Evelyn spends a year and a half creating a 40-piece series of cloisonné enamels, Stories from the Bible. The series is now in the permanent collection of the Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Evelyn and Jerome slow the pace of manufacturing. Evelyn stops designing new products for ERA and Forms+Surfaces. They move from the showroom in the Pacific Design Center into a converted warehouse. Jerome continues to sell ERA products as well as represent several quality lines.
After many successful years on Beverly Boulevard, the Ackermans, in association with Forms+Surfaces, move the ERA showroom to the Pacific Design Center, across the street from the location of their second Los Angeles showroom in the 50s. They are on the “contract” floor with Herman Miller, Knoll, and other important showrooms.
Evelyn designs four pairs of carved oak doors for the sanctuary at Congregation Ahavas Israel, Grand Rapids, Michigan, in memory of her twin sister, Roslyn.
California Design 76
Pacific Design Center, 1976
The Ackermans’ work is included in the final show, California Design 76, presented at the Pacific Design Center.
Evelyn, a nationally recognized expert on antique toys, coauthors Schoenhut’s Humpty Dumpty Circus from A to Z.
Jerome designs a gourmet line of knife holders, spice racks, and other kitchen accessories using designs from this group.
San Francisco Chronicle, July 27, 1971
“Design Winners—The Look Is Contemporary,” by Judith Anderson
California Design XI
Pasadena Art Museum, 1971