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Florence Knoll: Total Design
As an architect, Florence Knoll was the force behind the seamless integration of furniture, space, textile, art, graphic design into a perfect brand …
4 years, 1 month ago
Hillary and Huma
Late last year Hillary Rodham Clinton and best-selling Canadian mystery writer, Louise Penny, came out with a ripping geo-political thriller called S…
4 years, 2 months ago
Fast Food and Radical Rooflines: Helen Fong Shapes Los Angeles Coffee Shops
Helen Fong, one of the few women practicing architecture in the US in the 1950s, is best known for her “Googie” California coffee shop architectural …
4 years, 2 months ago
Norma Sklarek: An Extremely Bold Hand
Norma Sklarek (1926-2012) had many “firsts”. She was often credited at the start of her career as the first Black Women architect to be licensed in t…
4 years, 3 months ago
Coal + Ice: Visualizing the Climate Crisis
Coal + Ice, a powerful global exhibition of photographs, videos, and immersive imagery that focuses on the climate crisis and provokes action is now …
4 years, 3 months ago
Natalie de Blois — To Tell the Truth
Natalie de Blois loved systems – understanding how things worked. For her, it wasn’t just pretty buildings, she challenged the code and questioned t…
4 years, 4 months ago
The Road Ranger—My Business Is Trouble
We first caught sight of him in a convenience store buying Marlboros and a Coke for the road. He was dressed in a grey jumpsuit, pants tucked into bl…
4 years, 4 months ago
That Cheap, Delicious, Rotisserie Chicken
Cheap rotisserie chicken sold everywhere in markets and grocery outlets. Why is that chicken so cheap? How was it raised and what’s even in it? How m…
4 years, 4 months ago
182 - "The porters were fed up" - C.L. Dellums and the rise of America's first Black union
In the early 20th century, the largest employer of Black men in the United States was the Pullman Car Company, which operated luxurious trains that c…
4 years, 5 months ago
The Accidental Archivist—Keeping the Wooster Group
The Wooster Group, perched on a street corner in Soho in downtown New York, at the forefront of experimental theater for some 40 years. Singular, rig…
4 years, 5 months ago