PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Collab is on display in the Perelman Building at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and runs through the fall of 2012.

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“Collab is still a collaboration of design professionals. It came together in 1970 with the idea that the museum should be collecting modern and contemporary design. We could buy a chair or an object by a very important architect or designer and put it in an exhibition,” says Kathryn Hiesinger, Curator of European Decorative Arts After 1700.

Plus, this is a unique interactive exhibit.

“We thought to ask the public to help us decide what to include in our collections. We created a choice of four and allowed the public to chose. We are going to put the winning chair into this empty space in the exhibition.”

For more information or to vote for a chair, go to philamuseum.org.

Take a personal audio tour of the Collab exhibit below:

Listen: Curator Kathryn Hiesinger on “Antibodi” Chaise, Designed 2006. Designed by Patricia Urquiola, Spanish, born 1961.

Listen: Curator Kathryn Hiesinger Bob Dylan Poster, Designed 1966. Designed by Milton Glaser,American, born 1929.

Listen: Curator Kathryn Hiesinger on “Lüster” Chandelier Designed by Ingo Maurer, Made by Ingo Maurer GmbH, Munich Designed 2003.

Listen: Curator Kathryn Hiesiger describes the MR20 chair and foot stool “MR20″ Armchair and Stool, Designed 1927. Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, American (born Germany), 1886 – 1969.

Listen: Curator Kathryn Hiesinger on IBM Rebus Poster, Designed 1981; produced 1982. Designed by Paul Rand, American, 1914 – 1996.

Listen: Curator Kathryn Hiesinger on Teapot, Lid, and Infuser from a Tea Service Designed by Wilhelm Wagenfeld, Made by Jena Glaswerk Schott & Genossen, Mainz, Germany Designed 1930-31; made before 1945

Listen: Curator Kathryn Hiesinger on “Up 5″ Chair and “Up 6″ Ottoman, Designed 1969, reissued 1994. Gaetano Pesce, Italian, born 1939.

Reported By Stasia DeMarco, KYW Newsradio