Wednesdays, July 15, 22, 29 August 5, 12, 19
1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Often overlooked in traditional design and architecture courses, twentieth-century women designers profoundly shaped the way built environments, interiors, and decorative objects are experienced and understood. This course explores the work and influence of designers and architects such as Elsie de Wolfe, Eileen Gray, Lilly Reich, Charlotte Perriand, Dorothy Draper, Ray Eames, and Zaha Hadid. Their lives and enduring designs are examined within the social and political contexts they navigated while leaving unmistakable imprints on twentieth-century design.

Eleanor Schrader is an award-winning educator and lecturer who teaches the history of architecture, interior design, and decorative arts at UCLA Extension. She completed graduate work in fine and decorative arts at Sotheby’s Institute in London and New York.