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Excavating Design: 18th-century Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection Friday, September 30, 2005 “Excavating Design: Eighteenth-century Drawings and Prints from the Permanent Collection,” the inaugural exhibition in Cooper-Hewitt’s new 700-square-foot ground floor gallery, will be on view from Nov. 4 to Jan. 8, 2006. The exhibition will showcase a selection of works from the Museum’s extensive collection of 18th-century European drawings and prints, featuring fantastical, unrealized architectural designs inspired by the artifacts of ancient Rome. Visitors will have the opportunity to view a select group of the Museum’s holdings of works by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720-1778) and the French Academy artists who were influenced by his work, including Louis-Joseph Le Lorrain (1715-1759) and Charles Michel-Ange Challe (1718-1778).
Yinka Shonibare Selects: Works from the Permanent Collection Friday, July 15, 2005 In fall 2005, Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare will guest-curate an exhibition at Cooper-Hewitt focusing on modes of transportation as exemplified by objects from the museum’s permanent collection. “Yinka Shonibare Selects: Works from the Permanent Collection,” on view Oct. 7 through May 7, 2006, is the fourth in a series of themed exhibitions in the Nancy and Edwin Marks Gallery.
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Announces Winners and Finalists of the Sixth Annual National Design Awards Wednesday, June 15, 2005 The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum announced the initial winners and finalists of the sixth annual National Design Awards, honoring the most outstanding contributions from the design world, including the winners of Lifetime Achievement, Corporate Achievement and Design Mind, as well as the three finalists for each of the other six awards for architecture, communications design, landscape design, interior design, product design and fashion design.
Cooper-Hewitt Continues on Path of Sustained Growth Monday, June 6, 2005 The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum has recently completed the first year of implementation of a long-range strategic plan embracing every area of museum operations, including the collection, exhibitions, educational programming, research and scholarship, publications, facilities and the website. As the nation’s only museum dedicated exclusively to historic and contemporary design, Cooper-Hewitt is continuing to realize its strategic goals under the leadership of director Paul Warwick Thompson.
SMITHSONIAN’S COOPER-HEWITT, NATIONAL DESIGN MUSEUM ANNOUNCES SIXTH ANNUAL NATIONAL DESIGN AWARDS TO BE HELD ON OCT. 20, 2005 Friday, April 22, 2005 Paul Warwick Thompson, director of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, announced that the sixth annual National Design Awards, honoring the most outstanding contributions from the design world in 2005, will be held on Thursday, Oct. 20.
Extreme Textiles: Designing for High Performance Tuesday, February 1, 2005 In spring 2005, Cooper-Hewitt will present “Extreme Textiles: Designing for High Performance,” the first museum exhibition devoted to the subject of technical textiles—highly engineered materials designed for ultimate performance in extreme conditions. The exhibition, curated by Matilda McQuaid, Exhibitions Curator and Head of Cooper-Hewitt’s Textiles department, will present over 150 extreme textile applications from a wide range of areas, including architecture, apparel, medicine, transportation, aerospace, and the environment. On view April 8, 2005 through Oct. 30, 2005*, the exhibition will examine the broad spectrum of contemporary design through the lens of textile fibers and structures.
Cooper-Hewitt Announces Four Additions to Board of Trustees Tuesday, January 25, 2005 Smithsonian Institution’s board of regents voted yesterday to appoint Elizabeth Ainslie, Kurt Andersen, Michael Francis and John Maeda to the board of trustees of Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum.
Hella Jongerius Selects: Works from the Permanent Collection Monday, November 15, 2004 Dutch designer Hella Jongerius will guest curate an exhibition of samplers and related objects in the third collection rotation in the Nancy and Edwin Marks Gallery at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, on view March 4 through Sept. 4, 2005.
Josef and Anni Albers: Designs for Living Friday, October 1, 2004 “Josef and Anni Albers: Designs for Living,” an exhibition chronicling the Alberses’ extraordinary designs for objects for everyday living, will be on view Oct. 1, 2004 and continue through Feb. 27, 2005, at Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Curated by Nicholas Fox Weber, executive director of The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, “Josef and Anni Albers: Designs for Living” explores the domestic creations of these pioneering artists from the early 1920s through the 1950s, as their designs developed from their days as students in Germany’s famed Bauhaus School to their arrival upon the American scene. The exhibition reveals the full extent of the Alberses’ mutual aesthetic commitment, perpetual creativity and contribution to modern living.
Design ≠ Art Friday, September 10, 2004 The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will present the groundbreaking exhibition “Design ≠ Art” (“Design is not Art”), an exploration of the virtually unknown design works by significant Minimalist and post-Minimalist artists. The exhibition will run from Sept. 10, 2004 through Feb. 27, 2005.