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Exhibition at Cooper Hewitt to Celebrate Recent Acquisitions to the Collection
“Acquired! Shaping the National Design Collection” on view March 16 through sept. 2, 2024 This March, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum will present “Acquired! Shaping the National Design...
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5 Questions with…Matilda McQuaid
Matilda McQuaid is Acting Director of Curatorial and previously Head of Textiles at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. She oversees curatorial and exhibition programming often working...
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Chris Fralic Joins Cooper Hewitt’s Board of Trustees
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum today announced the appointment of Chris Fralic to its board of trustees. “It’s a great pleasure to welcome Chris to Cooper Hewitt’s board of trustees,” said...
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A Closer Look: Porcelain Restoration
Accompanying the exhibition Acquired! Shaping the National Design Collection, Cooper Hewitt’s conservators offer a closer look into the process of preparing collection objects for display and long-term...
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Signs of the Times: Who Should Produce the Symbol Sourcebook?
Written by Dr. Sue Perks In conjunction with the exhibition Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols, designer and researcher Sue Perks offers an expansive look into the Henry Dreyfuss Archive held at...
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Signs of the Times: Correction(s)
Written by Dr. Sue Perks In conjunction with the exhibition Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols, designer and researcher Sue Perks offers an expansive look into the Henry Dreyfuss Archive held at...
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“A Library of Decorative Art”: The Decloux Collection of Ornament Prints
In 2021, Cooper Hewitt’s department of Drawings, Prints & Graphic Design launched a research and cataloging project to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the acquisition of the Jean Léon Decloux...
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Signs of the Times: The Original Symbols Exhibition, 1972
Written by Dr. Sue Perks In conjunction with the exhibition Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols, designer and researcher Sue Perks offers an expansive look into the Henry Dreyfuss Archive held at...
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A Closer Look: Objects from Algae
Accompanying the exhibition Acquired! Shaping the National Design Collection, Cooper Hewitt’s conservators offer a closer look into the process of preparing collection objects for display and long-term...
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Pop Art &’60s Vibes: Wallcoverings by or Inspired by LGBTQIA+ Designers
Pop art is fun! Coming out of the 1950s and ‘60s, the artistic style plays with elements and imagery of domestic life, consumerism, and popular culture. The style was contemporaneous with the emergence...
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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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The Library Is Open: Queer Texts and the Designers Who Enabled Them
Design intersects in countless ways with other creative disciplines. Some intersections that are particularly symbiotic are book and graphic design with writing and literature. Form follows function,...
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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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Summer Garden Party
Another big thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate summer and Cooper Hewitt members! We were delighted to host you for a night of exploring the galleries and enjoying a choral performance by the...
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5 Questions with…Jessica Walthew
Jessica Walthew is an objects conservator at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. She completed her MA at NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts Conservation Center. Since joining Cooper Hewitt in 2017,...
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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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