Design Conversations

Tangible Tuesdays: Felted Signal Processing Posted by Katie Shelly, on Tuesday March 01, 2011 Brooklyn-based design duo Felted Signal Processing creates plush, alien-looking synths and sensors that make noise on contact. Sisters Lara and Sarah Grant combine their skills in art, fashion and engineering to perform their outlandish experiments in “electronic textiles.” Felted Signal Processing, felt, Brooklyn, electronic, textiles, Lara Grant, Sarah Grant, sisters, synths, sensors, Interaction Design
Claudy Jongstra at the U.N. Posted by Mei Mah, on Tuesday March 01, 2011 Dutch designer Claudy Jongstra recently showcased her tapestries of raw wool and silk here in New York at the United Nations. Claudy Jongstra, felt, Fashioning Felt, Exhibition, tapestries, wool, silk, United Nations, sustainability, Preservation, biodiversity
The Curve of Forgotten Things Posted by Katie Shelly, on Monday February 28, 2011 It’s been just over a year since the stunning Rodarte exhibition here at Cooper-Hewitt. Known for finding inspiration in unexpected things, the prolific Rodarte duo have just released a fashion film to accompany their Spring 2011 collection. Rodarte, fashion design, film, spring, collection, 2011, Kate Mulleavy, Laura Mulleavy, sisters, Elle Fanning, actress, Todd Cole, Director, Deerhunter, band, score
M&M Posted by Debbie Ahn, on Thursday February 24, 2011 Moorhead & Moorhead, brothers Granger and Robert, welcomed Cooper-Hewitt Members to their studio last evening. Moorhead & Moorhead, Granger Moorhead, Robert Moorhead, brothers, Architecture, Industrial Design, studio, tour, members, Exhibition, Designer, Design with the Other 90%: Cities
Tangible Tuesdays: OnObject Posted by Katie Shelly, on Tuesday February 22, 2011 Tangible Earth, the interactive globe now on view here at Cooper-Hewitt, engages the sense of touch to create a feeling of connection between people and their planet. Lots of designers today are exploring ways to enhance digital devices with touch. For example, MIT Media Lab’s OnObject system can turn any object into a tactile interactive interface. The user can tag any object—a cup, a marker, a book, even their clothing—with a vocabulary of sounds, sights or other media using RFID sensors. Installations, interactive design, MIT media lab, OnObject, senses, touch, digital, devices, Enhancement, tactile, interface, tag, Object, vocabulary, sensors, educational tool
Sensational Set in Style Opening Posted by Debbie Ahn, on Friday February 18, 2011 Cooper-Hewitt Members and friends celebrated at the Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef and Arpels opening reception on February 17. Guests explored the expansive exhibition, meandered among gem stones, and danced to the beat of a DJ in a tented garden. Set in Style, Exhibition, jewelry, Van Cleef & Arpels, opening, reception, membership, gems, NY Times, T magazine
Defining Open Source Hardware Posted by Katie Shelly, on Thursday February 17, 2011 Officially announced this month, version 1.0 of the definition for Open Source Hardware is complete. Similar to Open Source Software, Open Source Hardware is hardware whose design is made publicly available so that anyone can study, modify, distribute, make, and sell the design or hardware based on that design. open source, hardware, definition, version, 1.0, logo design, Makerbot, technology, computer
Cooper-Hewitt acquires a MakerBot Posted by Monica Harriss, on Wednesday February 16, 2011 BREAKING NEWS…the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum’s education department has acquired a MakerBot! Makerbot, 3D, 3-D, printer, acquisition, education, workshops, free, youth, Teens, students
Pattern Inspiration: Sonia Delaunay and Fashion Posted by Sarah Scaturro, on Tuesday February 15, 2011 As New York Fashion Week Fall 2011 draws to a close, I wanted to compare some beautiful textile patterns that fashion designers this past year have shown with selected objects from our upcoming exhibition, Color Moves: Art and Fashion by Sonia Delaunay. Sonia Delauney, fashion design, textile design, patterns, Color Moves, Exhibition, Fashion Week, compare
Tweetable Tees Posted by Katie Shelly, on Tuesday February 15, 2011 Pa++ern is a project that uses Twitter to source unique t-shirt designs. Pa++ern, Twitter, t-shirt, tees, shirt, embroidery, code, fashion design, Daito Matanabe, Motoi Ishibashi