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Architecture, Design & Graphics
The architecture, design, and graphics collection features modern and contemporary architecture, furniture, and industrial and graphic design, and showcases designers and movements from this period. Also in the collection are works from the Middle Ages to the 1900s that represent major developments in style, form, material, and technique in European and North American furniture and decorative arts. More
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Blog: Behind the Scenes
See Design Objects from the DAM's Collections in Stampede
Stampede: Animals in Art brings together works from each curatorial department at the museum to explore how animals have inspired artists throughout history. Animal motifs can be symbolic, allegorical, or simply decorative. Works from the department of architecture, design, and graphics featured in Stampede span three centuries and a variety of media. More
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Blog: Artist Interview
3-D Studio Demo Artist Helen Jones
Meet architect and sculptor Helen Jones October 28-29 and learn how she uses models to explore form and space. More
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Blog: Inside the Collection
Don't Buy Ivory Poster Focuses on Illegal Ivory Trade
What inspired designer Kiyoshi Kanai? More
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Blog: Behind the Scenes
Here Be Treasure: Pirate Products in the DAM Design Collection
Ahoy, me hearties! In honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day (September 19) the Denver Art Museum is taking a look at some of our favorite pirate-inspired work. The AIGA Design Archives—which is part of the DAM’s architecture, design, and graphics collection—features approximately 20 ‘pirate’ supplies created by San Francisco-based Office and 826 Valencia, a nonprofit tutoring center. More
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Blog: Don't Miss
Former Indy 500 Auto Engineer Discusses Design After Dark
Read curator Darrin Alfred's Q&A with Scott Bennett. More
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Blog: Behind the Scenes
3 Things Chair Legs Reveal about Design & History
Arrangements was on view in 2015. More
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Blog: Don't Miss
Local Creatives Shine at Design After Dark | CUT
This article was written for the 2105 Design After Dark. More
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Blog: Behind the Scenes
4 Surprising Things About Creativity I Learned from Poster Designers*
Drawn to Action was on view Dec 15, 2013–Jan 18, 2015. More
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Blog: Don't Miss
Terence Conran for Midwinter Showcases Progressive British Tableware
The DAM is hosting an exhibition of industrial designer Terence Conran’s dinnerware from the 1950s in Terence Conran for Midwinter.
During the 1950s, W.R. Midwinter Ltd. became the first British manufacturer to mass-produce ceramic tableware in fashionable shapes and lively patterns that reflected the youthful informality of postwar life. More
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Blog: Behind the Scenes
Neo-Classical Work Table Now on View
Despite its size, this clever little table seems to defy logic with its moving parts and what it can do. Acquired by the museum in 2005, it is now on view for the first time in the David W. and Ellen N. Moore Decorative Arts Gallery on level six of the North Building. The table was made in England of mahogany, brass, and gilded metal trimmings around 1820. It has a silk compartment and elaborately carved legs and feet. More
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Blog: Behind the Scenes
A Brief History of the Chair in Design
Roaming through the museum’s North Building you may find yourself asking, “What’s with all the chairs?” I know I have. To answer this question for myself and all of you, I did a little digging into the history of design. As it turns out from reviewing Centuries and styles of the American chair, 1640-1970 by Robert Charles Bishop and 1000 chairs by Charlotte Fiell, a chair can say a lot. More
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Blog: Behind the Scenes
Open For Design Submission Pick-Up Day September 4
Summer is coming to an end and so is our first exhibition sourced entirely from the public, Open For Design: A DAM Community Challenge. Submission pick-up day is September 4. You still have a few more days to see the inspiring works made by Colorado residents before it closes September 2. More
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Blog: Behind the Scenes
Installing the Now Boarding 2-D & 3-D Timeline (Video)
After months (sometimes years) of planning, deliberating, and visualizing, the fun part of installing an exhibition is when all the pieces start to come together physically in the gallery space. In the Now Boarding exhibition, that included two-dimensional (2-D) objects such as photos and sketches of the airports, three-dimensional (3-D) objects like architectural models and various airline travel-related artifacts, multiple videos, and a spectrum of graphics. More
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Blog: Behind the Scenes
dDIY #9: Take a Photo of a Design Dilemma In Your 'Hood
Your Mission: Take a photo of a design dilemma in your ‘hood.
Specs: Take a hi-res pic (up to 2 MB) of this design issue and upload it on Denver Art Museum's Collective website. More
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Blog: Behind the Scenes
Section of Now Boarding Features Airport Nostalgia from LAX
The exhibition Now Boarding: Fentress Airports + The Architecture of Flight takes visitors on a journey through six airports designed by Curtis Fentress. The designs featured meld art and practicality, embodying the regions they were designed for. More
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Blog: Behind the Scenes
What Madeleine Albright Bought at the Museum Shop
We were fortunate to host former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at the museum recently during the opening of her exhibition, Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection. More