Articles by Owen Edwards

About Owen Edwards

Owen Edwards is a freelance writer who previously wrote the "Object at Hand" column in Smithsonian magazine.

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Innovative Spirit November 2004

When Pulling a Lever Tallied the Vote

September 25, 2018

Before He Was a Musician, John Lennon Was a Philatelist

August 8, 2018

A Sensuous Blending of Style and Speed, This Ducati Is Both Art and Machine

December 2006

Finding the Sacks Appeal in a Collection of Holiday Shopping Bags

December 2010

Christmas at the Smithsonian's Dolls' House Includes All the Trimmings—in Miniature

January 2005

The Man Who Revealed the Hidden Structure of Falling Snowflakes

The Innovative Spirit fy17 September 7, 2017

These Design Champs Are Having Their Moment in the Sun

The Innovative Spirit fy17 December 27, 2016

Without This Camera, the Emerald City Would Have Been the Color of Mud

September 29, 2016

The Hyperreal Magnetism of Ron Mueck's Truly Huge "Big Man"

June 10, 2016

Walker Evans Wrote the Story of America With His Camera