Glenn Adamson (born 1972) is an American curator, author, and historian whose research and work focuses on the intersections of design, craft, and contemporary art.
He is editor-at-large of The Magazine Antiques, editor of Journal of Modern Craft, a freelance writer, and a curator.
He has held previous notable appointments as director of the Museum of Arts and Design, head of research at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and as curator at the Chipstone Foundation.
Books in order of publication:
Industrial Strength Design: How Brooks Stevens Shaped Your World (MIT Press, 2003)
Thinking Through Craft (Berg, 2007)
The Craft Reader (Berg, 2010)
The Invention of Craft (Bloomsbury, 2013)
Fewer Better Things: The Hidden Wisdom of Objects (Bloomsbury, 2018)
Craft: An American History (Bloomsbury, 2021)
A Century of Tomorrows (Bloomsbury, 2024)
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