Designing Home: Jews and Midcentury Modernism — Contemporary Jewish Museum
"Designing Home: Jews and Midcentury Modernism" opened April 4, 2014 at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, California, guest curated by Donald Albrecht, with exhibition and catalogue design by Pure+Applied.
| Venue | Contemporary Jewish Museum |
|---|---|
| Project type | New Exhibition |
| Status | Completed |
| Year completed | 2014 |
Credits
| Firm | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Pure+Applied | Exhibit Design | Also designed and art-directed the accompanying catalogue |
Description
The first exhibition to examine Jewish designers', architects', patrons', and merchants' contributions to modern American domestic design, featuring work by Anni Albers, George Nelson, Richard Neutra, Alvin Lustig, and Saul Bass, among others; the exhibition later traveled to the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York (through January 2016).