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Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Announces Winner of the First Ever People's Design AwardThursday, October 19, 2006The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum presented its first ever People’s Design Award to Marianne Cusato for the Katrina Cottage, Wednesday, Oct. 18, at its seventh annual National Design Awards gala. After receiving hundreds of votes during the course of one month on the Cooper-Hewitt Web site, the Katrina Cottage emerged as the public’s favorite design. |
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Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Announces Winner of the First Ever People’s Design AwardThursday, October 19, 2006The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum presented its first ever People’s Design Award to Marianne Cusato for the Katrina Cottage, Wednesday, Oct. 18, at its seventh annual National Design Awards gala. After receiving hundreds of votes during the course of one month on the Cooper-Hewitt Web site, the Katrina Cottage emerged as the public’s favorite design. |
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Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Launches First-Ever National Design WeekFriday, August 18, 2006Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will launch National Design Week, a new initiative that aims to draw attention to the ways in which design enriches everyday life, from Oct. 15 through Oct. 21. |
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Made to Scale: Staircase Masterpieces The Eugene & Clare Thaw GiftFriday, June 30, 2006In the fifth exhibition in the Nancy and Edwin Marks Gallery, Cooper-Hewitt will present Eugene and Clare Thaw’s collection of staircase models—the largest known holding of these works outside of France—which will be accessioned into the museum’s permanent collection. “Made to Scale: Staircase Masterpieces—The Eugene & Clare Thaw Gift” is the first museum exhibition in the United States focused on staircase models. The exhibition will be on view from Oct. 13 through June 3, 2007. |
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Cooper-Hewitt Advances Strategic Plan to Enhance Collections and Related ProgramsMonday, June 19, 2006In 2005–2006, the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum continued progress on a strategic plan to enhance its permanent collections and develop dynamic programs drawing from its wide range of design objects. Development of the collections, increased access to scholarly resources, and innovative educational programming are the major components of the museum’s plan for growth under the leadership of director Paul Warwick Thompson. The recently announced $35-million expansion program will optimize exhibition space within the institution’s historic buildings and enhance education and public facilities. This physical expansion, coupled with a reinvigorated online presence and continued emphasis on educational outreach, will further the museum’s mission to raise awareness about the cultural relevance of historic and contemporary design. |
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Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Announces Winners of the Seventh Annual National Design AwardsMonday, June 5, 2006This fall Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will celebrate significant achievements in the design world with its annual National Design Awards, now in its seventh year. Established in 2000 to broaden awareness of the role of design in daily life, the Awards honor individuals in all areas of design, as well its patrons and supporters. The recipients of the 2006 National Design Awards were announced today by Cooper-Hewitt director Paul Warwick Thompson, and the finalists and winners will be honored at a Gala dinner at Cooper-Hewitt on Oct. 18. Mrs. Laura Bush is the Honorary Patron for this year’s National Design Awards. |
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Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Announces $35 Million Capital ProgramThursday, May 25, 2006Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum today announced a $35 million program to nearly double exhibition space, enhance educational services, accommodate growth of its permanent collection and boost its endowment to support operating costs. The program, which results from a two-year master planning process conducted by architectural firm Beyer Blinder Belle, with input from the museum’s board, staff and the Smithsonian, will meet institutional goals without the construction of a new facility. |
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Cooper-Hewitt Announces New Board Leadership and Appointment of New TrusteesFriday, May 19, 2006Smithsonian Institution’s board of regents approved last week the appointment of new leadership and trustees to the board of Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Paul Herzan: chairman (previously president) |
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Frederic Church, Winslow Homer, and Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American LandscapeTuesday, May 16, 2006Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will present “Frederic Church, Winslow Homer and Thomas Moran: Tourism and the American Landscape,” an exhibition exploring the promotion of tourism in 19th century America through the museum’s extraordinary collections of oil paintings, drawings and watercolors by these artists. On view May 19 through Oct. 22, 2006, the exhibition presents Cooper-Hewitt’s Americana collection for the first time in more than 15 years and is the premiere showing of many of its Homer oil paintings. |
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Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Announces Finalists of the Seventh Annual National Design AwardsTuesday, May 2, 2006For the seventh year, the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will honor achievement in the design world with its National Design Awards. The finalists for the 2006 National Design Awards, which will be held on Oct. 18, were announced today by Cooper-Hewitt’s director Paul Warwick Thompson. Recognizing the most outstanding contributions from the design world in the past year, the Awards honor nominees in categories encompassing all areas of design. Mrs. Laura Bush is the honorary patron for this year’s National Design Awards. |
