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a href= http://www.dia.org target= _blank The Detroit Institute of Arts /a announced its first-ever Mort Harris Curator of Automotive, Industrial,

A $5 million gift from the foundation of Mort Harris, the late co-founder of American Axle & Manufacturing, and his wife to the Detroit Institute of Arts will fund a new collection focused on automotive, industrial, and decorative design.

30 of the Best Art and Design Books of 2020 Got some shelf space? We hope you have a lot of it. Because the amount of great design books that were published this year is daunting. (Really—as I glance to my left, I see a teetering column of hardcovers that’s a Darwin Award in the making.) But to start: disclaimer time! When we write “The Best Books of 2020,” what we really mean is “our favorite design books that we came across in 2020.” Though many publications might be hesitant to...