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Playful Design, Serious Message: Learning & Play in the 1970s
A selection of educational products from the 1970s, recently installed in MAM’s 20th- and 21st- Century Design Galleries, tells the story of two pressing issues in the United States during the period through the lens of design for children. First, … Continue reading
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20th- and 21st-Century Design: New Acquisitions Now On View
Spring cleaning isn’t just for attics—the Museum’s Design Galleries were recently refreshed with a new coat of paint and numerous recent acquisitions. From turn-of-the-century silver to twenty-first-century furniture, these objects demonstrate the wide range of what we mean by “design” … Continue reading
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Tagged chair, Design, Erich Dieckmann, Eva Zeisel, Furniture, Jonathan Muecke, Josef Hoffmann, plastic, seating, silver, tableware, Wiener Werkstatte
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From the Collection–An Update on Meissen
It’s always exciting when new research comes to light! Just last month, while preparing for a lecture on Meissen in the Milwaukee Art museum collection, I discovered new information related to an object from an earlier post, the Meissen urn … Continue reading
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Tagged European art, From the Collection, meissen, Mythology, porcelain, urn
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Introducing: Afrikando by Jaime Hayon
Among the many eye-catching objects in the exhibition Jaime Hayon: Technicolor, the delicate etching, dangling earrings, and dazzling glass surfaces of Afrikando are particularly alluring. This set of seven glass vessels is on view for the first time in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Design, Exhibitions, glass, Jaime Hayon, Special Exhibitions
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Jaime Hayon: Technicolor
On view now through March 25th in the Bradley Family Gallery, Jaime Hayon: Technicolor brightens up wintertime in Milwaukee with a colorful splash of fun and fantasy. The energetic exhibition features work from two decades of the Spanish artist-designer’s career, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ceramics, Design, Exhibitions, glass, Hella Jongerius, Jaime Hayon, Jonathan Muecke, Mathias Bengtsson, Special Exhibitions, textiles
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