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Cooper Hewitt Announces “Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial”
This fall, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum will present “Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial.” Featuring 25 site-specific, newly commissioned installations, the exhibition explores...
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Symbols as Synecdoche: Creating Community Identity
Written by Uttara Nanavati Few experiences are as gratifying as witnessing archival material transform into a compelling exhibition. In the fall of 2022, I had the remarkable opportunity to do just...
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How to Sell a Heater During a Revolution
DESIGNS FOR STOVES IN ANTIQUE AND MODERN FORMS INVENTED AND PRODUCED BY OLLIVIER’S MANUFACTORY FROM THE DECLOUX COLLECTION Fig. 1 & Fig. 2 – Bound Plates, PIED-D’ESTAL surmonté d’un trépied dans le...
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A Closer Look: What Fun Is a Font if You Can’t Play with It?
Written by Jessica Walthew with Andrea Lipps Accompanying the exhibition Acquired! Shaping the National Design Collection, Cooper Hewitt’s conservators offer a closer look into the process of preparing...
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Elissa Black Joins Cooper Hewitt as Deputy Director
Elissa Black. Photo by Cameron Blaylock. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum today announced the appointment of Elissa Black as deputy director, effective Sept. 9. Deeply experienced in both the...
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Autumn in New York
The jazz greats like Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra sang it best: autumn in New York really does seem so inviting. And as the breeze cools and the leaves begin to turn, it felt like the appropriate...
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“Making Home” Opens Nov. 2 with 25 Site-Specific Installations
“Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial,” opening Nov. 2 at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, features 25 debut commissions that illustrate the ways design is embedded in contemporary life....
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A Closer Look: Displaying a Medical Model
Written by Jody Hanson Accompanying the exhibition Acquired! Shaping the National Design Collection, Cooper Hewitt’s conservators offer a closer look into the process of preparing collection objects...
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5 Questions with…Christina L. De León
Christina L. De León is Cooper Hewitt’s acting deputy director of curatorial and inaugural associate curator of Latino design. Since 2017, she has grown the museum’s collection of U.S. Latino and...
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Our Search for Symbols, 2024
Written by Adriana Burkins A bright orange or yellow triangle may cause you to pause, while a black line in the shape of a ribbon may cause you to reflect. The simplest visual elements—line, shape, and...
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