Research & Collections News

Perhaps some of you made a resolution to give up alcohol for “Dry January.” Flavored seltzers and sodas might fill in for that beer or wine—for one month, at least.

During a nearly fifty-year career, Irv Koons (1922-2017) earned a reputation as one of the most innovative and influential designers in the packaging industry, with awards in nearly every major packaging competition.

The recipe finally revealed… or so, I think.

The Hagley Library is celebrating the much-anticipated opening of a recent major acquisition—the Catalyst Inc. Collection. Founded in 1962 by feminist author and advocate Felice N.

An early holiday gift arrived in the way of a reader’s response to my November post on the design technique of pouncing.

Rock artist Joan Jett once said, “My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am.”

In the early 1940s, while the world was still deeply embroiled in WWII, DuPont established a Post War Planning Division that sought to prepare the company for the war’s eventual conclusion.

This is the second of two articles on laminated artifact preservation. To read the first installment, follow this link.