Editor’s Miscellany: Democratic Design Dozen
July 5, 2012
By Kyle Hoepner
In honor of yesterday’s holiday in the U.S.: red, white and blue filtered through the international realms of art, design and style.
![Luis-Barragan-Casa-Gilardi](/sites/nehomemag.com/files/blog/uploads/2012/07/Luis-Barragan-Casa-Gilardi.jpg)
Luis Barragán: Casa Gilardi (1975–77). Photo from not-for-them.blogspot.com
![Forge-Lynch-Iznik-Tile-Panel](/sites/nehomemag.com/files/blog/uploads/2012/07/Forge-Lynch-Iznik-Tile-Panel.jpg)
An Iznik pottery tile panel, circa 1580, from Turkey. Photo from forgelynch.com
![Chermayeff-Geismar-Brand-Marks](/sites/nehomemag.com/files/blog/uploads/2012/07/Chermayeff-Geismar-Brand-Marks.jpg)
Brand marks by the graphic design firm Chermayeff & Geismar: Halaby Intl., U.S. Bicentennial, Owens-Illinois. Image from puntoyrayafestival.com
![Ai-Weiwei-Remembering](/sites/nehomemag.com/files/blog/uploads/2012/07/Ai-Weiwei-Remembering.jpg)
Ai Weiwei: Remembering (2009); installation at Munich’s Haus der Kunst consisting of thousands of childrens’ backpacks. Photo from hydramag.com
![Elle-Decor-Miles-Redd-Foyer](/sites/nehomemag.com/files/blog/uploads/2012/07/Elle-Decor-Miles-Redd-Foyer.jpg)
Foyer by Miles Redd. Photo by Miguel Flores-Vianna, from the December 2009 issue of Elle Decor
![Y3-Kazuhiri-Great-Britain-Sneaker](/sites/nehomemag.com/files/blog/uploads/2012/07/Y3-Kazuhiri-Great-Britain-Sneaker.jpg)
Yohji Yamamoto: Y-3 Kazuhiri “Great Britain†sneaker for Adidas. Photo from sneakerfiles.com
![Shanghai-Museum-Yongzheng-Dish](/sites/nehomemag.com/files/blog/uploads/2012/07/Shanghai-Museum-Yongzheng-Dish.jpg)
Yongzheng era porcelain dish with design of clouds and dragons, in the collection of the Shanghai Museum. Photo from Wikimedia Commons.
![Andy-Warhol-Flowers](/sites/nehomemag.com/files/blog/uploads/2012/07/Andy-Warhol-Flowers.jpg)
Andy Warhol: Flowers. Photo from arcadja.com
![William-Morris-Initials](/sites/nehomemag.com/files/blog/uploads/2012/07/William-Morris-Initials.jpg)
William Morris: Colored initials. Photo courtesy of the University of Florida Rare Book Collection
![Persian-Gabbeh-Rug-Red-White-Blue](/sites/nehomemag.com/files/blog/uploads/2012/07/Persian-Gabbeh-Rug-Red-White-Blue.jpg)
Persian Gabbeh tribal rug. Photo from blog.thefoundary.com
![Red-White-Blue-Venetian-Chandelier](/sites/nehomemag.com/files/blog/uploads/2012/07/Red-White-Blue-Venetian-Chandelier.jpg)
Venetian glass chandelier. Photo from agedandgilded.typepad.com
![NEH-Catalano-Csongor-Family-Room](/sites/nehomemag.com/files/blog/uploads/2012/07/NEH-Catalano-Csongor-Family-Room.jpg)
And finally, in traditional New England style, this Cape Cod family room by architect Tom Catalano and interior designer Susanne Csongor. Photo by Gordon Beall; see the whole house in the Summer 2012 issue of New England Home’s Cape & Islands.
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