This year, for Mother's Day, Design Observer collected photos of women designers and their offspring in varying forms: we received entries in the form of then-and-now contemporary photos, of generational divides, of mothers as children (next to their children, as — no surprise —children) and even, because we're impatient and couldn't wait, one father and his lovely brood.
It’s Mothers Day, and we're taking a moment to share the love. Herewith: the mothers of us all.
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Jessica Helfand, at age 7; right, her daughter, Fiona Drenttel, at age 7.
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Julie Lasky and her daughter Shan.
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Júlia Juste, student of business with a hidden desire to study design, in love with beautiful things and Eva Calduch, mum, graphic designer, wife. In love with life and beautiful things as well. Barcelona, December 2013. (Photo: Kimberly Wang)
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Nancy Essex and her Mom, 2013.
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Lana Rigsby and John Powell with their twins, Annie and Jonathan Powell.
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Derry Noyes surrounded by her daughters, Mary, Maggie, and Eliza on her 60th birthday.
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Margaret Bauer, at age 5, and her daughter Emily, at age 6.
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Julie Teninbaum with her daughter Tessa Beatrix Brandsgaard (age 1.5), October, 2012 in the Adirondacks.
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Rachel Berger and her kids: Isaac Berger, 10 months and Molly Berger, 2.5 years.
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Jenny Wright and son Rowan Wright, both at age 2.
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Cornelia Blatter and her daughters, Lili-Cai Hermans (8), and Sena Hermans (5) in Lisbon, October 2013.
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Bonnie Siegler and her children, Oscar and Buster Scher, 2009.
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And because we just can't wait a month until Father's Day: Michael Bierut, then and now, with his children Martha, Liz and Drew.