women in design & abstraction . . .

rowena reed kostellow (* july 6, 1900 † september 17, 1988) was an american industrial designer and professor of design. in cooperation with her husband, alexander jusserand kostellow, fidsa (* 1897 † 1954), and alongside other designers &/or artists, she co-founded one of the first industrial design educational courses in the united states, at pratt institute, in brooklyn, new york.

an excerpt from the book, elements of design . . .

elements of design: the early years . . .

eva zeisel (* november 13, 1906 èva amália striker † december 30, 2011) was a hungarian-born american industrial designer and professor of design. eva zeisel is known primarily from her body of work from the period after she immigrated to the united states in 1937. zeisel taught extensively at pratt institute and at RISD,
in providence, rhode island. her visual language in ceramics as well as other materials is often a form of abstraction from the natural world in conjunction with human relationships. work from her prodigious career is included in museum collections across the world. zeisel declared herself a “maker of useful things.”

the cooper hewitt museum celebrates eva zeisel . . .

fifty years later – 50 jahre später | posters: women’s right to vote in switzerland | plakate zum frauenstimmrecht | university luzern, department of design & art:

50 jahre frauenstimmrecht | swiss women, fifty years later . . .

vor 50 jahren führte die schweiz als eines der letzten länder europas das frauenstimmrecht ein. studentinnen und studenten des ba graphic design nehmen das jubiläum zum anlass, die stimmrechts-kampagnen von damals neu zu interpretieren . . .

participating grachic design students from the university of luzern |
beteiligte studierende:
nicole brugger • gina burri • isabelle eck • sina heim • laura hüppi • matthias isaak • julia kragenbauer • pauline koch • gianmarco meyer • fabio müller • fawad oadire • nicole schellhammer • marcel schirmer • surya schmid • sina stähli • sira tinkeler •

100 years | 100 women: “and and and” by amanda gookin, s. katy tucker, & pamela z

video: and and and . . .

and and and explores a kind of distilled, stripped-down truth that rings through
the sonic nuance of human speech sounds and disassociated language fragments. it strums heartstrings and guides ears along a poetic path forged by the abstraction of language absent its original context and steeped in the oddly emotional music of an earnest woman’s speaking voice. weaving and dancing in conversation with the voice – like cello, it’s asking more than answering—leaving us to fill in our own blanks, form our own conclusions, construct our own truths, and insert our own clauses between a surplus of conjunctions . . .

100 years | 100 women