Cindy Trope

The GRiD Compass Laptop and the Space Shuttle


Having grown up with the “space race” as a national preoccupation for so many years – which provided not only a stage for scientific exploration but also for some the twentieth century’s most notable technological developments – I find it hard to believe that the Space Shuttle just completed its 130th and final mission.
GRiD, GRiD Compass Laptop, Graphical, Retrieval, Information, Display, laptop, Space Shuttle, Bill Moggridge, Interaction Design

Patrick Jouin's Solid C2 Chair


As part of Cooper-Hewitt’s efforts to explore and document outstanding examples of innovative design, the Museum has begun to collect objects produced by rapid prototyping and manufacturing technology. 
Patrick Jouin, Jouin Manku, digital, design, computerized, production, technology, materials, acquisition, purchase, members, Solid C2 chair, stereolithography, 3D, 3-D, printing, laser, photosensitive, epoxy, resin, contact, layer, layered, innovative, rapid, prototype, prototyping, manufacture, manufacturing