This began in 1946 as Everyday Art Quarterly, a publication of the Walker Art Museum in Minneapolis MN. It was the first US museum journal on design and was driven by Hilde Reiss, a Bauhaus-trained designer who had studied under Walter Gropius. Early issues introduced American audiences to modern housewares, furniture, and industrial design. In 1954 the publication was renamed Design Quarterly. The journal reached its peak influence under Mildred (Mickey) Friedman, who joined as editor in 1969. Her editorship elevated Design Quarterly to international prominence, bringing in such unknowns as Rem Koolhaas, Tod Williams and Billie Tsien, and Elizabeth Diller and Ricardo Scofidio, and helping introduce Frank Gehry to a national audience. It was discontinued in 1996.
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