Last Updated: 07 Jul, 2023 | Views: 1470
Age: 78
Profession: Fashion Designer
Other Profession(s): Artist, Author
Famous For: U.S. Commission Of Fine Arts Award (2012)
Higher Education: Columbia University (BA, MA, PhD)
About (Profile/Biography):
Edwin Arthur Schlossberg is an American artist, writer, and designer. He has specialised in creating interactive experiences since creating the first hands-on learning space in the United States for the Brooklyn Children's Museum in 1977. Schlossberg is still active in the field and frequently writes about it. Caroline Kennedy, a child of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, is married to him. Einstein and Beckett and Interactive Greatness: Defining and Building New Standards for the Twenty-first Century are two of the eleven books he has written. His works have been displayed in numerous solo exhibitions and museum exhibitions.
Career:
In 1967: Schlossberg attended PS 166 and Columbia College of Columbia University after graduating from Birch Wathen School in New York City.
In 1977: He focuses on creating interactive experiences.
In 1986: Schlossberg wed Caroline Kennedy, an attorney.
In 2007: When ESI was selected to oversee the project, Schlossberg's ideas for the makeover of Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame attracted attention from the general public.
In 2011: He was appointed by President Barack Obama to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts.
Achievements and Awards:
No one first understood what he meant when he said he was an expert in interactive media when he first defined his line of work. He now owns the well-known New York City-based design company ESI Design.
A few of his most significant undertakings are the "Barclays Center Media Experience" in Brooklyn, "Terrell Place" in Washington, DC, the "Ellis Island-American Family Immigration History Center," and the "Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate."
Unknown Facts:
Additionally, Edward is a published author. 11 books have been written by him so far.
The title of his debut book, "Einstein and Beckett," appeared in 1973. Albert Einstein and Samuel Beckett engaged in a fictitious conversation in the novel.
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