Today marks the last day of the Metamuseum Tumblr, a three-month experiment in collective online curation. I have enjoyed seeing what curators came up with for each week’s theme, and the tremendous range of age, materials and means of making within each category. For me the revelations were many of the regional design objects, from Prairie Style furniture to Coors porcelain measuring cups. Contemporary design can seem like one big international world, and most American design collections now reflect that reality.

I would love to hear from those of you that followed, re-blogged and liked along the way. What was your favorite combination of objects, and why?

Image courtesy of Jennifer Komar Olivarez, Associate Curator, Decorative Arts, Textiles, and Sculpture, Minneapolis Institute of Arts http://artsmia.org/