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Voices in American FashionLast night at Cooper-Hewitt, Washington Post Style Editor Robin Givhan lead a conversation with past National Design Award Winners Francisco Costa (Women’s Creative Director of Calvin Klein Collection), Yeohlee Teng, and Maria Cornejo about their work and the role of fashion in contemporary culture. Voices in American Fashion, Washington Post, style, fashion design, Robin Givhan, editor, National Design Award, winners, Francisco Costa, Calvin Klein Collection, Yeohlee Teng, Maria Cornejo, role, contemporary, culture, conversation, Design USA, innovation, Exhibition, Business, challenges, Green, video |
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City ViewsPreparation for the next exhibition in the Design for the Other 90% program series brought me to numerous informal communities in mega-cities throughout Southeast Asia. Design with the Other 90%, Exhibition, informal, communities, mega-cities, urban, Southeast, Asia, population, density, Bangladesh, Twitter |
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Best of the BlogsThe Design for the Other 90% blog is a finalist for a BOBs Award for Best English Language Weblog! Design for the Other 90%, Exhibition, blog, finalist, award, Best of the Blogs, BOBs, Best English Language Weblog, international, vote, online, weblog |
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Video: Chip Kidd + Milton GlaserChip Kidd, National Design Award winner in 2007 for Communications Design, speaks with Milton Glaser, National Design Award winner in 2004 for Lifetime Achievement, on work, ideas, and loving New York. Chip Kidd, National Design Award, nda, winner, Communications, Milton Glaser, lifetime achievement, video, Design USA, Exhibition |
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Behind the Scenes of Quicktake: Tata NanoOn February 16th the smiling Tata Nano rolled through the front doors of Cooper-Hewitt, up the stairs and settled on a platform in the Great Hall. Unveiled last year in India by Tata Motors, India’s largest automobile manufacturer, the Tata Nano is targeted to families who had not previously been able to afford a car. Quicktake, Exhibition, Tata Nano, Tata Motors, car, automobile, vehicle, installation, smiling, Great Hall, India, manufacturer, affordable, peoples car, accommodate, yellow, Display |
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Behind the Scenes of Quicktake: RodarteThe making of any exhibition is a fascinating and complex project. This video gives you a sense of what happened behind the scenes in the run up to the opening of Quicktake: Rodarte. Quicktake, Rodarte, fashion design, Kate Mulleavy, Laura Mulleavy, sisters, Exhibition, video, Caroline Baumann, Gregory Krum |
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Rodarte in Conversation with Sally SingerLaura Mulleavy, one of the designers behind Rodarte and Vogue’s fashion news and features director, Sally Singer were at Cooper-Hewitt this past Saturday discussing Rodarte’s work. Rodarte, Laura Mulleavy, fashion design, Exhibition, conversation, Sally Singer, Vogue, video |
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Rodarte PartyFashion Week closed with a big, fabulous bang last night at Cooper-Hewitt where Laura and Kate Mulleavy graced us with their extraordinary craft and design. Quicktake, Exhibition, Rodarte, fashion design, Kate Mulleavy, Laura Mulleavy, sisters, Fashion Week, party, fashion icons, Kim Gordon, Natalie Portman, Kirsten Dunst, Justin Theroux |
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Design Contest for K-12 StudentsCooper-Hewitt is delighted to once again partner with Google for the Doodle 4 Google design competition. K-12 students from across the country are challenged to think like designers, using Google’s iconic logo to convey their hopes and dreams inspired by the theme, “If I Could Do Anything I Would….” Google, doodle, doodle 4 google, competition, K-12, k12, students, schools, design education, classroom, resources, Exhibition, programs |
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Quicktake: Rodarte - Behind the Scenes Part 2Before any mannequin dressing begins, proper museum protocol regarding the intake of objects must be followed. The process generally goes like this: First, the boxes or crates are opened in a clean and secure gallery or room that has environmental controls (including a specific relative humidity and temperature). Quicktake, Rodarte, Exhibition, fashion design, Laura Mulleavy, Kate Mulleavy, protocol, Object, intake, uncrating, photograph, registrar, reports, Carnegie mansion, Teak Room |
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