Hot Metal Modern: Design in Pittsburgh and Beyond

September 26, 2015 – October 2, 2016 - This exhibiton reveals Pittsburgh as a major center of design, where avant-garde art met cutting-edge materials that transformed America. From the roaring 1920s to the swinging 1960s, pioneers at Carnegie Institute of Technology, Kaufmann’s Department Store, and manufacturers such as Westinghouse, PPG, and Alcoa formed a collective network of brave experimentation, education, and promotion of progressive design.