AAD Assignment 1, Part 3

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 The third part of the project was finding examples of vernacular design in the community. This was pretty straightforward but required a lot of looking around. I found things on businesses, former businesses, architecture, and in repurposed everyday objects.

I had to look beyond ad hoc items, to find local or regional items, like the gate latch. The latch is something used in the west, I've been across the country and that is not a common design, but variations are found everywhere on the prairies.

Pool noodles are also surprisingly versatile, and the Flat's house has a special surprise.

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