sustainability
Harlem Focus | Up on the Roof: Farming the Urban RooftopJoin landscape architect Elizabeth Kennedy as she presents her work on the Brooklyn Grange farm, located on a massive 65,000 sq ft roof towering eleven stories over the East River, atop Building no. 3 at the historic Brooklyn Navy Yard. Constructed as a Stormwater Management Tool funded by a NYC DEP Green Infrastructure Grant under PlaNYC, the project serves as an inspiring model of green roof possibilities. Harlem, urban farming, gardens, sustainability |
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Extreme MendingWhen we talk about sustainability, why don’t we talk about mending? The Netherlands-based Platform 21=Repairing project and its offshoot, Repair Cafés, do just that. Platform 21=Repairing published a manifesto extolling the benefits of mending, and the Repair Cafés bring together skilled tinkerers and those with items in need of repair together in a free social space over tea and coffee. sampler, repair, sustainability, Dutch, Netherlands, 18th century |
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adAPTing to Small LivingI’ve long admired Donald Deskey’s drawing, Design for "Sportshack" (1940) in the Cooper Hewitt’s collection. When I first saw it, I immediately imagined what it might be like to live in this elegantly proportioned little gem of a house. As one half of a couple sharing our own micro-apartment, I understand the challenges of paring personal belongings and selecting furniture that does double or even triple duty. sustainability, collection, Social Awareness & Sustainability, living, architecture and design |
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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 |
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Cooper-Hewitt: Design RevolutionJoin us for a discussion with Emily Pilloton, author of Design Revolution, Allan Chochinov, founder of Core77, Susan Szenasy Editor in Chief of Metropolis Magazine, and Cynthia E. Emily Pilloton, Design Revolution, Allan Chochinov, Core77, Cynthia Smith, curator, Susan Szenasy, Metropolis Magazine, materials, sustainability, product design, Project H Design, panel, talk, long, program |
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Bill's Design Talks: David Owen and Our Green MetropolisNew York City is widely considered an ecological nightmare—a wasteland of concrete and high-rises, diesel fumes and traffic jams, garbage and pollution. But, in the groundbreaking work of contrarian environmental thinking that is Green Metropolis, David Owen declares New York City as the greenest community in America. smithsonian, cooper-hewitt, design, museum, Bill Moggridge, David Owen, Andrea Lipps, New York City, sustainability, Green Metropolis, environment, urban, Urbanism, pollution, traffic, developing nations, Critical Mass, bills design talks, talk, long, public program |
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Cooper-Hewitt: Bill Moggridge- What is Design?Speaking to K-12 Educators from New York and across the country, Bill Moggridge addresses the question of 'What is Design?'. This is the keynote lecture for the Smithsonian Design Institute. http://cooperhewitt.org/EDU/community_programs.asp iMode, design process, shinichi takemura, Tangible Earth, PDA, futurism, Michelle Obama, White House, Bill Moggridge, prototyping, iterative, iteration, sustainability, National Design Awards, media, video, soda machine, smithsonian, cooper-hewitt, design, Smithsonian Design Institute, Intel, talk, long, public program |
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Cooper-Hewitt: The Business of Design 2010Business leaders discuss how design impacts their overall strategy and affects their bottom line. Bob Safian, Publisher of Fast Company moderates a panel that investigates companies choices that are making clear impact on sustainability issues and their businesses. Panelists include: S. Richard Fedrizzi, CEO, United States Green Building Council Chris Hacker, Chief Design Officer, Johnson & Johnson Kevin Kramer, President of Growth Initiatives, Alcoa John Bradford, Chief Innovations Officer, InterfaceFLOR Richard Fedrizzi, CEO, Chris Hacker, Chief Design Officer, Johnson & Johnson, Kevin Kramer, Alcoa, John Bradford, Chief Innovations Officer, InterfaceFLOR, smithsonian, cooper-hewitt, Bob Safian, Fast Company, Bill Moggridge, sustainability, Cooper-Union, Thom Mayne, Business, panel, talk, long, public program |
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Cooper-Hewitt: Food and Transportation: New Systems Approaches to Transforming Cities SustainablyBy the year 2050, about 80% of the earth's population will reside in urban centers with much less space and resources available to support the current personal automobile, sprawl, and highway infrastructure-focused transportation paradigm. Speakers Dickson Despommier, Dan Albert and Sue Zielinski will present their visions for the future of cities that include models for vertical farming and transportation alternatives. transportation, food, smithsonian, cooper-hewitt, sustainability, dickson despommier, dan albert, sue zielinski, seamless transportation, connecting dots, connect dots, cities, trains, cars, vertical farming, black box, newark farm, panel, talk, long, public program |
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Cooper-Hewitt: Sourcing Sustainable FashionThe trend toward organic goods and ethical trade is spreading in the fashion world with a wealth of new initiatives to connect designers to sustainable resources and materials. Sourcing Sustainable Fashion, Tone Tobiasson, Summer Rayne Oakes, NICE, Source4Style, fashion, smithsonian, cooper-hewitt, National Design Museum, design, wool, sustainable, sustainability, talk, long, public program |
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