The Faience Manufacturing Company was an American manufacturing company that operated between 1880 – 1892 in the Greenpoint area of Brooklyn, New York. There is little evidence of the remains of the Company as it failed in 1892.Read More →
Isamu Noguchi united sculpture, furniture, lighting, gardens and public space in a Japanese American practice that challenged boundaries between art and design.Read More →
Ulrich Franzen, the German-born American architect, was a leading figure in the first post-war generation of American architects; including Paul Rudolph, Harry Cobb, John Maclane Johansen, and Philip Johnson. Read More →
Geoffrey Beene (1927 – 2004) was an American fashion designer; born Haynesville, Louisiana. He was a premed student at Tulane University when he found himself sketching gowns when he became bored during his lectures. Along with Bill Blass, he was regarded as the Godfather of American sportswear. Read More →
Raymond Loewy, a renowned designer, arrived in the US during the Great Depression, revolutionizing product design and creating iconic works like the Studebaker Starliner car.Read More →
Angelo Testa, a pioneering fabric designer, revolutionised textile design with abstract forms. His notable works include the influential 1941 “Little Man” fabric and diverse non-objective motifs.Read More →
In 1985, Steve Jobs founded NeXT after leaving Apple. His collaboration with designer Paul Rand led to an iconic brand identity, culminating in Apple’s acquisition of NeXT.Read More →
Klein’s excellent, modest tailoring and beautiful sportswear lines, as well as his casual separates created in the finest linens, silks, and cashmere, had earned him a name by the mid-1970sRead More →
Hartmut Esslinger (born June 5, 1944) is a German-American industrial designer and inventor. He is best known for founding the design consultancy frog, and his work for Apple Computers in the early 1980s.Read More →
Alexey Brodovitch (1898 – 1971) was an American/Russian graphic designer and magazine art director. Alexey Brodovitch was born in Russia and worked in Paris in the 1920s, creating books, posters, furniture, and advertising. He moved to America in 1930 and worked as the art director of Harper’s Bazaar magazine in New York after a brief stint of teaching and advertising.Read More →