Eva Zeisel

Legendary industrial designer and maker of beautiful things.

 
 
 
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Eva Striker Zeisel [1906-2011] was a Hungarian-born, American designer whose career spanned over 90 years and thousands of pieces. She believed in “The Playful Search for Beauty.” Though best known for her ceramics, she also worked in glass, wood, metal and plastics. Eva was imprisoned under Stalin, had the first one-woman show at MoMA and was honored at the White House, with many adventures in-between. She continued designing until she died at 105. Her work is in permanent collections of major museums around the world, including the British Museum, MoMA and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Eva Zeisel | TED2001

 
 

 
 

Eva’s friends included people of all ages and backgrounds. Here are a few of her closest collaborators.

Eva passed on some of her favorite designs to her grandson, Adam Zeisel, founder of Eva Zeisel Originals LLC.

David Reid and James Klein of KleinReid had a special partnership and friendship with Eva.

 
 
 
 
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Eva and her long-time design assistant and friend, Olivia Barry.

 
 

Eva Zeisel: Life, Design and Beauty,” by pat kirkham, pat moore and pirco wolfframm.