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Who is the Man Behind the Design?
Stacey LeonardDe Man Achter de Vormgeving van de P.T.T. [The Man Behind the Design for the Dutch Post Office]. Pieter Brattinga, 1960. Gift of Pieter Brattinga. 2000-75-7.There is—literally—a man...
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Guerilla Feminism
Alex C-M KellyPoster: Do Women Have to be Naked to Get into the Met. Museum?, ca. 1989. Designed by Guerilla Girls. Gift of Sara and Marc Benda. 2009-20-2.Do women have to be naked to get into the...
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Corporate Calico: Angelo Testa’s Fabric for IBM
Ellen LuptonIBM, designed by Angelo Testa. United States, ca. 1950. Screen printed on linen. Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.When IBM premiered its boxy, geometric logotype in 1956, designed...
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Building a Shoe
Allison Grimes Tinker Hatfield. Drawing: Concept Design for Air Jordan XIII Sneaker, 1996. Gift of Nike, 2002Inventor Tinker Hatfield is responsible for the original design concepts of Air Jordan...
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Living Modern
Marilyn F. FriedmanDrawing: Design for “Sportshack”. Designed by Donald Deskey, 1940. Gift of Donald Deskey. 1988-101-1515.In 1939, the pioneering industrial designer Donald Deskey, was asked to...
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A Mantle Fragment
Edna RitzenbergMantle fragment. Peru, 8-10th century. Tapestry woven cotton, camelid hair. Museum purchase from Pauline Riggs Noyes Fund.Moving to a new home includes a trip to the nearest library to...
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Wide-eyed Printmaking
Caitlin CondellPoster: Exposicion Litografias, Galeria de Arte de la Universidad Nacional, 1939. Designed by Francisco Dosamantes. Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund. 2000-34-1....
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Good Vibrations
Caitlin CondellPoster: Chambers Brothers Band (Neon Rose #12), 1967. Designed by Victor Moscoso. Gift of Sara and Marc Benda. 2009-12-23.Stare into the electric blue shades of this woman’s sunglasses...
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Homer and Prouts Neck
Gail S. DavidsonTree Roots on a Hillside, Prouts Neck, 1883. Winslow Homer. Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr., 1912-12-91.In April 2005, while writing an essay on Winslow Homer and the American...
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Tanzstudio
Caitlin CondellPoster: Tanzstudio Wulff. Relâche, Parade, Ariadne, 1931. Designed by Max Bill. Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, 2004-1-1.In 1931 when he designed this poster,...
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Flights of Fancy
Susan BrownTextile: Les Coquecigrues. Designer unknown, manufactured by Oberkampf & Cie. ca. 1792. Gift of Josephine Howell.“Les coquecigrues” features in several French expressions, such as “á la...
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New York Classic
Cynthia E. Smith Drawing: Design for Grand Central Terminal, New York City: Façade, 1910. Gift of Mrs. William Greenough. 1943-51-13. Like thousands of others, I pass through Grand Central Terminal...
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Is that really a textile?
Kimberly CisnerosFigures with Still Life. Ruth Reeves, W.& J. Sloane,1930. Gift of Alfred Auerbach.1970-44-1At first glance, Figures with Still Life, designed by Ruth Reeves, looks like a modern...
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The Instruments of Christ’s Passion for $2 a Yard
Maleyne SyracuseVitrail, designed by Fernand Léger. United States, 1955. Printed cotton. Gift of Fuller Fabrics Corp.In 1951, Fernand Léger designed seventeen monumental stained glass windows (vitrail,...
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Robinson Crusoe
Greg HerringshawWallpaper: Robinson Crusoe. Produced in England, ca. 1875. Gift of Frances Irene Clark.I find it interesting that the novel Robinson Crusoe, written by Daniel Defoe in 1719, while not...
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Did Hofman have a change of heart?
Elaine GersteinVlastislav Hofman, Czechoslovakia, 1919. Brush and watercolor, pen and black ink, graphite on cream paper in contemporary brown paper mount. Gift of Elaine Lustig Cohen.Quirky and...
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To Tell the Truth
Stephen H. Van DykThe "Pop-up" Pinocchio: being the life and adventures of a wooden puppet who finally became a real boy / / with "pop-up" illustrations in color by Harold Lentz. New York: Blue Ribbon...
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A Subtle Blooming Wallpaper
Rachel BrillWallpaper. Produced by Leissner & Louis, ca. 1872-78, Gift of Salem Art Association.This very high-quality wallcovering, produced by the New York firm Leissner & Louis, ca. 1872-78,...
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Not So Innocent Foliage Pattern
Greg HerringshawWallpaper: Efeu [Ivy]. Designed by Thomas Demand, 2006. Museum purchase.Efeu [Ivy] appears to be a photographic rendering of a lush growth of ivy consuming a wall. This rendering is...
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The Dragon's Allure
Laurel McEuenRobe. China, late 18th century. Tapestry-woven silk and metallic yarns. Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, the Year of the Dragon has...
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