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Knoll: A Modernist Universe * Knoll Textiles, 1945-2010 20 May 2013 | 02:31 pm
Rechte stoelen, rechtschapen burgers. Wonen volgens 't Binnenhuis (1900-1929) 20 May 2013 | 02:31 pm
Windows on the War: Soviet TASS Posters at Home and Abroad, 1941-1945 20 May 2013 | 02:31 pm
The Stylemakers: Minimalism and Classic-Modernism 1915-45 20 May 2013 | 02:31 pm
In Defense of Things: Archaeology and the Ontology of Objects 20 May 2013 | 02:31 pm
History of Modern Design 20 May 2013 | 02:31 pm
Veronese's Goblets: Glass Design and the Civilizing Process 20 May 2013 | 02:31 pm
Taking its cue from Veronese’s lavish Wedding at Cana (1563), this article explores the meanings of fine and ordinary glassware, focusing on the performative value of Renaissance goblets. Drinking ves...
Ishbel Aberdeen's 'Irish' Dresses: Embroidery, Display and Meaning, 1886-1909 20 May 2013 | 02:31 pm
Ishbel, Countess of Aberdeen, commissioned and wore four dresses between 1886 and 1909 that can be seen to represent her commitment to Irish craft and design as well as to Irish Home Rule. One of the ...
Louis Kahn and the Architectural Barbecue 20 May 2013 | 02:31 pm
The world-renowned architect Louis Kahn was one of many modern American architects who, from the 1930s to the early 1950s, included barbecues in their houses. Their barbecues were not designed for the...
Deconstruction Fashion: Carnival and the Grotesque 20 May 2013 | 02:31 pm
This article examines the work known as ‘deconstruction’ fashion or alternatively as ‘deconstructionist’ or ‘deconstructivist’ fashion. It constitutes the first study to recuperate the carnivalesque a...