Winter 2016
EXTRA ORDINARY
In this new column focusing on the high art of the everyday object, Katrine Ames examines the pencil
FORM AND FUNCTION
We look at the worlds of architecture, public art, craft, and design; we visit galleries and museum exhibitions
GRADING SYSTEM
Troy Seidman discusses two accomplished silversmiths who created iconic pieces for the legendary Danish silver company Georg Jensen between 1935 and 1973
POINT OF VIEW
Collector and MODERN columnist Al Eiber recalls the adventure of commissioning a bookcase from his friend, the ever-unexpected Gaetano Pesce
CURRENT THINKING
Jenny Florence looks back at the 1977 “State of the Art of Architecture” symposium held in Chicago as she assesses the offerings of last fall’s Architecture Biennial there
THE MARKET
Nicole Anderson talks with the design impresario George M. Beylerian about his new project, Design Memorabilia, that is bringing back small but iconic modern Italian housewares
DESIGN DESTINATION
Occasioned by the opening of the Broad museum, Marieke Treilhard looks at the burgeoning visual arts scene in Downtown Los Angeles
CURATOR’S EYE
Museum professionals discuss favorite pieces under their care
PARTING SHOT
Charles A. Birnbaum reflects on M. Paul Friedberg’s Pershing Park in Washington, D.C., a design that had a profound influence on him
SILVER TO STEEL
With a pitcher, a blender, and much more, Peter Muller-Munk elevated industrial design into high art
RACHEL DELPHIN AND JEWEL STERN
BORN TO DESIGN
In designing an apartment on New York’s Upper West Side, Gideon Mendelson applied the lessons he learned from his mother, an interior decorator
SANDY KEENAN
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ERIC PIASECKI
CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY TAKES A STRAND
A formidable group of collectors has brought attention to this field and is helping some of the world’s major museums build their holdings
TONI GREENBAUM
THE STATE OF ANDERS RUHWALD
The Danish-born artist, who is Cranbrook Academy of Art’s artist-in-residence and head of ceramics, works on many scales from bowls to entire buildings
ELIZABETH ESSNER
MODERN FAMILY
At Kinder Modern, the designs may be pint-sized but the ideas they impart-about childhood and adulthood-are larger than life
FRANCES BRENT
