BEDROOM OR OFFICE At the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair, Gilbert Rohde displayed this chrome-plated desk lamp model in a full-scale display home decorated with mass-produced objects for middle-class consumers. Called Design for Living, the house showed how Depression-era designers incorporated the latest technology—like alarm clocks and night lights—into simple designs produced in cost-effective materials. The family grandfather clock or candle of 50 years before was now a stylish electric accessory, only an arm’s reach away on a personal desk or bedside table.