technology

STUDIO VISIT: INTERACTIVE MEDIA WORKS Join DesignPrep as we visit the graduate thesis show for the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at the Tisch School of the Arts. Amazing projects about flying drones, fashion that grows, connected heartbeats, energy parasites and other cutting edge concepts will be on display for your viewing (and learning) pleasure. interactive, technology, Teen Design
Studio Visit: Stoll Fashion and Technology Knitting Center Join DesignPrep as we tour their Knitting Center and learn how Stoll uses technology to bring fashion designs to life by developing the shapes and patterns utilized by famous American retail companies and knitwear designers. designprep, Teen Design, studio visit, technology
The 21st-century Design Library A conversation about libraries in the 21st century. This event was held in Cooper-Hewitt's newly renovated National Design Library. Features Gary E. Strong, University Librarian, UCLA, and Stephen H. Van Dyk, Head of the Art Division, Smithsonian Libraries. Moderated by Nancy E. Gwinn, Director, Smithsonian Libraries. library, technology, design, cooper-hewitt, smithsonian, panel, talks
2010 National Design Awards: Interaction Design - Lisa Strausfeld The winner of the 2010 Interaction Design award is Lisa Strausfeld. Lisa Strausfeld is an expert at visualizing information. She specializes in digital information-design projects ranging from software prototypes and Web sites to interpretive displays and large-scale media installations for a range of civic, cultural, and corporate clients National Design Awards, 2010, Lisa Strausfeld, Pentagram, Interaction Design, technology, OLPC, One Laptop per Child, Sugar, Chee Pearlman
Cooper-Hewitt: Design for the Other 90% Panel - Modesta Nyirenda-Zabula Modesta Nyirenda-Zabula, Project Manager, Godisa Technologies Trust Design for the Other 90%, Exhibition, panel, Modesta Nyirenda-Zabula, Godisa Technologies Trust, non-profit, Botswana, developing countries, hearing impaired, hearing impairment, deaf, hearing aids, access, affordable, technology, appropriate technologies, solar, training, employment, talk, public program
Electroworks This exhibition traces the development of copy machine art created by artists and designers. Over 250 works are on display, including prints, limited edition books, graphics, textiles, animation, and three-dimensional objects. A particular highlight is the Xerox 6500 color copier staffed by trained operators and artists who are available to provide demonstrations. prints, books, graphic design, textiles, animation, copy, technology, exhibitions
Design and Fabric Technology: Pushing the Limits This exhibition spotlights designs that resulted from major international collaborations between textile designers and fabric producers—collaborations that combine art and technology to push beyond the limitations normally imposed by the commercial market. Objects include screen-printed textiles created by the Netherlands-based designer, Ulf Moritz, who joined Dutch producer De Ploeg and the German firm Taurus, as well as whimsical Jacquard woven fabrics produced by American textile artists Patricia Kinsella and Sheila O’Hara, who were sponsored by the German company&n textiles, textile design, textile printing, knitting, technology, exhibitions, ch:exhibition=35350051
Solos: Matali Crasset In the fourth installment of the Solos exhibition series, Cooper-Hewitt presents an interactive light and sound installation by the celebrated French industrial designer, Matali Crasset. Crasset’s work explores residential and urban rituals and the domestication of technology, comprising industrial design products, graphics, theater sets, wallpaper, and furniture. Solos, Matali Crasset, exhibitions, Installations, interactive, light installation, sound installation, Industrial Design, graphic design, theater, wallpaper, furniture, rituals, technology
4 Questions 4: Matt Webb Here’s the first installment of our new series, 4 Questions 4, which poses four questions to designers who work primarily in the technology and media space. Our first guest is Matt Webb, CEO and Principal of London-based design studio Berg. 4 Questions 4, Matt Webb, BERG, technology, media space
Monday Enhancement: Disappearing Hardware Lots of designers are using video simulations or video prototypes to develop ideas that aren't yet possible. Some of the most fun ideas imagine a digital world in which our hardware devices shrink, dissolve, or vanish altogether. video, simulations, prototypes, futuristic, immersive, physical, virtual, data, Display, technology, hardware, devices, blocks, animation, Keiichi Matsuda, Julia Tsao