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Wallpaper. In 3-D.Contemporary British designer, Tracy Kendall, challenges the notion that wallcoverings are solely represented in two dimensions. In the White Room, one of her many bespoke three-dimensional wallpapers, is composed of overlapping rectangular sheets of white paper, which are finely hand-stitched onto a white paper backing. wallcoverings, contemporary, British, Tracy Kendall |
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4 Questions 4: Anab JainThe latest in our 4 Questions 4 interview series features Anab Jain, founding partner of Superflux, a collaborative design practice based in Ahmedabad and London. Anab is a designer and entrepreneur who has worked in film, interaction design, and innovation consulting. anab, jain, superflux, 4q4, 4 Questions 4, Interview, video, contemporary, strategy, consultancy, digital, 21st century |
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Bill's Design Talks: Graphic Design—Now in ProductionFind out how designers today are rethinking the aesthetics, process, and public of graphic design by creating their own software and systems. Join Cooper-Hewitt's Curatorial Director, Cara McCarty, Walker Art Center Curator, Andrew Blauvelt, and interaction designer, Dimitri Nieuwenhuizen, in a lively discussion. Graphic Design Now in Production, graphic design, contemporary, Exhibition, software, DIY, tech, Governors Island, Andrew Blauvelt, Bill Moggridge, Ellen Lupton, posterwall, lust, nieuwenhuizen, talk, long, panel, bills design talks, wnyc, greene space, New York City, NYC |
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From Imperial To Contemporary: A Rediscovery of Traditional Austrian Craft and ManufacturingThomas Geisler will speak about contemporary design work in Austria, including Viennese tableware, 20th century and contemporary design. Thomas is design curator at the Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Arts (MAK) in Vienna and co-founder of Vienna Design Week which has initiated projects with contemporary designers and local traditional manufactures such as J.&L. Lobmeyr and Augarten porcelain, to protect and reinvent this extraordinary legacy of Viennese crafting skills. Thomas Geisler, MAK, glassware, tableware, austria, vienna, Museum of Applied Arts, Lobmeyr, Glass, design, imperial, contemporary, vienna design week, 2010, craft, manufacturing, craftsmanship, talk, long, public program |
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Cooper-Hewitt: Contemporary Architecture and the Legacy of PiranesiSome of the most significant architects of our era have cited designer and architect Giovanni Battista Piranesi's influence on their work. Learn how architects Peter Eisenman, Founder and Principal, Eisenman Architects; Michael Graves, Founder and Principal, Michael Graves & Associates; and Robert Venturi, Principal of Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates are inspired by Piranesi's eclectic and imaginative approach to his designs. Stan Allen, Principle of Stan Allen Architect and Dean of the School of Architecture at Princeton University, moderates the discussion. Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Piranesi, Piranesi as Designer, Exhibition, influence, legacy, Architecture, 18th century, Italian, contemporary, Peter Eisenman, Michael Graves, Robert Venturi, Stan Allen, architect, panel, talk, long, public program |
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Graphic Design—Now in ProductionCo-organized by Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and the Walker Art Center, Graphic Design—Now in Production explores some of the most vibrant sectors and genres of graphic design today. graphic design, exhibitions, Graphic Design Now in Production, Governors Island, Ellen Lupton, Andrew Blauvelt, contemporary |
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Design USA: Contemporary InnovationDesign USA celebrates the accomplishments of the winners honored during the first 10 years of the prestigious National Design Awards. The exhibition features outstanding contemporary achievements in American architecture, landscape design, interior design, product design, communication design, corporate design, interaction design, and fashion. Design USA, National Design Awards, exhibitions, contemporary, Architecture, landscape design, interior design, product design, Communication Design, corporate design, Interaction Design, fashion design, ch:exhibition=35350967 |
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Tonight! Thomas GeislerWater carafes decorated with the outlines of Austrian lakes, rivers and glaciers, designed by Mark Braun for Lobmeyer. Exhibited at Vienna Design Week 2010. Tonight at the Cooper-Hewitt, Thomas Geisler will speak about contemporary design work in Austria, including Viennese tableware, 20th century and contemporary design. Thomas Geisler, contemporary, austria, vienna, Viennese, tableware, 20th century, Museum of Applied Arts, Contemporary Arts, MAK, vienna design week, public program talk |
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New Digital Type: RestraintOne of the pieces featured in Cooper-Hewitt’s “Digital Typography” installation is a booklet published by Fox River paper company in 2006, showcasing the masterful lettering designs of Marian Bantjes, a designer living off the coast of Vancouver. digital, type, typography, font, recent acquisitions, digital typography, installation, graphic design, type design, post-modern, gail davidson, curator, Ellen Lupton, contemporary, typefaces, Marian Bantjes, Restraint, sinuous, Modular |
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Illustrated Children’s Books from the Cooper-Hewitt CollectionOver the past several weeks, I explored the Cooper-Hewitt Museum Design Museum Library’s collection of illustrated children’s books as part of the Arts Intern program through Studio in a School. illustrations, illustrated, childrens books, Children, collection, ArtsIntern, Studio in a School, rare, Hewitt sisters, active, Mary Stuart Book Fund, JP Morgan Book Fund, pop-up, popup, movable, mechanical, 18th century, contemporary, international, fairy tales, alphabet, nursery, rhymes, songbooks, first, early, editions, Walter Crane, Kate Greenaway, Beatrix Potter, exhibitions, showcase, Nine Lives, American Drawings, Fantastic Illustration and Design in Britain, Odyssey in Print, Picturing Words, Wall Stories, Paper Engineering, National Museum of American History, fragile, handling, digitization, digitize, pre-1923, copyright |
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