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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
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2025 Design Updates
Student Design Competition 2025 Winners
Collab Design Excellence Award Recipient for 2025: Sebastian Errazuriz
Learning from Japan
Bridging the Gap
RAIR-ified
Tabletop Challenge: Student Design Competition 2024
2024 Collab DesignPhiladelphia Panel Discussion
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.
Call for Entries: Student Design Competition 2024
Call for Entries: Collab’s Student Design Competition 2024 honoring Naoto Fukasawa
Collab announces the 2024 Design Excellence Award Recipient: Naoto Fukasawa
Stephen Burks: Shelter in Place
Stephen Burks: Shelter in Place exhibit at the Collab Gallery in the PMA.
A Night at the Museum
Collab honors the 2023 DEA winner Stephen Burks at the PMA.
Bouroullec Acquisitions
Recent acquisitions from the exhibition “Circus: Bouroullec Designs”.
2023 Student Design Competition
See the winners and honorable mentions from the 2023 Collab Student Design Competition.
Recent Acquisitions 2022-2023
Explore the recent acquisitions to the design collection at the PMA.
Design is Everywhere in 2023
What are our past DEA honorees up to now?
DesignPhiladelphia 2023
Highlights from Collab’s event at DesignPhiladelphia 2023
In Memoriam: Neil Sandvold
In Memoriam: Neil Sandvold, beloved friend of Collab and the PMA
The Petal Procession
The Petal Procession, a temporary installation by Lindsay Bedford on the PMA steps.
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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