Spring 2016
EXTRA ORDINARY
In this column focusing on the high art of the everyday object, Katrine Ames considers the humble hanger
BEHIND THE NUMBERS
Matthew Kennedy discusses the auction of a chair designed by Luigi Colani at Dorotheum’s design sale last November
FORM AND FUNCTION
We look at the worlds of architecture, art, craft, and design; we visit galleries and museum exhibitions
CURRENT THINKING
David Sokol discusses the architecture firm Design With Company and the long road leading to its recent star turn
GRADING SYSTEM
Peter Loughrey evaluates the history and value of the ceramic work of Pablo Picasso
POINT OF VIEW
Collector and MODERN columnist Al Eiber looks at the little-known designer Dan Johnson and his extraordinary Gazelle series
UP CLOSE
MODERN interviews Marcel Wanders, who discusses his current work and his overarching philosophy of design
STUDIO TOUR
Jenny Florence visits with the meticulous and highly inquisitive lighting designer Marcus Tremonto
TALES FROM THE FRONT
Matthew Kennedy reports on highlights from Christie’s inaugural Design Masterworks sale in New York last December
BOOK SHELF
Four books help sum up long and worthy careers (so far) in the fields of design, graphics, art, and architecture
CURATOR’S EYE
Museum professionals choose favorite pieces under their care and tell us why
PARTING SHOT
The architect Jim Olson has admired and been inspired by Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute in La Jolla since he first saw it in 1965
Crossing the Bridge
Brooklyn is a lively incubator for design talent, as seen in the work of the three artist-designers profiled here, and several Manhattan galleries are taking note
NICOLE ANDERSON
In Le Corbusier’s Footsteps
In an excerpt from his newly released book, architect Jacob Brillhart retraces the “grand tour” drawing journeys made by Le Corbusier between 1907 and 1911
JACOB BRILLHART
Roberto Lugo Is Changing the World One Teapot at a Time
The ceramist draws on his Puerto Rican heritage and street art – as well as his love of porcelain – to create old world ceramics with powerful new world narratives
ELIZABETH ESSNER
Truth or Fiction
The Belgian photographer Filip Dujardin moved from documentary images into work that creates fantasies that amalgamate real images into an artistic whole, and recently, he’s been working in three dimensions as well
LEEN CREVE
Gerald Summers and Makers of Simple Furniture
In the mid-1930s, the innovative work of Gerald Summers put Great Britain in the forefront of modern design. Then he faded from the limelight, but today Summers is being appreciated anew
LEONORA PETROU
