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Journal of History of Design and Curatorial Studies
Parsons School of Design
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

History of Design and Curatorial Studies
Parsons School of Design
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Reviews & Interviews

Behind the Lens and In the Archive of Silas Vassar, III
Charlotte von Hardenburgh

An image of three men in yellow turtlenecks on the cover of a magazine which rests on concrete steps. The magazine has ESSENCE written across the top in red, all-caps, sans serif type. Along the left side of the magazine in black, all-caps, sans serif, condensed type reads: “SENSUOUS SUPPERS, PAUL WINFIELD: THE MAN FROM SOUNDER, MOOD CLOTHES: DO IT WITH STRIPES, SKIN: OUR DOCTOR’S ADVICE OUR BEAUTY ROUTINE.”

But is it Theater?
Matthew Kennedy

Curating Crises: A Conversation with Ellen Lupton & Julie Pastor about Design and Epidemics
Elizabeth Sanders

An empty plaza with white squares painted on the ground, arranged in a grid distanced apart.

Curator Conversation: The Diversity Affinity Group at Cooper Hewitt
Andrea Lacalamita

Curator Conversation: The Responsive Collecting Initiative at Cooper Hewitt
Charlotte von Hardenburgh

Designing Gettysburg for the Twenty-First Century: An Imaginative Process
Erica M. Schaumberg

Michael Scoggins: When Johnny Comes Marching Home exhibited large scale works by the New York based artist in 2014. This exhibition poster features “Battle of Gettysburg” that juxtaposes Gettysburg’s historical legacy and Scoggins’ childhood references. The exhibition confronted popular culture’s influence on historic locations like Gettysburg.

The Community Archive of Willi Smith: Street Couture
Charlotte von Hardenburgh

Victoria Munro, Executive Director of the Alice Austen House
Margaret Simons