architecture, design & graphics

North Building, Levels 2 & 6

Numbering more than 4,000 works, the museum’s diverse architecture, design, and graphics collection encompasses a broad range of design practices, including architecture, decorative design, graphic design, industrial design, and functional craft.

The museum is also the steward of the AIGA Design Archives, a major acquisition received by the museum in 2006 representing the most comprehensive holding of American graphic design from 1980 to the present in the world. This collection of more than 6,000 objects is augmented annually with a gift of about 300 award-winning items from the year’s AIGA design competitions.

 

Follow the links below to view selections from the architecture, design, and graphics collection. Please note that not all works shown below are currently on view. For more information about this collection, visit designcouncil.denverartmuseum.org.

 

Baroque and rococo console table

This table demonstrates French taste in the 1700s.

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Bubbles chaise longue, Frank O. Gehry

Gehry designed the Guggenheim Museum in Spain.

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Greek side chair and Japonesque table, school of Edward William Godwin

These objects were revolutionary for their time.

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“Kandissi” sofa, Alessandro Mendini and “Le Strutture Tremano” table, Ettore Sottsass

Radical examples of Italian design.

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“LCW” lounge chair, Charles and Ray Eames

The chair is the ultimate design object.

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“Space” chaise longue, Karim Rashid

Rashid represents a new generation of designers.

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Embryo Chair, Marc Newson

Newson is known for his unique materials and...

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Dylan, Milton Glaser

This image became a symbolic crystallization of...

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Venturi Facade, Rauch, Brown, and Venturi

Facade Panels from Best Products Showroom,...

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