Eliza Brooke is a freelance journalist based in Washington, DC. Welcome to Noticed, The Goods’ design trend column. You know that thing you’ve been seeing all over the place? Allow us to explain it.

WEST POINT, Neb. (KOLN) - In the Steffen family’s early years, they owned two dogs: a standard Australian Shepherd and a Cocker Spaniel. The mother, Melissa, thought to herself, “Wouldn’t it be the ...