This year the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum’s Triennial: Why Design Now? explores topics of sustainable design. Current global climate changes and economic slumps have provided a platform for designers to create even more innovative works to aid the world around us
Why Design Now, Triennial, Exhibition, sustainable, innovative, Green, education, museum, programming, learning, Children, application, workshops, communication, health, transportation, design kids, tours, family |
 |
|
Just what, exactly, is MIT’s CityCar?
It is a car, yes, and a tiny one at that. It looks a bit like a jellybean and it’s stackable, like a grocery cart.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, citycar, Abel Wolman, electric car, car, automobile, electric, vehicle, rendering, techonology, GRiD, distribution, storage, batteries, charging, urban, William J. Mitchell, Why Design Now, Triennial, Exhibition |
 |
|
If there is one design on view at the 2010 Triennial that affects the lives of every American, it is the E/S Orcelle container ship. It is designed as a response to impending changes in the shipping industry, which currently causes 5% of the world’s carbon emissions.
ES Orcelle, cargo, container, carrier, ship, shipping, industry, carbon, emissions, regulations, pollution, renewable, energy, sources, solar, wind, wave, power, bunker fuel, byproduct, low-grade, trade, alternatives, prototype, revolutionary, transportation, reduction, lightweight, materials, Why Design Now, Triennial, Exhibition, future |
 |
|
There is no shortage of practical objects in the 2010 Triennial. You will see everything from noble solutions for global issues, to networking sites that ensure our most mundane thoughts never go unpublished.
Why Design Now, Triennial, Exhibition, pratical, objects, Dunne + Raby, moral, social, implications, technology, Risk Watch, political, stability, provocative, critical, humor, absurdity, discussion |
 |
|
There is no shortage of practical objects in the 2010 Triennial. You will see everything from noble solutions for global issues, to networking sites that ensure our most mundane thoughts never go unpublished
Why Design Now, Triennial, Exhibition, pratical, objects, Dunne + Raby, moral, social, implications, technology, Risk Watch, political, stability, provocative, critical, humor, absurdity, discussion |
|
|
Joe Gebbia is a San Francisco-based industrial designer and self-described “designtrepreneur,” as well as founding partner of the green materials consultancy Ecolect.
Joe Gebbia, Industrial Designer, Ecolect, sustainable, practices, gap, reliable, Information, consistent, standards, evaluation, assessment, materials, manufacturers, Product Nutrition Label, sustainability, index, lifecycle, Life Cycle Assessment, LCA, footprint, verifications, qualitative, USDA nutrition label, context, optimize, transparent, Europe, GreenBox, subscription, inspiration, Why Design Now, Triennial, Exhibition |
 |
|
Joe Gebbia is a San Francisco-based industrial designer and self-described “designtrepreneur,” as well as founding partner of the green materials consultancy Ecolect.
Joe Gebbia, Industrial Designer, Ecolect, sustainable, practices, gap, reliable, Information, consistent, standards, evaluation, assessment, materials, manufacturers, Product Nutrition Label, sustainability, index, lifecycle, Life Cycle Assessment, LCA, footprint, verifications, qualitative, USDA nutrition label, context, optimize, transparent, Europe, GreenBox, subscription, inspiration, Why Design Now, Triennial, Exhibition |
|
|
Over the next two weeks on the Cooper-Hewitt Design Blog, students from an interdisciplinary graduate-level course on the Triennial taught by the Triennial curatorial team blog their impressions and inspirations of the current exhibition,‘Why Design Now?’.
Why Design Now, Triennial, Exhibition, death, mortality, Capsula Mundi, Anna Citelli, Raoul Bretzel, coffin, biodegradable, cornstarch, plastic, tree, eco-burial, cremation, ashes, Nadine Jarvis, bird-feeder, mold, materials |
 |
|
The PSA’s have been espousing “The More You Know” for two decades, and the designers in this year’s Triennial agree. Some of their most innovative designs are about becoming a little more aware of our nasty consumption habits.
Why Design Now, Triennial, Exhibition, energy, power, consumption, usage, awareness, tracking, Interactive Institute, Power Aware cord, Magnus Gyllenswärd, Anton Gustafsson, light, illuminate, Energy Aware Clock, Loove Broms, Karin Ehrnberger, Sara Ilstedt Hjelm, Erika Lundell, Jin Moen, watt |
 |
|
This past Spring before the Triennial opened, we taught an interdisciplinary graduate-level course offered to MA students in Cooper-Hewitt’s Decorative Arts and Design History program and MFA students in the School of Visual Arts new Design Criticism program.
Why Design Now, Triennial, Exhibition, graduate, course, interdisciplinary, MA, masters, Decorative Arts and Design History program, curating, blog posts |
 |
|
