We can safely say that everything that exists has evolved, including lighting design. Until the eighteenth century, there were two sources of light. Daylight was available during the day, and there was firelight or flames at night. The speculation is that the...
Female interior designer Andrée Putman was born Andrée Christine Aynard on December 23, 1925, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. You could say that her family was somewhat colorful. Putman’s paternal grandmother, Rose de Montgolfier, had ancestors that invented the...
Denise Scott Brown wasn’t only a female architect; she was also a writer, educator, and entrepreneur, establishing the architecture firm Venturi, Scott Brown, and Associates with her second husband, Robert Venturi. Both played a pivotal role in twentieth-century...
We continue to honor Women’s History Month with female furniture designer and architect Charlotte Perriand. Way ahead of her time, evidence of her progressive mentality was shown at the Brussels International Exposition of 1935 with the “House for a Young Man.” The...
March kicks off Women’s History Month! Today, we honor female sculptor Augusta Savage. She is one artist we need to take extra time to admire. Her humble beginnings don’t even begin to capture what she had to endure. Augusta Savage was born on February 29th,...
Before being an influencer became an occupation of sorts, we had people such as Black interior designer Cecil Hayes. She is one of many Black interior designers, but she has done an incredible amount of influencing through her many “firsts.” Cecil Hayes is known...