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Articles by Caitlin Condell
Underground Modernist
Fig. 1. Power, the Nerve Centre of London’s Underground, designed by E. McKnight Kauffer (1890–1954), 1930, published by Transport for London, printed by Vincent Brooks, Day, and Son, London, 1931. Lithograph, 40 by 24 ½ inches. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer. All photographs are courtesy of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, and, except as noted, are by Matt Flynn, © Smithsonian Institution.
Underground Modernist: E. McKnight Kauffer
Hailed in his lifetime as “the poster king,” E. McKnight Kauffer (American, 1890–1954) believed that the street was an art gallery for the people. While living in England between 1914 and 1940, Kauffer produced radical posters for advertising that introduced modernism to the public. He experimented in provocative ways with line, form, space, and color to promote services and products.
Electrification for a Better Biscuit
This blog post was originally published on January 8, 2014. By the 1930s, the vast majority of American urban dwellers had access to electricity in their homes and businesses. But those in impoverished rural areas were often not serviced by private electric companies, who believed that it was not cost-effective for them to invest in extending power lines into areas of the country that would generate only a handful of new customers.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Written by Julia Carabatsos Featured image: Face mask, Philando Castile, 2020; Designed by Naomi Osaka; Gift of Naomi Osaka, Cooper Hewitt Responsive Collecting Initiative; Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images A grey sphere with red spikes: by now, we immediately recognize this form as an image of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The ubiquitous illustration—created by Alissa...
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