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Cooper-Hewitt: Sustainable Fashion for a Living World (AUDIO ONLY)


Join Rogan Gregory and Scott Hahn, co-founders of Loomstate, Julie Gilhart, Senior Vice President and fashion director of Barneys New York, and Leslie Hoffman, executive director of Earth Pledge in conversation with Sarah Scaturro, textile conservator, curator and author, on the importance and future of sustainable fashion.
Sustainable Fashion, Living World, panel, Sarah Scaturro, John Rogan Gregory, Scott Hahn, Loomstate, Ecofashion, sustainability, Slow, Julie Gilhart, Barneys, Leslie Hoffman, Earth Pledge, education, talk, long, public program, audio

Cooper-Hewitt: 2009 Teen Design Fair with Tim Gunn


New York City teens were invited to learn about careers from over thirty professionals working in the fields of fashion, industrial, multi-media and graphic design as well as architecture. Design colleges from around the country were on hand to provide admission and financial aid information. Tim Gunn, members of the cast of Project Runway, and designers from Google, Nike, Gensler, 2x4, SHoP Architects, and more participated in the Teen Design Fair. The event took place during National Design Week, October 1924, 2009.
2009, Teen Fair, New York City, NYC, Tim Gunn, education, Lecture, Teens, youth, event, long, public program

Cooper-Hewitt: 2009 National Design Awards Winners' Panel


2009 National Design Award winners participate in a panel discussion about their inspiration and drive as designers and the state of contemporary design in America. Moderator: Walter Hood, HOOD Design, Landscape Design Winner Panelists include: Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute, Design Mind Winner Andrew Blauvelt, Walker Arts Center, Corporate / Institutional Winner Christopher Sharples, SHoP Architects, Architecture Winner Laurene Boym, Boym Partners, Product Design Winner
National Design Awards, 2009, Winners Panel, walter hood, landscape, Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute, Mind, Andrew Blauvelt, Walker Art Center, Corporate Institutional, Christopher Sharples, SHoP Architects, Laurene Boym, product, Calvin Tsao, TsAO McKOWN, Interior Architecture, Jeff Han, Perceptive Pixel, interaction, Steve Duenes, New York Times, Graphics Department, Communications, panel, talk, long, public program

Cooper-Hewitt: 2009 The Business of Design


Business leaders discuss how design impacts their overall strategy and affects their bottom line. Moderated by Daniel H. Pink, the panelists will discuss the role of design thinking in the workplace as it relates to consumer goods as well as overall company vision. Moderator: Daniel H. Pink, author of A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future Panelists include: Bill Moggridge, 2009 Lifetime Achievement National Design Award Winner, co-founder of IDEO
2009, Business of Design, Bill Moggridge, Jeanne Liedtka, Sam Lucente, Daniel H. Pink, panel, talk, long, public program

Cooper-Hewitt: Pioneers of Change: Towards a New Notion of Luxury


Since the economic downfall the notion of luxury has come under attack. Pioneers of Change does not apply the luxury to an ethos of riches as such but to qualities now hard to come by, such as space, fresh air, respect, care, silence, slowness and time. Can we reach a new notion of luxury: a luxury of content and experience over luxury of expensive materials and name and fame of brands and designers? Moderator: Matilda McQuaid, Deputy Curatorial Director and Head of Textiles, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Panelists:
Pioneers of Change, Towards New Notion Luxury, Matilda McQuaid, Laurene Boym, Partners Inc, Winy Maas, MVRDV Architects, Marije Vogelzang, Proef, Amale Andraos, Work Architecture Company, panel, talk, long, public program

Cooper-Hewitt: Pioneers of Change: New Collaborations


Pioneers of Change celebrates the blurring of low- and high brow, questioning the difference between the design world and the normal world. How can non-professionals play an intricate role in realizing creative projects? Moderator: Julie Iovine, Executive Editor Architects Newspaper Panelists: Jake Barton, Local Projects Pascale Gatzen, Painted Arne Hendriks, Platform 21 Scott Stowell, Open
collaboration, non-professionals, Droog, Jake Barton, Local Projects, Pascale Gatzen, Painted, Arne Hendriks, Platform 21, Scott Stowell, Open, Julie Iovine, Executive Editor, Architects Newspaper, Pioneers of Change, panel, talk, long, public program

Cooper-Hewitt: Rodarte in Conversation with Sally Singer


A conversation with Laura Mulleavy, one of the designers behind Rodarte and Vogues fashion news and features director, Sally Singer. In 2009, Rodarte was Cooper-Hewitts National Design Award Fashion Design finalist and won the CFDA Womenswear Designer of the Year Award.
Rodarte, Laura Mulleavy, Kate Mulleavy, sisters, Sally Singer, Vogue, Fashion Week, fashion design, Exhibition, talk, long, public program

Cooper-Hewitt: Design in the Face of Disaster


Moderator Chris Hacker, Chief Design Officer for Johnson & Johnson, leads a discussion on how design can alleviate some of the innumerable problems facing Haiti right now.
UNICEF, Design Tools, Haiti Earthquake, Chris Hacker, Pierre Fouche, Anna Muoio, Jean-Cedric Meeus, Gerald Martone, rebulding, disaster response, panel, talk, long, public program

Cooper-Hewitt: Chip Kidd + Milton Glaser


Chip 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, Milton Glaser, graphic design, book jacket, book cover, Philip Roth, winner, National Design Awards, Design USA Contemporary Innovation, Exhibition, talk, long, public program

Cooper-Hewitt: Design for Humans


Join the Cooper-Hewitt for a conversation on user-centered design with National Design Award Winners and Finalists who have been recognized for their contribution to the field of Product Design. Moderated by Jesse Ashlock, former Editor-in-Chief of I.D. Magazine. A pioneer of ergonomic design, Niels Diffrient is driven by the need to improve the way existing products work. For Diffrient, the key to human factors, is getting enough data so you really understand whats happening with the body, mind, social context. You let the user drive design.
Sigi Moeslinger, Antenna Design, Niels Diffrient, Dan Formosa, Smart USA, 2010, Jesse Ashlock, I.D. Magazine, product, Ergonomic, panel, talk, long, public program

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