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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
2025 Design Updates
Collab announces the 2024 Design Excellence Award Recipient: Naoto Fukasawa
Design is Everywhere in 2023
What are our past DEA honorees up to now?
In Memoriam: Neil Sandvold
In Memoriam: Neil Sandvold, beloved friend of Collab and the PMA
New Acquisition Fund for Collab
Neil Sandvold may now live on the Oregon coast, but the heart of this Philadelphia architect is with the design collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Collab: Past, Present and Future of Design
A look at who and what Collab is at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
2023 Design Excellence Award Preview: Stephen Burks
Polymath designer Stephen Burks (b. 1969) will be the next recipient of the Collab Design Excellence Award.
The Dualities of George Nakashima
So why are people drawn to Nakashima and continue to be fascinated by his work? There are many factors, but the most resonant one is Dualities.
Rhythms of Nature: The Art and Design of DRIFT
The 2022 Collab Design Excellence Award honors DRIFT, the Amsterdam-based studio co-founded in 2007 by Lonneke Gordijn (b. 1980) and Ralph Nauta (b. 1978). DRIFT is a multidisciplinary practice that freely bridges the categories of art and design.
Design is Inclusive
Earlier this year, Philadelphia’s creative community gathered at the new W Hotel for a program celebrating diversity in the fields of art and design.
Collab Holiday Gift List
Collab’s 2021 Holiday Gift Guide has something for every design enthusiast on your list.
Collab Journal Radio: Allons-Y!
Allons-y a Paris! Let’s go to Paris, or more broadly, to France.
In The News
Collab Design Excellence Award Honorees in the news.
Exploring Architecture in the Bouroullecs’ Circus
Collab Design Excellence Award Exhibition 2021: Exploring Architecture in the Bouroullecs’ Circus
The Next Design Chapter
How will the cultural shifts of today shape the design of the future?
Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec
A preview of the 2021 winners of the Collab Design Excellence Award.
Dieter Rams: Principled Design
Up close and personal with the world renowned designer.
Patricia Urquiola: Flex Time
The winner of Collab’s 2017 Design Excellence Award is a force.
Losing Touch, Getting Tactile
Design today is at a crossroads. Which path will it take?
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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