Regular contributor Alex Shear approaches the “process” theme from an oblique angle, offering readers yet another memorable keepsake from his unparalleled collection of Americana.
Regular contributor Alex Shear approaches the “process” theme from an oblique angle, offering readers yet another memorable keepsake from his unparalleled collection of Americana.
Alex Shear has compiled a collection of over 100,000 20th-century pop-culture artifacts in his apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. In the ‘70s, Shear was a highly successful designer of housewares and clothing; since 1990, he has focused exclusively on acquisition, and objects from his collection have been featured in exhibitions at Manhattan’s Children’s Museum and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, among others.