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Members' Curator Tour \| Six Things: Sagmeister & Walsh at the Jewish Museum Open to Design Watch Members and above. Join the Jewish Museum’s Curatorial Assistant, Rebecca Shaykin, for an exhibition tour of Six Things: Sagmeister & Walsh. Design Watch, membership, tour, event, curator
Meet the Staff: Ellen Lupton Ellen Lupton, our Senior Curator of Contemporary Design, shares her experiences. curator, contemporary design
Meet the Staff: Greg Herringshaw Greg Herringshaw, our Assistant Curator in charge of the Wallcoverings Department, shares his experiences. wallcoverings, curator, staff
Cooper-Hewitt: Design Revolution Join us for a discussion with Emily Pilloton, author of Design Revolution, Allan Chochinov, founder of Core77, Susan Szenasy Editor in Chief of Metropolis Magazine, and Cynthia E. Emily Pilloton, Design Revolution, Allan Chochinov, Core77, Cynthia Smith, curator, Susan Szenasy, Metropolis Magazine, materials, sustainability, product design, Project H Design, panel, talk, long, program
Cooper-Hewitt: Designapalooza Shoshana Berger and Grace Hawthorne, authors of Readymade: How to Make (Almost) Everything: A Do-It-Yourself Primer and Ellen Lupton, author of D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself lead a day-long celebration of "DIY" design, showing participants how to translate everyday materials into exciting new objects. Designapalooza, Shoshana Berger, Grace Hawthorne, Readymade, Ellen Lupton, curator, contemporary design, DIY, D.I.Y., Do It Yourself, talk, long, public program
Cooper-Hewitt: How and Why Things Work - Keynote, Ellen Lupton Curator Ellen Lupton uses concrete examples to discuss how designed objects and environments affect human behavior. Through objects from the past and present, she demonstrates how good design can solve everyday problems. How Things Work, Ellen Lupton, curator, contemporary design, objects, product design, solving problems, keynote, talk, Lecture, long, public program
Cooper-Hewitt: House Proud - Revealing Interiors As documents of domestic life, the watercolors featured in House Proud celebrate nineteenth-century interiors and the designers that conceived of them. Cooper-Hewitt invites contemporary designers Hermes Mallea, Carey Maloney, Mitchell Owen, and Thomas Jayne to join exhibition curator Gail Davidson for a roundtable discussion on residential interior design, historic restorations, design promotion, and the role of the interior space as a source of pride, convenience, personal status, and presentation then and now. Participants Hermes Mallea, M (Group) Carey Maloney, M (Group) House Proud, Exhibition, interiors, 19th century, watercolors, Thaw Collection, Hermes Mallea, Carey Maloney, Mitchell Owen, Thomas Jayne, Designer, gail davidson, curator, residential interior design, historic renovation, design promotion, interior space, domestic life, panel, talk, long, public program
Cooper-Hewitt: Bring Graphic Design to the Classroom: Workshop with Ellen Lupton Join Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum for a presentation and discussion on teaching graphic design with Ellen Lupton, Curator of Contemporary Design, graphic designer, educator, and author of several books on design including D.I.Y.: Design it Yourself, and D.I.Y. Kids. The presentation will offer strategies for explaining and teaching graphic design principles and ways to move your students to thinking and working like designers. graphic design, cover design, classroom, Ellen Lupton, curator, contemporary design, NYC, New York City, teachers, educators, middle school, high school, teaching strategies, design education, Workshop, talk, long, public program
Cooper-Hewitt: Crossing Boundaries - The Transmission of Rococo During its first wave of influence, the sinuous and sensuous curves of rococo rapidly spread across France, Holland, and Germany,developing a unique personality in each location. Cooper-Hewitt invites curators Henry Hawley, Reinier Baarsen, and Wolfram Koeppe to a panel discussion that examines the diaspora of rococo during the eighteenth century, and the regional differences in its expression. Crossing Boundaries, rococo, transmission, France, Holland, Germany, Henry Hawley, Reinier Baarsen, Wolfram Koeppe, curator, diaspora, 18th century, panel, talk, long, public program
DesignBoost NYC: Ellen Lupton DesignBoost NYC was a two-day design conference held at Cooper-Hewitt in June 2011. Thirteen speakers specializing in everything from biomechanics to filmmaking addressed the conference's theme, "Design Beyond Design" in this series of short talks. DesignBoost, 2011, conference, Design beyond Design, Ellen Lupton, curator, contemporary design, reader, e-reader, MICA, talk, long