The Society of Publication Designers' 45th Annual Competition chose American Craft as a merit winner for the feature "Masters of Mid-Century California Modernism" in the June/July 2009 issue. Designed by Jeanette Abbink and Natasha Chandani with photographs by Anne Cusack, the article was chosen from 5,000 submissions. The creative team's design illuminated Joyce Lovelace's in-depth look at the lives of Jerome and Evelyn Ackerman. Believing in the Bauhaus philosophy of combining fine art, craft and industry to produce quality goods, the Ackermans made "things we could be proud of that people could afford and get pleasure from putting on their walls or tables." Take a look back at the charmed life, marriage and work of this endearing couple.

Masters of Mid-Century California Modernism