exhibitions
The Outdoor ChairThe 30 chairs on display in the garden of the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum are the creation of thirty artists, architects, and furniture designers from the San Francisco area, who were invited to explore the theme of outdoor seating. These sculptural seats are made from a variety of materials, including steel, wire, mesh, aluminum, galvanized hardware, glass crates, and tree branches. Visitors are encouraged to sit on the exhibits! outdoor, furniture, seating, chairs, exhibitions |
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The Triumph of Simplicity: 350 Years of Swedish SilverThe exhibition was organized by the National Museum in Stockholm and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in celebration of the 350th anniversary of the first Swedish settlement in North America. The eighty examples of Swedish handmade silver on display date from the 16th century to the present and include tea services, vases, and tableware. Sweden, silver, tea service, decorative objects, tableware, exhibitions |
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Versailles: The View from SwedenAn exhibition of 110 French architectural drawings on loan from Stockholm's National Museum, Royal Palace, and Vasa Museum. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Swedish architects Nicodemus Tessin (1654-1728), David Cronström (1655-1719), and Carl Gustaf Tessin (1695-1770), assiduously collected original studies for the gardens and buildings of Versailles during trips to France. Sweden, France, Architecture, architectural drawings, exhibitions |
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Image & Motif: Winged CreaturesAll manner of imaginary flying creatures, birds, insects, and butterflies are displayed on wallpapers, ceramics, textiles, gilt bronze, drawings, and designs for objects such as thrones and urns. This installation highlights objects from the Museum's permanent collection, and is part of the ongoing exhibition, The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource. animals, birds, insects, butterflies, wallpapers, ceramics, textiles, drawings, permanent collection, exhibitions |
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Techniques: Cutting and TearingOn view are examples of paper, fabric, ceramics, and metalwork that have been cut, ripped, or otherwise perforated. Cut-paper silhouettes, a pierced silver basket, a fabric with holes "burnt out" by an acid process, all illustrate this "subtractive" process. This installation highlights objects from the Museum's permanent collection, and is part of the ongoing exhibition, The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource. paper, fabric, ceramics, metalwork, permanent collection, exhibitions |
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Initial Concepts: Don Wallance ArchiveDon Wallance, an industrial designer known for his stainless steel tableware, was keenly interested in how hands work and how people use utensils. His exploration of ergonomics and everyday elegance is the focus of this exhibition of selections from the Museum's recently-acquired Don Wallance archive. This archive is the most complete collection of Wallance's work, and its drawings, prototypes, molds, and finished pieces are on display. Don Wallance, archives, Industrial Design, 20th century, tableware, utensils, ergonomics, dining, exhibitions |
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Initial Concepts: Dakota JacksonDrawings by American furniture designer Dakota Jackson, selected from the Museum's collection. furniture design, Dakota Jackson, drawings, permanent collection, exhibitions |
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Image & Motif: Animal FriendsAnimals—domesticated, wild, and mythical—are a perennial source of design inspiration. This exhibition features works from the Museum's permanent collection, including a tenth-century Persian bowl decorated with goats, a polyester chair in the shape of an elephant’s head, and a colorful textile depicting farm animals. animals, decorative arts, permanent collection, exhibitions |
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Immovable Objects: Manhattan from Battery Park to the Brooklyn BridgeThe first in a series of experiments to understand some of the complex forces that shape cities. This exhibition puts the neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, a showcase of urban design, on display. The Exhibition Loop, a path that winds through streets and building lobbies, is laid out to help focus attention on a representative cross-section of objects, from skyscrapers to lamp posts. New York City, Architecture, ornament, urban planning, exhibitions |
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The DoghouseThe twenty-four doghouses on view were created by architects and engineers tasked to design better accommodations for trained guide dogs. The exhibition was organized in collaboration with Guiding Eyes for the Blind, a guide-dog training school. dogs, doghouses, Architecture, exhibitions, ch:exhibition=35349337 |
