A pair of graduate speakers — brothers Kirk and Nathaniel Mueller, each wearing large red eyeglasses — recalled how novelist Oscar Wilde once attributed American violence to “ugly wallpaper.” While amusing, the anecdote points to how aesthetically pleasing design and architecture can contribute to a peaceful society, they said. They urged their classmates to “bring beauty into the world.”
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