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Curator's Tour of Graphic Design—Now in ProductionIn this ten-minute gallery tour, curator Ellen Lupton talks about indie publishing, typographic spectacle, non-normative software use, and design as fiction. The exhibition explores some of the most vibrant sectors and genres of graphic design from 2000 to the present. Last day to catch this exhibition is September 3rd, 2012. process, Ellen Lupton, Andrew Blauvelt, curators, Graphic Design Now in Production, Exhibition, sosolimited, graphic design, Walker Art Center, lust, installation, museum, gallery tour, walkthrough, Governors Island, empty words, poster system, makeready, facestate, metahaven, best made products |
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Quicktake: Tata NanoQuicktake: Tata Nano—The People's Car On view February 18 - April 25, 2010 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. Billed as "the people's car," the base model starts at $2,500 in India and can accommodate up to five adults. A bright, sunshine yellow Nano will be on display in Cooper-Hewitt's Great Hall, along with diagrams and photos illustrating its concept, development and production. Tata Nano, Quicktake, Automobile Design, car, India, installation |
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Set in Style: Gallery Tour with Patrick JouinJoin Patrick Jouin, installation designer for Set In Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels, for a tour of this stunning exhibition from a behind the scenes perspective. Set in Style, Exhibition, gallery tour, Van Cleef & Arpels, Patrick Jouin, manku, behind the scenes, installation, sound design, Carnegie mansion |
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Meier 75Meier 75 celebrates Richard Meier's promised gift of two architectural drawings of the J. Paul Getty Center in Los Angeles. Meier is presenting the works to Cooper-Hewitt on the occasion of his 75th birthday and the publication of Richard Meier, Architect Volume 5. Meier 75, Richard Meier, installation, Architecture, architectural drawings, drawings, collages, birthday, exhibitions, ch:exhibition=35350973 |
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ParticlesDaito Manabe and Motoi Ishibashi (of Face Visualizer fame) have unveiled a new project called Particles. Particles is a room-filling installation made of floating “light particles” that fly around and form glowing shapes. Particles, installation, Daito Manabe, Motoi Ishibashi, Face Visualizer, light |
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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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Design MiamiFirst stop: Moorhead & Moorhead’s Design Miami/ tent exterior. The Cooper-Hewitt group was greeted by brothers, Robert (industrial designer) and Granger (architect), to talk about the dynamic canopied entrance to the design show – a bris soleil of hand cut, twisted vinyl strips that perform a dance of shadows on the ground. Design Miami, 2010, Design Watch, members, tour, Moorhead & Moorhead, Konstantin Grcic, Design with the Other 90%: Cities, exhibition design, Venice Projects, Glass, Kiki Van Eijk, Joost van Bleiswijk, Industry Gallery, Tejo Remy, René Veenhuizen, furniture design, Cristina Grajales, installation, objects, Barry Friedman, contemporary work, Cabbage chairs, Nendo, pleated, paper, Galerie Kreo |
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Design ExtravaganzaThis week and next, Cooper-Hewitt is offering extraordinary design programs hosted by Bill Moggridge. The first is this Thursday evening and will feature Professor Shinichi Takemura’s incredible interactive multimedia presentation “Tangible Earth,” which is followed next Monday by a conversation with Italian design maestro Alberto Alessi. public programs, talks, Tangible Earth, installation, shinichi takemura, multimedia, interactcive, digital, globe, Alessi, Alberto Alessi, kitchenware, modern, product design, iconic, Bill Moggridge |
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Typography: Digital FontsHave you ever considered how many fonts there are in the font menu on your computer? typography, digital, fonts, graphic design, choice, advertising, technology, variety, variations, installation, recent acquisitions, digital typography |
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