Expert collectors Fritz Karch (Aftertaste Fellow ‘13) and Rebecca Robertson (Parsons Alum ‘98) will discuss their new book, “Collected: Living with the Things You Love”, which gives a tour of peculiar, elegant, and awe-inspiring collections from around the world.

The book describes basic principles of ‘the hunt’ while exploring thoughtful and inventive ways people display their various collections, from the accessible and affordable to the aspirational extreme. The featured collections range from dice to café au lait bowls to 19th-century-French sewing tools to sand from world travels—illustrating collections as expressions of personal style.

From no frills (“The Modest”) to ornate (“The Exceptionalist”), Karch and Robertson examine the selected collections according to personality type. The book showcases 16 different collecting personalities, each with its own chapter, featuring gorgeous photographs, vignettes showing how the objects are displayed, and a collecting lesson.

Friday December 12, 2014 at 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

The Glass Corner – 25 East 13th Street, Room E206, New York, NY 10003