Cynthia Smith
National Design Triennial: Why Design Now?Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum presents the fourth exhibition in the National Design Triennial series. Why Design Now? explores the work of designers addressing human and environmental problems across many fields of design, from architecture and product design to fashion, graphics, new media and landscape design. national design triennial, why design now?, Ellen Lupton, Cara McCarty, Matilda McQuaid, Cynthia Smith, global, Architecture, product design, fashion design, graphic design, new media, landscape design, exhibitions, ch:exhibition=35350969 |
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Cooper-Hewitt: Design RevolutionJoin 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 |
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Sustainable and Inclusive CitiesCities all over the world are rapidly expanding and facing issues such as climate change, rapid urban migration and overburdened public services. This panel discussion focuses on initiatives that seek to include those who have been marginalized by established cities, especially the poor, women, youth and entire communities. Panelists include representatives from: - Kounkey Design Initiative Cities with the other 90%, Exhibition, UN, United Nations, sustainable, sustainability, inclusivity, Kounkey Design Initiative, panelist, panel discussion, Cynthia Smith, panel, talk, long, public program |
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Case Study: Community Upgrading in Bangkok, ThailandThis discussion is centered on Thailand's Baan Mankong Community Upgrading Project, a particularly successful example of housing improvement, land-tenure security, and infrastructure development that places slum communities at the center of the upgrading process. Cities with the other 90%, Exhibition, UN, United Nations, Bangkok Thailand, Baan Mankong Community Upgrading Project, housing, infrastructure, Cynthia Smith, talk, long, public program |
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Design for the Other 90%This exhibition highlights the growing trend among designers to create affordable and socially responsible objects for the vast majority of the world's population—the 90% not traditionally serviced by professional designers. Design for the Other 90%, exhibitions, global, Cynthia Smith, socially responsible, sustainable design, Arthur Ross Terrace and Garden |
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Design with the Other 90%: CITIESThe groundbreaking 2007 Design for the Other 90% exhibition has been developed into an ongoing series that will continue to focus on design solutions that address the 90 percent of the world's population not traditionally serviced by the professional design community. Design with the Other 90%: CITIES, the second exhibition in the series, examines the complex issues arising from the unprecedented rate of urban growth projected to take place over the next twenty years, primarily in the informal settlements of the global south. Design with the Other 90%: Cities, exhibitions, United Nations, global south, Cynthia Smith, Other 90 Network, urban planning, Social Entrepreneurship |
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Valuing World Cultures – Bill MoggridgeThe 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 |
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