Spring 2017

DEPARTMENTS

EXTRA ORDINARY
Katrine Ames admires the simplicity of the paper clip and its place among the other great inventions of the nineteenth century

BEHIND THE NUMBERS
A chaise longue by Nanna and Jørgen Ditzel formerly owned by a famous Danish ballerina takes center stage once again. Matthew Kennedy recounts its comeback

FORM AND FUNCTION
Exhibitions in Philadelphia and Brooklyn look at Lino Tagliapietra and Georgia O’Keeffe, while a Pasadena show recasts commonplace materials

PRESERVATION PULPIT
The World Monuments Fund turns its eye to the twentieth century. Sammy Dalati explains why this is important and looks at some of the reasons restoring modern architecture can be a hard sell

BOOKSHELF
New books on landscape architect Margie Ruddick, the history and culture of the Trousdale Estates in Beverly Hills, and glass artist Alison Berger

HISTORY LESSON
Margot Ammidown digs into the mystery of a little-known modernist gem in North Carolina attributed to Walter Gropius, posing questions that will intrigue scholars

CURATOR’S EYE
Museum professionals choose favorite pieces under their care and tell us why

SPECIAL FOCUS: LIGHTING AS DESIGN
In this special section, MODERN Magazine looks at twentieth-century and contemporary lighting

IN PROFILE
Seven contemporary lighting artists whose groundbreaking work can be seen in museums and design galleries

LIGHTING THE WAY
Troy Seidman identifies ten important lighting designs from before 1945

ITALY MAKES LIGHT RIGHT
Arlene Hirst profiles five companies for whom lighting is more than mere business

OLD CRAFT, NEW FORMS
Tom Stoelker discusses important future design trends, from harnessing new technology to repurposing old materials

PARTING SHOT
Artist Linden Frederick and writer Richard Russo team up

FEATURES

Nature and Nurture
A family compound in a pristine setting in the Florida Keys is filled with important furniture from George and Mira Nakashima and a very personal art collection
BETH DUNLOP

Bright and Beautiful
Josef and Anni Albers were inspired by their travels in Mexico, now the subject of an exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery. Curator Jennifer Reynolds-Kaye speaks to MODERN
JENNY FLORENCE

Glass Rocks
Curators Davira S. Taragin and Ursula Ilse-Neuman write about Linda MacNeil’s use of glass as gemstones in this adaptation from a new book that accompanies an exhibition at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma

A Matter of Respect
In combining and adding to two nineteenth-century brownstones, architect Gil Even-Tsur creates a contemporary interior that also holds history
FRANCES BRENT

Clear and Present Design
A pioneer in acrylic furniture, Charles Hollis Jones began his fifty-year career while still a teenager
JO LAURIA

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