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Curators Select: Recent Acquisitions, 2003–2008This exhibition will feature recent acquisitions to all four of the museum's collecting departments: Product Design and Decorative Arts; Drawings, Prints and Graphic Design; Textiles; and Wallcoverings. curators select, recent acquisitions, permanent collection, exhibitions, product design, decorative arts, drawings, prints, graphic design, textiles, wallcoverings, ch:exhibition=35350961 |
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Wall Stories: Children's Wallpaper and BooksThis exhibition will explore the relationship between wallpapers and books created for children through works from the permanent collection and the National Design Library. From their beginning in the 1870s, children's wallpapers have been strongly influenced by literature and popular culture. Wall Stories, Wall Stories: Children’s Wallpaper and Books, National Design Library, exhibitions, wallpaper, permanent collection, pop-up books, children's books |
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Shahzia Sikander Selects: Works from the Permanent CollectionInternationally acclaimed artist, Shahzia Sikander, will serve as the ninth guest curator of the Selects exhibition series in the Nancy and Edwin Marks Gallery, devoted to showing the museum’s permanent collection. Sikander will mine and interpret the museum’s collection and produce an installation of selected work. Shahzia Sikander, exhibitions, permanent collection, selects, Pakistan, nancy and edwin marks gallery, ch:exhibition=35350959 |
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Monday at Muehling’sTed Muehling, curator of Ted Muehling Selects: Lobmeyr Glass from the Permanent Collection invited Cooper-Hewitt’s Design Watch Members to his SoHo showroom for a private behind-the-scenes visit. On this rainy Monday, Members passed the noisy construction on Howard Street, left their umbrellas by the door, and retreated into a haven of design. Ted Muehling, Industrial Design, metals, jewelry, selects, Exhibition, Lobmeyr, Glass, permanent collection, Design Watch, members, behind-the-scenes, tour, showroom, studio, visits |
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WANTED: Apple products for the National Design Museum's CollectionAs the Smithsonian’s National Design Museum, Cooper-Hewitt seeks to acquire the best examples of industrial design, and much of the permanent collection has been built through the generosity of donors. apple, products, Industrial Design, permanent collection, donations, credit, Cynthia Trope, associate curator, iBook, iMac G5, Macbook Pro, Macbook Air |
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Study Tour: Design Miami 2008Cooper-Hewitt Design Watch Members travelled to Miami—the hottest design destination. Now in its fourth year, Design Miami is the global forum for collecting, exhibiting, and discussing limited edition design. Design Miami/, 2008, fair, Design Watch, visits, tours, galleries, studio, Aranda/Lasch, Fernando & Humberto Campana, Select, Exhibition, permanent collection |
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Designer of the Year: Campana BrothersBrazilian designers Humberto and Fernando Campana will receive the prestigious Designer of the Year Award at this year’s Design Miami. Campana Brothers, Humberto Campana, Fernando Campana, brothers, Designer of the Year Award, winner, Design Miami, Select, permanent collection, Exhibition, Trans Chair, TransPlastic series, natural, synthetic, seating, Diamantina, Brazil, materials, amethyst, Apui, fiber |
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Slideshow: Making Trans... chairFernando and Humberto explain their TransPlastic series as a fictional story wherein, in a world made of plastic, synthetic matter eventually becomes fertile ground for transgenic creations in which nature grows from and eventually overpowers plastic. Campana Brothers, Fernando Campana, Humberto Campana, brothers, furniture design, chair, Trans Chair, story, plastic, wicker, materials, woven, nature, transgenic, collection, Select, Exhibition, elements, dual, permanent collection, Brazil, slides |
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