Today, it is not about design. This is about a man, one of the sweetest people I have ever met, whom I want to acknowledge today as he travels through southern California on a book tour. The new English translation of his memoir entitled: ‘Hitler, My Neighbor: Memories of a Jewish Childhood, 1929-1939,’ was published […]
In a fascinating account, creator of London’s Design Museum and columnist for CNN, Stephen Bayley named the 20 designs that have come to define the modern world. “Designers,” he says, “interpret technology and inventions, making them useful and attractive to consumers.” Here are the 20 designs, spanning over a hundred years: [1910] The bra; [1915] Coca-Cola bottle; [1923] Ur-Leica Camera; [1925]
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It is hard to count the centenaries celebrated in 2017 as there are so many of them: the Russian Revolution, the British Mandatory over Palestine; birthdate of John F. Kennedy, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and Indira Gandhi; the publication of the first journal of De Stijl, just to name a few. 2017 also marks the centenary
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