Round Museum

A detail of an interior window that encloses the main atrium space in the Anne & Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

09.01.18

Our molecular building blocks are not really blocks. Connected orbs grounded outside of Centre des Sciences in Montréal are a three-dimensional logo for the museum, and represent our understanding of the tiniest structures of our make-up.

Centre des Sciences Montréal
Canada

08.31.18

An onion's papery skin is the outer of many concentric layers. Slicing in it half reveals tree-like rings, if you can see them through your tears.

08.30.18

From foot to car races, humans always have a need for speed. In researching postal service routes, Benjamin Franklin prototyped a means of measurement familiar to modern leadfoots everywhere.

Benjamin Franklin Museum
Philadelphia, PA

08.28.18

Sculptor Kendall Buster created this 32 x 36 foot ceiling installation out of powder coated steel and shade cloth forms for the Cummins World Distribution Headquarters in Indianapolis. The sculpture's lightweight, suspended Round forms were designed to evoke the wonder of complex systems. The artist states, "In considering the language of the constructed engine, the design of the artwork has its genesis in the idea of the rotating circle.

Look what you found! That tiny mushroom is just about the size of a button, and about as cute and Round as they come.

08.26.18

You never know when that mood will strike you. You know, to fry up some bacon, or whip up a soufflé, or bake a deep dish pizza, or even take a swing at someone... only if necessary of course. Whatever whichaway, up here in the kitchen this cast iron frying pan is hanging on the wall within arms reach.

08.24.18

If an annual golf tournament were to be predicated solely on the consumption of a classic cocktail, it would have to have a uniform. Laura models the fall line of GTO apparel, lime green sweater graced with a citrus Round, accessorized with a pitching wedge, one golf ball, and a liter of gin & tonic. Everyone, tee off simultaneously. Fore!

08.23.18

What you need for your fleet is a GasBoy. You have 200-acres of property and golf course you need to cover, you'll need a little bit of fuel. A modest 1000-gallon cylinder of regular unleaded should do the trick. Fill 'er up!

08.22.18

What's for dessert? You have a quite a few choices, but the Brownie Mint Chip Pie just might be the favorite. If you calculate from the talk around the dining room, the strategic pre-ordering going on at the table, and the panicked look in some folks' eyes, well... you might have a dessert riot on your hands.

08.21.18