- Decorative Arts and Design
Doorknobs and Disinfectants
Rachel Delphia explores the history of doorknobs and its intersection with the rise of household disinfectants.
- Decorative Arts and Design
Cyborg Fashion: How Iris van Herpen’s Designs Blend the Organic and the Artificial
Writer Stephen Heyman delves into the otherworldly couture of Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen.
- Decorative Arts and Design
How Design in the 1950s Used Color to Influence Consumers
Catherine Walworth examines the role of midcentury industrial designers in influencing consumer behavior through the astute use of color.
- Decorative Arts and Design
Designing the Tools for America’s ‘Do-It-Yourself’ Movement
Catherine Walworth discusses dropping the guns and picking up the power saws in America's postwar pastime.
- Decorative Arts and Design
How Kaufmann’s Blurred the Line Between Department Store and Cultural Institution
Catherine Walworth examines how Kaufmann's department store encouraged the "good life" through a rich and expansive interior life.
- Decorative Arts and Design
The Unknown Story Behind New York’s Iconic Unisphere
Commissioned by US Steel and designed by Peter Muller-Munk Associates, the Unisphere became a contentious symbol of the 1964 World's Fair.
- Decorative Arts and Design
How Westinghouse Brought ‘Midcentury Modern’ to the Pittsburgher on the Street
Remembering a Pittsburgh landmark that foreshadowed today’s design-conscious business culture, long before Apple was a gleam in Steve Jobs’s eye.
- Decorative Arts and Design
The Shadow of Memory in a Post-9/11 World
Each year on the anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks, artist Sebastian Errazuriz creates an original artwork to mark the day.
- Decorative Arts and Design
Behind the Scenes of the Neapolitan Presepio
Every year in the days leading up to Thanksgiving, Carnegie Museum of Art staff installs the museum’s remarkable Neapolitan presepio.