So easy has it become for us to focus on aesthetics as the defining feature of an object that we can miss the larger through lines that fundamentally connect objects that can look radically different ...

Ignore for a moment the question of style and Henry Dreyfuss’s streamliner locomotive transforms before your eyes. Here, in a single object lies the fulfillment of so many ideals–of form following function, of ornament ...

Finally codified in 1995 as his Ten Principles of Design, Dieter Rams’s approach to objects demonstrates a remarkable consistency with ideas that emerged in late 19th design reform. Simply put, Rams believed that design should make the world a better place ...

Join fellow Collectors' Circle members for the second session of the Collectors' Circle 2026 on Thursday, August 6, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. EDT via Zoom. ...

Writing nearly fifty years ago, Pasadena Art Museum curator Eudora Moore sensed a continuity between the ideals of the Arts and Crafts movement and contemporary design springing up in California ...

With planning overseen by Executive Director Jonathan Clancy and Associate Director of Membership and Development Parker Sanchez, Stickley Museum Members can expect an unforgettable, one-of-a-kind experience among friends, old and new, in the city of Brotherly Love ...

Join Anna Coy from Blooms in Hand in Verona, NJ, for a beautiful evening of floral arranging. Anna will lead a step-by-step class covering floral design techniques while guiding participants in creating their own arrangement. All materials are provided, featuring some of the finest blooms of the summer season ...