits in the left-hand corner. A giant desk overflowing with papers and books occupies the entire right-hand side, with a bookcase on the left to finish it off. No surprises about this...
However, your eyes stop at a giant wooden shelf with only one thing on it—an old Yiddish typewriter. “That was given to my wife, who is a novelist and a philosopher, Rebecca Goldstein,” explains Pinker regarding the offbeat decoration. “It might have been used by Isaac Bashevis Singer—it’s from the teens or twenties, and this is one of our prized possessions...
...giant wall lined with book-filled cubes, measuring 21 feet by 10 feet, is the loft’s focal point. Installed mostly by Pinker himself, the cubes hold the couple’s book collection that numbers in the thousands. Cubes seem to be a theme in Pinker’s lifestyle...