Design Talk | A Colorful Conversation: Gere Kavanaugh
Channel: Cooper Hewitt
Date: 11/09/2019

Louise Sandhaus, co-author of A Colorful Life: Gere Kavanaugh, Designer in conversation with design legend Gere Kavanaugh. They discuss the breadth of Kavanaugh’s expansive contributions to design over the last seven decades, in a career that covered everything from flamboyant textiles to unique furniture, playful products, vibrant interiors, and so much more.

This program is presented as part of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative, which illuminates women’s pivotal roles in building and sustaining the United States.

A Colorful Life: Gere Kavanaugh, Designer, co-authored by Louise Sandhaus and Kat Catmur, is published by Princeton Architectural Press.