Smithsonian Design Museum in NYC Reopens with High Tech Makeover
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, the only museum in the U.S. devoted exclusively to design, reopens after a 3-year makeover with 60 percent more exhibition space to showcase some of the most...
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Wallpaper That Tells a Story
“Listen and Record,” 2009, Ilias Fotopoulos. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Gift of the artist. While it simply appears to be a textural composition of flocked red polka dots, the design of...
View ArticleAaron Koblin and Ben Tricklebank-Light Echoes
This video is featured in the exhibition Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial, on view at the museum February – August 2016. About: Aaron Koblin collaborates with people from the worlds of art,...
View ArticleElastic – Opening Credits: True Detective
Elastic has created some of the most intriguing title sequences in recent television history. Directed by Patrick Clair (Australian b. 1982), the opening credits for HBO’s True Detective (2014 and...
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Sit! Stay! Spell!
“Alphabet” border, designed by William Wegman, distributed by A/D Gallery, New York, 1993. Gift of A/D Gallery. 1997-108-1 William Wegman’s 1993 “Alphabet” border is a charming representative of the...
View ArticleCooper Hewitt’s entire collection is digitized!
More than 200,000 objects are now accessible online via collection.cooperhewitt.org, following an 18-month mass digitization effort, in collaboration with the Smithsonian’s Digitization Program...
View ArticleRestoration of the Ohkay Owingeh Tribe’s historic pueblo
Ohkay Owingeh from Adventure Pictures on Vimeo. Currently featured in the exhibition “By the People” at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City through February, this short film...
View ArticleCooper Hewitt: Emeco Alfi Chair Production Process slideshow
The Emeco Alfi Chair is on view as part of ‘Making | Breaking New Arrivals,’ at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum May–October, 2017. To learn more about design visit the Cooper Hewitt,...
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From Treasure to Trash to Treasure
Luisa Cevese working on “Spreads Threads” mat; copyright Luisa Cevese Riedzioni Every year, New York City residents throw away 200,000 tons, and businesses throw away 8 million tons, of clothing....
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1967 and the Summer of Love
“From England/The Who…, 1967.” Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Designed by Bonnie MacLean. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie J. Schreyer. 1979-34-10. June 1967 marked the beginning of the...
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Learning to sign: Rare book
“Paradiesfibel” cover Well known for its collection of children’s books, the Cooper Hewitt Library holds a rare 19th century illustrated German nursery rhyme children’s book titled Paradiesfibel,...
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New expressions of antiquity
Desert Necklace, 1995; Designed by Peter Hoogeboom (Dutch, b. 1961); slip cast and glazed ceramic, silver, cork. From the Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Ceramic...
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Crazy Legs
Poster, “Okay, Bye,” 2015; designed by Geoff McFetridge (Canadian, b. 1971); offset lithograph on white paper; 91.4 by 61.9 cm (36 by 24 3/8 in.); gift of Geoff McFetridge, 2017-25-1 This poster in the...
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Holiday shopping bag designs
A holiday shopping bag (detail) showing Santa, dressed in a space suit, flying over the earth. Right side panel reads: “Christmas At the Dawn of a New Decade,” in electronic type. Paper with white...
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At intersection of innovation, technology, and passion, a new age of...
“Access + Ability,” at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum “It’s a wide-open field, there for the taking,” says Cara McCarty about the innovative designs featured in “Access + Ability,” the...
View ArticleEmma Watch & Parkinson’s disease
When Emma Lawton was 29 she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. As a graphic designer, drawing is a huge part of her life but over the past three years the tremor in her hands has grown more...
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It’s watermelon season!
Few things say “summer is here” like watermelon. Its bright colors and refreshing taste go hand-in-hand with summer picnics and poolside snacking. This poster, depicting a zoomed-in view of a...
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The story behind the color of your couch, and everything else you own
PeclersParis inspiration materials. (Smithsonian photo by Matt Flynn) Color surrounds us. Both outside and inside our homes, color is often the first thing we notice. The natural world is full of...
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“Eye”-vy League Bulldog
Poster, Yale University School of Art, 1988; Designed by Paul Rand; Offset lithograph on white paper; 43.8 x 22.2cm (17 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.); Gift of Marion S. Rand, 2002-11-4. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian...
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Intricate beauty
Peineta (comb), gift of Monty Freeman. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Ornate tortoiseshell combs called peinetas were brought to Spanish-held territories in the 18th century, and by the 19th...
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