Design Conversations

Book Choice - The Story of Eames Furniture Posted by Bill Moggridge, on Thursday January 07, 2010 This is my favorite design book from 2010. Yes, it’s huge! That’s a twelve inch ruler in the photo. Story of Eames furniture, furniture, Charles Eames, Ray Eames, Gestalten, publications, Herman Miller, photos, pattern drawings, portraits, Less and More design ethos of Dieter Rams, European, modernism, Industrial Design, materials, USA, Marilyn Neuhart, author, biographies, Eames Repertory Company, Eero Saarinen, Deborah Sussman
10 Membership Moments in 2010 Posted by Debbie Ahn, on Tuesday January 05, 2010 2010 was a year to remember for Cooper-Hewitt Members. Check out the 10 Membership Moments in 2010 slideshow below. 2010, membership, highlights, slides, New York City, NYC, Auto Show, International Contemporary Furniture Fair, ICFF, International Fine Art & Antiques Dealers Show, International Fine Print Dealers Association, IFDPA, Print Fair, exhibitions, studio, visit, tour, Ted Muehling, Why Design Now, Triennial, Steelcase, Trove, Design Watch, Hoefler & Frere-Jones, Project Projects, WORKac, Local Projects, Interaction Design, James Carpenter, James Carpenter Design Associates, Selldorf Architects, Richard Meier, architect, model gallery, Miami, Design Miami/, renewal
Pioneers of Change Posted by Andrea Lipps, on Friday September 11, 2009 Yesterday I attended the kick-off event for Pioneers of Change, a festival of modern Dutch design, fashion, and architecture that is currently underway on Governor’s Island. Presented to celebrate the 400-year history of Dutch-American friendship, Pioneers of Change features installations by a number of leading Dutch designers in eleven former Officers’ houses at Nolan Park on the Island. It’s the first time the houses have been open to the public in thirteen years. Festival, Dutch, design, Governors Island, Droog, Maarten Baas, clocks, Christien Meindertsma, knit, wool, Painted, Native American, bead, Parsons, NL Architects, Next Architects, ceramics, Holland, Netherlands
Meier 75 Thursday September 03, 2009 Personally, I am partial to Richard Meier’s approach to architecture. According to Meier, a building is an act of “willful artificiality;” a “man-made” spatial construct that functions as a receptacle for experiencing the world of nature. Richard Meier, Architecture, artificiality, man-made, white walls, nature, Frank Lloyd Wright, influences, building, natural, landscape, stage, Display, separation, art, modernist, Le Corbusier, machine, silversmith, Jean Puiforcat, theory, unity, harmony, Modular, system, scale, proportions, drawings, lines, Getty Center, Los Angeles, gift, collection, contemporary, Tod Williams Billie Tsien, Museum of American Folk Art, Alvaro Siza, Galician Center of Contemporary Art, Santiago de Compostela, spain, sketches, museum
Research Chronicles Posted by Cynthia E. Smith, on Friday July 31, 2009 Follow my field research chronicles on twitter, starting in Kumasi, Ghana at the International Development Design Summit organized by Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and MIT. The summit aims to create equity in the distribution of research and development resources by focusing on the needs of the world’s poor. International Development Design Summit, Kwame Nkrumah University, MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, summit, equity, distribution, research, resources, poverty, collaboration, cross-discipline, Maker Faire, Africa, Accra, Ghana, manufacturing, indigenous, technologies, development, Twitter
Felt in Haiti Posted by Susan Brown, on Friday July 31, 2009 I had the pleasure of meeting recently with Ton Vriens, a Dutch documentary filmmaker and journalist who, through his foundation Turtle Tree, is working with women in Haiti to develop a felt-making co-operative, with the goal of achieving economic and social independence for the members of the self-governed group. Haiti, felt, collective, women, Tom Vriens, Dutch, documentary, filmmaker, journalist, Turtle Tree, foundation, economic, social, independence, poverty, Fanm Veret Wi Nou Kapab!, Women of Verrettes Yes We Can Do It, grant, Andalusia, spain, Business, training, product development, American, makers, workshops, needlework, organic, wool, source, soft, import, equipment, iPhone, iPod, laptop, covers
2009 Design Patron Posted by Caroline Payson, on Wednesday July 15, 2009 It is with great pleasure that we announce that Reynold Levy, president of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, has been selected the winner of the 2009 Design Patron Award. Mr. Levy is being recognized for his design stewardship of the Lincoln Center campus renovation project. Design Patron Award, 2009, winner, Reynold Levy, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, campus, renovation, public spaces, accessibility, openness, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Tod Williams Billie Tsien, National Design Award, winners, Alice Tully Hall, rave reviews, gala, Ciprianis, White House, ceremony, Washington, DC
July 24: Design in D.C. Posted by Caroline Payson, on Monday July 13, 2009 Plans are taking shape for the July 24th public programs in Washington, D.C., celebrating the 10th annual National Design Awards. These events will take place from 10 to 11 a.m. at museums around the Mall National Design Awards, 2009, 10th, annual, Washington, DC, public programs, free, Mall, First Lady, Michelle Obama, White House, ceremony, winners, finalists, cross-discipline, conversations, Francisco Costa, fashion design, Calvin Tsao, Zack McKown, interior design, SHoP Architects, walter hood, landscape architect, community, tool, Boym Partners, product design, Steve Duenes, Communication Design, New York Times, graphics, Perceptive Pixel, Interaction Design, Andrew Blauvelt, Walker Art Center, Institutional achievement, Amory Lovins, design Mind, Bill Moggridge, lifetime achievement
Welcome our two new trustees Posted by Caroline Baumann, on Monday July 13, 2009 I am thrilled to announce that Stuart Bohart of Morgan Stanley and Marissa Mayer of Google and have joined Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum’s board of trustees. trustees, new, Stuart Bohart, Morgan Stanley, Marissa Mayer, Google, National Design Award, 2008, corporate achievement
Cooper-Hewitt's New Acting Director Posted by Caroline Baumann, on Thursday July 02, 2009 As you may know, Paul Warwick Thompson, the Museum’s director of eight years, has resigned to accept the position of rector of the Royal College of Art in London. Starting July 13th, I will serve as acting director of the museum while a ten-member committee, of which I am a part, searches for a permanent director. Caroline Baumann, Acting Director, museum, Paul Warwick Thompson, Director, Royal College of Art, search committee, RE:DESIGN, renovation, reconfiguration, endowment, increase, Miller/Fox, townhouses, programming