The Liliane and David M. Stewart Program for Modern Design collects international design from 1900 to the present and promotes scholarly research in the design and decorative arts field by engaging in a diversity of curatorial projects—including exhibitions, catalogues, films, and digital initiatives—that explore important aspects of 20th- and 21st-century design.
Current Project
Designed by Women
Greta Von Nessen
Anywhere Lamp
Designed 1951
Aluminum, enameled steel
Produced by Nessen Studio, Inc., New York, New York
Designed by Women explores international design from 1900 to the present, encouraging a deeper understanding of women’s contributions to design. Works are drawn from the Stewart Collection, formed under the leadership of philanthropist Liliane Stewart.
Funding
Funding for the Designed by Women project has been provided by:
LEAD SPONSOR:
Richard Rumpf and Azul Bari
PLATINUM SPONSOR:
The Scotiabank Women Initiative
GOVERNMENT SPONSOR
The Government of Canada
OFFICIAL SPONSORS
Birks Family Foundation
Council for Canadian American Relations
The Drummond Foundation
Gestion PGA
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.
Luum Textiles
Teknion
Recent Project
Website
Partners in Design: A Journey Into Good Design
Naoto Fukasawa
Pop-Up Toaster
Designed 2015
Plastic, chromium-plated steel, rubber
Produced by Muji, Toshima, Tokyo, Japan
Fukasawa’s toaster design for Muji perfectly conforms to the midcentury mandates of Good Design: a minimal, unadorned design clearly expressing its function.
The virtual exhibition Partnersindesign.org is the second phase of a project that began with an object-based traveling exhibition and catalogue, Partners in Design: Alfred H. Barr Jr. and Philip Johnson, which focused on how the Museum of Modern Art’s first director and curator introduced modernism to North America and helped define “Good Design.” Partnersindesign.org extends the reach of the traveling exhibition, focusing on the concept of Good Design and the role of design in daily life. This website makes the principles of Good Design accessible to a broad international audience and includes a list of 100 significant architecture and design sites to visit in Canada.
Partnersindesign.org was developed with the support of the Virtual Exhibits Investment Program, Virtual Museum of Canada. The project was executed in collaboration with Toast Studio, a Montreal-based branded-content agency, and digital-production firm Parkour3, a Montreal-based marketing and digital production company.
