Lectures on Tap - The Bachelor Pad: How Playboy Influenced Masculine Design

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🧠 Lecture: "The Bachelor Pad: How Playboy Influenced Masculine Design"

🎤 Speaker: Dr. Alessandra Wood

Some people read Playboy for the articles, others for the design inspiration—no kidding. Join us for a fascinating look at how Playboy helped invent the modern bachelor pad and what that sleek, stylish interior revealed about mid-century ideas of masculinity and femininity in the home.

Design historian, author, and educator Dr. Alessandra Wood will unpack how images, objects, and interiors shaped cultural expectations of gender and lifestyle in the postwar era. Drawing on her expertise in design history, retail design, and visual culture, she’ll connect the glossy pages of Playboy to broader shifts in how Americans thought about domestic life, desire, and modern taste.

Dr. Wood is the author of “Designed to Sell: The Evolution of Modern Merchandising and Display” and a nationally recognized expert featured in outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Architectural Digest, and more.

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Agenda

6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.

6:55 PM – Host introduction

7:00 PM – Lecture begins

7:45 PM – Audience Q&A

8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round

8:30 PM – Wrap up.