
In honor of our 85th anniversary, take a journey through the past nine decades of design by swiping through the cards below. Stay tuned for new additions each month!
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Text adapted from A Century of Interior Design 1900-2000 (Rizzoli) by Stanley Abercrombie, this magazine’s former editor in chief.
Photography courtesy of Rizzoli International Publications, theMART, Tishman Speyer, Vitra, Paul Kozlowski/FLC/ADAGP, Empire State Building, Dunbar Furniture, Cranbrook Archives, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation, Cassina, Paul Warchol, Carnegie Museums, SOM/Richard Garrison, Aarhus Kommune, Raymond Loewy, DuPont, Herman Miller, and Robert P. Ruschak/Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. 1940’s: Photography courtesy of Rizzoli International Publications, the Mayflower Hotel, Zanotta, Museum of Modern Art, Theodor Horydczak, Tupperware Collection, Andy Hurvitz, the Noguchi Museum, Alastair Gordon, and Architectural Resources Group.
Timeline designed by: Darlene Portades
Timeline built by: Joe Zeleny