Showing posts with label design history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label design history. Show all posts
Sunday, March 12, 2017

Abstract Experiments: Latin American Art on Paper after 1950—Art Institute of Chicago

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Hélio Oiticica. GFR 022, 1955. Collection of Donna and Howard Stone. All images courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago The following...
Friday, March 10, 2017

John Massey, graphic designer (b. 1931): Carton de Venezuela, 1964 Calendar Posters— On display at the Art Institute of Chicago

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John Massey Carton de Venezuela photographs by versluis 2017 The following text is taken form the Art Institute of Chicago gallery ...
Saturday, December 24, 2016

Corita Kent exhibit on display at Dordt College

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Corita Kent Love, 1979 Screen Print, 20 x 20 inches “…the ability to feel is very beautiful.” —Corita Kent Dordt College will display ...
Thursday, August 4, 2016

Collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art: Twentieth Century Modern Design

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Pictured L-R (following information taken from the museum display labels)  Photograph by © versluis 2016 : Marcel Lajos Breuer, America...
Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Lyonel Feininger’s “Barfüsserkirche II”: a quintessential and beautiful example of crystalline Cubism

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Lyonel Feininger (American, 1871-1956) Barfüsserkirche II (Church of the [Franciscans] Minorites II) 1926 oil on canvas Collection of...
Thursday, June 2, 2016

Taliesin West: Garden Room Folding Divider (Eugene Masselink— “…There was no conflict between his faith and his work.”)

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The Garden Room folding divider with Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Taliesin West Planview Motif.” The folding divider has the look and feel of a p...
Thursday, May 19, 2016

Chicago Design Archive aficionados: Susan Jackson Keig

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To Chicago Design Archive aficionados: This is a photo of Susan Jackson Keig talking with reference librarian, Janis Versluis at the Soci...
Friday, March 11, 2016

MCA Chicago / Pop Art Design: Alexander Girard’s Letter Patterns

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Alexander Girard (American, 1907-1993) Alphabet, 1952 Wallpaper pattern Printed paper Herman Miller, Inc. Zeeland, Michigan Collect...
Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Anne and Paul Rand's: “Listen! Listen!”

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Listen! Listen! An inside spread. A children’s book by Ann Rand and illustrated by Paul Rand Copyright ©1970 Harcourt, Brace & World...
Friday, January 22, 2016

William Le Baron Jenney: First Congregational Church, Manistee, Michigan

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William Le Baron Jenney, Principal Architect First Congregational Church, 1892  Manistee, Michigan  A Michigan Historic Site, copy tak...
Sunday, December 6, 2015

“Architectural Record” cover design from September 1965: a modern combination of symmetry and asymmetry

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Thursday, September 10, 2015

typographer and architect juxtaposed: a version of ‘typotekt’

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Antonius Kurvers (Dutch, 1889-1940) Poster Tentoonstelling van Nederlandsche Gemeentewerken (Exhibition of Dutch Municipal Works [Utre...
Saturday, August 22, 2015

Erich Mendelsohn: ascending the steps of Mount Zion—by design

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Erich Mendelsohn, architect, (1887–1953) Mount Zion Temple, Saint Paul, Minnesota, (1950–1954) View from the northeast on Summit Avenue  ...
Friday, August 14, 2015

Erich Mendelsohn: synagogue architecture — an expression of purpose

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Erich Mendelsohn, architect, (1887–1953). Temple Emanuel, Grand Rapids, Michigan, (1948–1952). View from the southeast. The automobile ...
Thursday, July 30, 2015

“Streamline Moderne” — Kem Weber’s style

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Kem (Karl Emmanuel Martin) Weber American (born Germany), 1889–1963 “ Skyscraper ” night table, 1928–1929 Mirror, burl walnut, glass, p...
Thursday, July 23, 2015

Carl Milles: “The Vision of Peace” at the Saint Paul City Hall – Ramsey County Courthouse

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The Vision of Peace ( God of Peace) Memorial Hall, Saint Paul City Hall / Ramsey County Courthouse View from the third floor. All photog...
Saturday, July 18, 2015

Henry Dreyfuss: design based on human factors

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Design by Henry Dreyfuss (American, 1904–1972) Drawing by Alvin R. Tilley (American, 1914–1993) Designer Henry Dreyfuss ’s suggestion...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Dürer’s systems

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Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) Dürer’s suggestions for classical proportions in visual design were based on the ratios he found in t...
Friday, July 10, 2015

Speed and motion: a Piet Zwart photograph

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Piet (Pieter) Zwart (Dutch, 1885-1977) Locomotie, 1928 Gelatin silver print This is just one of the wonderful photographic prints in t...
Thursday, July 9, 2015

Alvar Aalto’s “Paimio” chair: a chair with just the essential parts

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Alvar Aalto (Finnish, 1898-1976) “Paimio” chair, c. 1932 Laminated birch, bent plywood Collection of the Minneapolis Art Institute ...