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Posted by Micah Walter, on Wednesday November 03, 2010 Cooper-Hewitt Members enjoyed a private tour of the International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show with Sarah Coffin, Curator of Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-century Decorative Arts and Head of Product Design and Decorative Arts.
International Fine Art & Antiques Dealers, Show, members, tour, private, sarah coffin, curator, product design, decorative arts, MALLET, Primavera Gallery, Lillian Nassau, Jason Jacques, H Blairman & Sons, James Robinson, Apler-Fredericks, Hancocksk & Co, Brian Haughton Gallery, Set in Style, Exhibition, jewelry, Van Cleef & Arpels |
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Posted by Micah Walter, on Wednesday November 03, 2010 Have you ever considered how many fonts there are in the font menu on your computer?
typography, digital, fonts, graphic design, choice, advertising, technology, variety, variations, installation, recent acquisitions, digital typography |
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Posted by Gail S. Davidson, on Friday October 29, 2010 Have you ever considered how many fonts there are in the font menu on your computer?
typography, digital, fonts, graphic design, choice, advertising, technology, variety, variations, installation, recent acquisitions, digital typography |
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Posted by Micah Walter, on Friday October 15, 2010 Hear Cooper-Hewitt Director Bill Moggridge talk about design with Debbie Millman on Design Observer.
Bill Moggridge, Director, Debbie Millman, Design Observer, Interview, audio, evolution, design, laptop, computer, human-centered, people-centered, future, plans |
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Posted by Micah Walter, on Friday October 15, 2010 The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum presented its fifth People’s Design Award to the Braille Alphabet Bracelet Thursday, Oct. 14, at its 11th annual National Design Awards gala in New York.
Braille, alphabet, bracelet, Peoples design award, 2010, winner, Leslie Ligon, First Sight Braille Jewelry, functional, literacy, Blind, blindness, vision, impaired, independence, National Braille Press, BrailleInk, past, winners, Katrina Cottage, Marianne Cusato, Toms Shoes, Zon Hearing Aid, Trek Lime Bicycle |
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Posted by Cindy Trope, on Wednesday October 13, 2010 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 |
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Posted by Debbie Ahn, on Thursday October 07, 2010 James Carpenter Design Associates opened their studio doors to Cooper-Hewitt Members on October 6. Members were captivated by the ‘show and tell’ of prismatic effects of transmitted and reflected light.
James Carpenter, artist, James Carpenter Design Associates, Architecture, engineering, studio, tour, members, light, reflection, refraction, transmission, Sydney, Olympic Park, 7 World Trade Center, WTC, Hearst Tower, Columbus Center, Israel Museum, natural, environment, phenomena, MacArthur Fellow |
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Posted by Bill Moggridge, on Wednesday October 06, 2010 There was a deluge at dawn on Friday, canceling many trains and tempting people to stay at home, in spite of their commitment to arrive at Jazz at Lincoln Center by 9:00 am for the start of the WHY DESIGN NOW? Solving Global Challenges Conference.
Why Design Now, Triennial, Exhibition, 2010, Solving Global Challenges, conference, streaming, participation, Twitter, tweets, online, audience, Beth Comstock, Welcome, Richard Saul Wurman, TED, presentation, data visualization, Information, trends, energy, health, design processes, Elizabeth Scharpf, Sustainable Health Enterprises, SHE, girls, school, tampons, banana, fibers, local, materials, video, YouTube, Timothy Prestero, Design That Matters, incubator, premature, babies, Africa, car, automobile, replacement, parts, social impact |
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Posted by Caroline Baumann, on Friday October 01, 2010 The Sukkah City installation at Union Square last weekend was an ideal example of how to use public space in NYC.
sukkah, installation, union square, New York City, NYC, public space, Sukkot, Holiday, jewish, harvest, temporary, shelter, function, religion, Architecture, transient, permanent, architects, religious, Center for Architecture, dozen, panel, selection, entries, submissions, international |
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Posted by Caroline Baumann, on Tuesday September 28, 2010 As a guest of Jean and Frederic Sharf, I spent this past weekend celebrating the Arnold Scaasi exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Museum’s recent acquisition of his archive and more than 100 of his designs.
Scaasi, Arnold Scaasi, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Exhibition, acquisition, archive, fashion design, custom-made, fashionable, socialites |
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