If you’re into midcentury design, you’ll be familiar with the work of Alexander Girard. Though he was trained as an architect, the postwar design titan is celebrated for his vivacious textiles and ...

“He was collecting vernacular and designing modern,” explains curator Monica Obniski. An amateur collector might own a handful of pieces, a hobbyist a few dozen, and a serious collector a few hundred.

In Girard’s fantastic retrospective at the Cranbrook Art Museum, we see how he mitigated the starkness of American Modernism with bold color, earthy materials, and folk art aesthetics. BIRMINGHAM, ...

Architect and designer Alexander Girard, who worked in Columbus during the peak of his career while he also worked all over the world. Designer Alexander Girard’s colorful creativity courses through ...

The famed architect, designer, and artist’s pueblo revival–style home welcomed visits from Charles & Ray Eames and Georgia O’Keeffe. The historic residence sits just a block away from the famed Canyon ...

When the Dallas Cowboys flew to New York on Dec. 18, 1981 for a clash with the Giants, they did it on their personalized Braniff jetliner. DAVID WOO/Staff Photographer Of the great design talents of ...

In this essay by the British architect and academic Dr. Timothy Brittain-Catlin, the fascinating journey that color has taken throughout history to the present day—oscillating between religious ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Above: Alexander Girard at home in 1953. If you’re into midcentury design, you’ll be familiar with the ...