Jacob and Josef Kohn, Cradle, 1875-1899. Bentwood. Vienna, Austria. J and J Kohn offered several designs of cradles; this is number 1571, perhaps the most extreme example in Art Nouveau style. ...
HIPGNOSIS.BREATHE. Album Cover Art und Photo Design by Aubrey Powell & Storm Thorgerson Celebrating 50 Years THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. Exhibition Ludwiggalerie Schloss Oberhausen, Germany, 21. J...
Verner Panton, Spiral lamp, 1970. Grassi Museum 2/ White version. Acryl. Manufacturer J. Lüber, Switzerland. The Verner Panton Collector
Emile Gallé, vase with metal mount, 1895-1900. Nancy, France. Via Grassi Museum Leipzig
Frederick Judd Waud, Rum Row, 1922. Via Art Gallery X
It’s not history but I like it. Bouke de Vries for Dries Van Noten . He reclaims broken pots after their accidental trauma, calling it ‘the beauty of destruction’. Instead of reconstructi...
Portable Radio Carnaby, 1970. Blaupunkt, Germany. Via Hifi Archiv
Enzo Mari, The Nature Series No. 1: La Mela (The Apple) with Elio Mari. 2/ Modells for “Proposta per un'autoprogettazione”, 1973. 3/ The Nature Series No. 4 The Panther. 4/ Formosa perpetual ...
Eero Saarinen, Interior view of General Motors Technical Center, Michigan, 1956. Foto Ezra Stoller.
Ernst Paul Lehmann, Toy car ‘Tut-Tut’, 1910-1920. Clockwork operated, metal, Brandenburg, Germany. Via Maas Museum
Saul Steinberg, Christmas Card for MoMA, 1949. The Saul Steinberg Foundation Merry x-mas … Let’s celebrate Love, Peace & Friendship!
Hans Theo Baumann, coffee set Arzberg 3000 Dekor Sizilia, 1977. Germany. Badisches Landesmuseum
Koloman Moser, marbled paper technique, 1904. Vienna, via Leopoldmuseum For this age-old process a shallow tray is filled with oil paints which are then made into patterns or various motifs us...
Christopher Dresser, Teapot and milk jug, 1875-1880. Terracotta, partially glazed. Made by Watcombe Pottery Co, Torquay. Photo: Felix Bielmeier. Grassi Museum Leipzig. I am always amazed how mo...
Naum Gabo, Linear Construction NO. 1 , 1963/64 (Design 1942/43) Via Kunsthalle Hamburg In the 1930s, the Russian constructivist came across models that mathematicians had built from wire, wood...
Massimo Vignelli, Harper’s Illustrated Handbook of Cats or Dogs, 1985. Via Vignelli Archive
Herbert Bauer, Cover of Gebrauchsgraphik: International Advertising Art, December 1970, a German magazine dedicated to graphic design. Via Letterform archive
Achille Castiglioni, “Bavero” Teapot with Lid, 2001. Porcelain. Alessi, Italy. Via philamuseum
Eva Zeisel, Museum Dinner Service, 1945-1970. Porcelain. Designed for the MoMA exhibition, which was the first for ceramics and the first which featured a woman designer. Via Goldstein Design Mus...
S usi & Ueli Berger, Soft Chair, 1967. Synthetic: cover imitation leather matt (Cuiril Vistram); filling polyether foam. Switzerland. 3. Studies for seating landscape, 1967.4. Variations on the S...