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Adobe Museum of Digital Media There isn’t much there yet, as the Adobe Museum of Digital Media has not had time to include many exhibits. The easiest way to get the hang of what’s happening is to take the building tour, accessed through the directory. Adobe, Museum of Digital Media, Tom Eccles, curator, building tour
Only two weeks left! Only a few short weeks left to see Ted Muehling Selects: Lobmeyr Glass from the Permanent Collection. Watch designer Ted Muehling and curator Sarah Coffin as they discuss highlights from the exhibition in this 5 minute walkthrough. Ted Muehling, selects, Exhibition, Designer, jewelry, decorative objects, Lobmeyr, Glass, permanent, collection, curator, highlights, walkthrough, acquisition, vienna, austria, glassmaking, central Europe, product design
Positively Prints Members were treated to a “Curator’s Breakfast” – a preview of the IFPDA Print Fair – with Cooper-Hewitt’s Dr. Gail Davidson, Curator and Head of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department. IFPDA, International Fine Print Dealers Association, Print Fair, 2010, annual, members, preview, gail davidson, curator, drawings, prints, graphic design, Carl Solway Gallery, Galerie St Etienne, Fine Art Society, Gemini GEL, Pace Prints, Mixographia
Adventures in Antiques Cooper-Hewitt Members enjoyed a private tour of the International Fine Art & Antique Dealers Show with Sarah Coffin, Curator of Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-century Decorative Arts and Head of Product Design and Decorative Arts. International Fine Art & Antiques Dealers, Show, members, tour, private, sarah coffin, curator, product design, decorative arts, MALLET, Primavera Gallery, Lillian Nassau, Jason Jacques, H Blairman & Sons, James Robinson, Apler-Fredericks, Hancocksk & Co, Brian Haughton Gallery, Set in Style, Exhibition, jewelry, Van Cleef & Arpels
New Digital Type: Restraint One 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
Recent Acquisitions: Digital Typography When it came to selecting the font for the introductory panel, since this was an installation about typography, I wanted to use a typeface that was distinctive from the Cooper-Hewitt house font which is News Gothic. digital typography, installation, graphic design, post-modernist, trends, typography, fonts, gail davidson, curator, TYPEFACE, TsangSeymour, Emigre Eight, Zuzana Licko, Wim Crouwel, limits, resolution, pixels, dot-matrix, printer, FontEditor, Foundry Gridnik, Olivetti, electric typewriter, David Quay, the Foundry, digitize, GRiD
Pure Blend / Puras Misturi Centrally located in the Ibirapuera city park the city government has established a new Brazilian Cultures Hall (Pavilhão das Culturas Brasileiras). I visited the space in April, a week before the installation began, and was entranced not only this new design collection, but also by the architecture. Brazil, Brasil, popular design, artifacts, resourcefulness, Puras Misturi, Pure Blend, Exhibition, Museu da Casa Brasileira, Pavilhão das Culturas Brasileiras, Brazilian Cultures Hall, Ibirapuera, Oscar Niemeyer, architect, building, renovation, crafts, artisans, Lina Bardi, Carlos Motta, cultural, indigenous, diversity, Adélia Borges, curator, Brazilian Design Biennial, Bienal Brasileira de Design, 2010, Curitiba
Valuing World Cultures – Bill Moggridge The third of the grand challenges posed by Secretary Wayne Clough for the new strategic plan of the Smithsonian is explained by the sentence: “As a steward and ambassador of cultural connections, with a presence in some 100 countries and expertise and collections that encompass the globe, we will build bridges of mutual respect, and present the diversity of world cultures and the joy of creativity with accuracy, insight, and reverence.” challenge, Wayne Clough, smithsonian, steward, cultures, connection, countries, World, value, respect, diversity, diverse, present, creativity, international, Why Design Now, Triennial, Exhibition, why, Web, internet, Design for a LIving World, solutions, sustainable, materials, Piranesi as Designer, Piranesi, role, reform, 18th century, contemporary, Design for the Other 90%, affordable, socially responsible, community, Cynthia Smith, curator, Critical Mass, population, growth, urbanization
Ted Muehling’s Choice Ted hosted a group of Cooper-Hewitt members at his studio and store in SoHo this week, as you can see from the Monday at Muehling’s post, giving them a peek at his wonderfully creative environment full of glass, emotive sculpture and creatures from the natural world. Ted Muehling, members, tour, studio, store, SoHo, Glass, sculpture, guest, curator, Lobmeyr, Exhibition, selects, acquisitions, vienna, gallery, counterpoint, sarah coffin, product design, decorative arts, designs, drawings, translucent, originals, Maria Sibylla Merian, illustration, butterflies, book, National Design Library, hummingbird, brooch
Quicktake: Rodarte - Behind the Scenes Part 1 The first thing that comes to my mind when planning for an exhibition that has fashion is: how do we want to show the garments? Typically the answer is “on a mannequin”. Quicktake, Rodarte, Exhibition, fashion design, Laura Mulleavy, Kate Mulleavy, planning, mannequin, showcase, garments, support, intention, Gregory Krum, curator, Ralph Pucci, Manikin, loan