Exhibition
Color Moves the Design LibraryColor Moves: Art and Fashion by Sonia Delaunay, which opened March 18, brings over 300 examples of the artist’s fashion and textile designs to our galleries. Here are a few fun things that were not included, but can all be found in Smithsonian’s National Design Library, housed here at Cooper-Hewitt. Color Moves, Exhibition, Sonia Delauney, fashion design, textile design, National Design Library, magazines, rare books, folio |
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Making of an ExhibitionA small group of Cooper-Hewitt Members had the special privilege of going on an installation tour of Color Moves: Art and Fashion by Sonia Delaunay. In the galleries, geometric prints popped with color and movement. installation, tour, members, Color Moves, Exhibition, Sonia Delauney, fashion design, textile design, paris, 20th century |
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Set In Style: Gallery Tour with Patrick JouinNow on view at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, the Set In Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels exhibition boasts hundreds of stunning jewels, timepieces, fashion accessories, objets d’art, and drawings by Van Cleef & Arpels. The six-room installation of these brilliant jewels is itself an innovative work of design. Set in Style, Exhibition, jewelry, Van Cleef & Arpels, Patrick Jouin, Jouin Manku, installation, design |
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Claudy Jongstra at the U.N.Dutch designer Claudy Jongstra recently showcased her tapestries of raw wool and silk here in New York at the United Nations. Claudy Jongstra, felt, Fashioning Felt, Exhibition, tapestries, wool, silk, United Nations, sustainability, Preservation, biodiversity |
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M&MMoorhead & Moorhead, brothers Granger and Robert, welcomed Cooper-Hewitt Members to their studio last evening. Moorhead & Moorhead, Granger Moorhead, Robert Moorhead, brothers, Architecture, Industrial Design, studio, tour, members, Exhibition, Designer, Design with the Other 90%: Cities |
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Sensational Set in Style OpeningCooper-Hewitt Members and friends celebrated at the Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef and Arpels opening reception on February 17. Guests explored the expansive exhibition, meandered among gem stones, and danced to the beat of a DJ in a tented garden. Set in Style, Exhibition, jewelry, Van Cleef & Arpels, opening, reception, membership, gems, NY Times, T magazine |
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Pattern Inspiration: Sonia Delaunay and FashionAs New York Fashion Week Fall 2011 draws to a close, I wanted to compare some beautiful textile patterns that fashion designers this past year have shown with selected objects from our upcoming exhibition, Color Moves: Art and Fashion by Sonia Delaunay. Sonia Delauney, fashion design, textile design, patterns, Color Moves, Exhibition, Fashion Week, compare |
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The Making of Set In StyleAmethyst, diamond, emerald, jade, onyx, ruby and sapphire—the very words conjure up an exotic world of beauty, fashion, mystery, and intrigue. Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels provides ample evidence that the celebrated jeweler does indeed exemplify that world. Set in Style, Exhibition, jewelry, Van Cleef & Arpels, museum, galleries, style, icons |
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Coming Soon - Set in StyleWhat do Marlene Dietrich and Marjorie Merriweather Post have in common? They both wore jewels that will be exhibited in the upcoming exhibition Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels, opening on February 18th at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Set in Style, Exhibition, jewelry, Van Cleef & Arpels, Mystery, setting, transformable, zippers, minaudières |
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Postcard from TokyoI was delighted by this New Year’s card from Takeshi Ishiguro in Tokyo. On the front was an image of a snow covered landscape, with one of those crisp blue skies that only seem to visit Japan when it’s cold. Takeshi Ishiguro, product design, Industrial Design, Creative Lab, studio, Tokyo, Japan, postcard, light light, lamp, feather, Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design, Exhibition, 1995, MOMA, Book of Lights, Artecnica |
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