Welcome to the Collab Journal. Collab collects and shares design from the Philadelphia Art Museum. Join us as we continue to explore the ever-evolving world of design from the past, present, and future.
A Letter from our Co-Chair
November 2025
Welcome! Collab and the Philadelphia Art Museum are proud to present Sebastian Errazuriz: Double Take, and together we will celebrate his vision driven by the infinite curiosity of art, design, and technology as our 2025 Collab Design Excellence Award Honoree.
Establishing the Collab Design Excellence Award in 1986 provided Collab the platform to recognize the work of legendary design leaders that were changing the course of design history. These walls have welcomed and honored George Nakashima, Ingo Maurer, Zaha Hadid, Patricia Urquiola, Dieter Rams, Marcel Wander, Gaetano Pesce, to name only a few. Their accompanying exhibitions were often the first of their kind in any Museum and often with challenging execution, pushing boundaries, as all innovative design does.
We appreciate your steadfast support and your boundless curiosity and pleased you are with us on this design journey. Our warmest Congratulations to Sebastian Errazuriz!
Warmly,
Eileen Tognini Co-Chair, Collab 2025
Featured Posts
Collab Design Excellence Award Recipient for 2025: Sebastian Errazuriz
Take a Seat: Understanding the Modern Chair
Visitors to the Collab gallery at the Philadelphia Museum of Art have been treated this summer to a small yet mighty exhibition relegated to modern and contemporary chairs. Collab board member Rosemarie Fabien interviewed Alisa Chiles, Assistant Curator of European Decorative Arts, about the exhibit, which is currently on view until October 20, 2024.
Stephen Burks: Shelter in Place
Stephen Burks: Shelter in Place exhibit at the Collab Gallery in the PMA.
Curating “Cultivating Design: Recent Acquisitions”
This installation highlighted some recent additions to the museum’s collection of modern and contemporary design, ranging from furniture, textiles, and tableware to posters and consumer electronics.
Signs of the Times
For the first time in the 35-year history of Philadelphia’s Mural Arts program, a collaborative project has entered the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and been featured in a gallery exhibition.
Circus: Bouroullec Designs
Explore the work of brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, leading figures in contemporary industrial design and recipients of the 2021 Collab Design Excellence Award.
Keeping up with Designs for Different Futures
Human-digital interaction, climate change, political and social inequality and more. A look back at this groundbreaking exhibition.
Donna Corbin on Patricia Urquiola
An interview with Patricia Urquiola and the making of Between Craft and Industry.
Art for the People: A Conversation with Conrad Benner
Curator Kathryn Hiesinger speaks with the StreetsDept.com founder on the power and necessity of public art.
Photo by Linette Messina Kielinski
In memoriam
At Home in a Changing World
A look back at the life and times for Sir Terence Conran.
50 Years of Collab
See all the highlights from the 2019 anniversary celebration.
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