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From Romantic to Raw: Toile Transformed
Megan ElevadoTextile: London Toile. Designed by Timorous Beasties. Screen printed on linen. Gift of Timorous Beasties, 2007-40-1When paging through interior design magazines, classic toiles of red or...
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Poetic material explorations
Andrea LippsToFU lamp. Designed by Tokujin Yoshioka, manufactured by Yamagiwa Corporation. 2000. Gift of Yamagiwa USA Corp. 2010-36-1Tokujin Yoshioka’s ToFU lamp is magical. The spare form—a perfectly...
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Wallpapers in Tie-dye
Gregory HerringshawTie-dye wallpaper. Designed and made by Barbara White, New York, 1958. Gift of Barbara White.Tie-dye wallpaper shows the influence of pop culture on the decorative arts. Designed and...
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The Chairs They Are A-Changing
Rachel BrillPastilli rocking chair. Designed by Eero Aarnio, Manufactured by Asko Oy, Finland, 1968. Gift of The Lake St. Louis Historical Society, 2001-31-2Introduced by Finnish furniture manufacturer...
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Hand painted wallpaper ornaments
Gregory HerringshawWallpaper ornament. France, 1850-60. Combed, block-printed and hand painted on paper. Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.This framed landscape paper dates to the mid-19th Century. The...
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Taking cues from portable tunes?
Andrea LippsSC 7300 Stereo system. Designed by General Electric Company in-house design department, manufactured by General Electric Company. 1973. Gift of Theresa Fitzgerald. 1995-154-1-a/dFrom...
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Velvet Lady
Laurel McEuenTextile: Femme à Marguerite. Designed by Alphonse Maria Mucha. Printed on cotton velvet. Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund, 2004-6-2“Femme à Marguerite” or “Woman...
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Summer Harvest
Susan BrownTextile: The Thresher. Designed by Raoul Dufy. ca. 1922. Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund. 1934-14-1The French painter Raoul Dufy is best known for his colorful scenes of Parisian...
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Sitting on Sculpture
Sarah D. CoffinChair (one of a pair) England, circa 1750-60 Carved and joined red walnut, silk damask (reproduction) Museum Purchase from General Acquistions Endowment Fund, 2006-5-1Many people say...
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A vision of the future from the past
Andrea LippsPrototype, Wrist Computer Regional Information and Communication Port (concept model). Designed by Lisa Krohn. 1988. Gift of Lisa Krohn. 1994-31-75When I first stumbled across this object...
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A Spanish Knitted Cap
Kimberly RandallCap, late 18th century, Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf, 1951-105-35.That knitted caps enjoyed great popularity in eighteenth-century Spain can be seen in the many extent examples located...
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Two Cows are Better than One
Amanda KesnerSidewall: Cow, 1971. Designed by Andy Warhol. Gift of Andy Warhol. 1980-69-1.Andy Warhol, born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, was formerly trained as a commercial illustrator which was...
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Ribbons in the Sky
Erin GillisPoster: Olivetti Divisumma, 1953. Designed by Herbert Bayer. Museum purchase through gift of James A. Lapides and from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund. 2009-1-1.With its dancing roll of...
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No Breeze Will Ruffle These Feathers
Cynthia TropeNecklace, designed and made by Tone Vigeland (Norwegian, b. 1938), Oslo, Norway, 1983, Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Funds and General Acquisition Endowment,...
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Van de Velde’s Famous Flourishes
Willa GrangerPrint: Writing Example from Literary Treasure, second part of Spieghel der Schrijfkonste (The Mirror of Calligraphy), 1605. Designed by Jan van de Velde. Gift of William J. Donald....
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1993 Predecessor to Google Glass is Goopy, Reptilian
Katie ShellyCyberdesk concept model for a wearable computer, Designed by Lisa Krohn, 1993. Resin, plastic, metal, glass. Gift of Goldstar Co., Ltd., 1994-9-1.I chanced upon this biomorphic beauty one...
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Seductive Holders for Seductive Sweets
Sarah D. CoffinBonbonnière,London, England, ca. 1755 Gift of the Panwy Foundation, from the Collection of Maria Wyman. 1994-129-3This small object has no real comparable in current life, even though we...
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Hi-tech Embroidery
Susan BrownBioimplantable device. Developed by Ellis Developments Ltd., manufactured by Pearsalls Ltd., designed by Prof. Simon Frostick, Dr. Lars Neumann, Prof. W. Angus Wallace, and Dr. Alan McLeod...
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A Wave of Finnish Identity
Rachel BrillSavoy vase, Designed by Alvar Aalto, Manufactured by Karhula Glassworks, Karhula, Finland, ca. 1936-37. Gift of Harmon Goldstone, 1990-61-2. The Savoy vase (ca. 1936-37) by Finnish...
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Picturing Language
Jen Cohlman BracchiInternational picture language; the first rules of Isotype by Otto Neurath (1936), Smithsonian Libraries. Gift of Henry Dreyfuss, PM8999 .N48X.Without much thought or effort, I’ve...
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