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Target Design Kids Saturday Workshops Shadow Puppet Designs Design and construct a shadow puppet inspired by traditional Chinese techniques. Participants will design, cut, color, construct and explore performing with their puppets. Design and get inspired to perform with your puppet! Saturday, workshops, family, design, design education, Harlem, kids
Target Design Kids Saturday Workshops Instrument Design with Bash the Trash Come celebrate design, science and music! Design your very own musical instrument from recycled and reusable materials. Don’t forget to join us for the jam session at the end of each workshop! family, design, Saturday, workshops, kids, design education, music, Harlem
Target Design Kids Saturday workshops Mad Hatters & Silly Specs Design Let your designs run wild as you create your own headdress! Join Kate Cusack and our team to design these fantasy pieces. design, design education, family, design kids, Harlem, Saturday, workshops
DesignPrep: The Digital Curators Project A short video explaining youth participation in shaping Cooper-Hewitt's effort to make its vast collection web-accessible. NYC teens work with museum staff to select objects, tag them in their own words, and suggest features to make the virtual museum system more youth-friendly. designprep, Teens, youth, high school, New York City, NYC, digital curating, digital curation, virtual museum, collection, tagging, design education, education, workshops, free, hands-on, Susan Brown, Matilda McQuaid, objects, feedback
Register now for Makerbot Workshops Register now to participate in a FREE Cooper-Hewitt workshop all about 3-D printing. Starting on April 30th, the workshop will consist of five hands-on sessions led by Matt and Mike of Makerbot Industries. Makerbot, workshops, free, 3D, 3-D, printing, DIY electronics
Cooper-Hewitt acquires a MakerBot BREAKING NEWS…the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum’s education department has acquired a MakerBot! Makerbot, 3D, 3-D, printer, acquisition, education, workshops, free, youth, Teens, students
Terrific Prototypes from Today's Tour + Workshop These third graders from P.S. 59 in the Bronx recently tackled some big design challenges when they came to participate in our Target Design K12 program. education, workshops, free, PS 59, Bronx, New York City, NYC, grade, school, students, target, K-12, k12, program, prototype, vehicles, Green Transportation, design challenge
A-Trak Music Workshop During the summer of 2010, the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Nike and Make Something!! teamed up for a youth-based education program in celebration of the World Basketball Festival which took place in Rucker Park on August, 12. youth, education, program, World Basketball Festival, basketball, Rucker Park, nike, Make Something, workshops, DJ A-Trak, music, Teens, technology, high school, high-school
Today's Tour + Workshop Some great snapshops from today's Target Design K12 program. This group from the Saint Ignacius Loyola School had a blast at their workshop, focused on Communications and Social Networking. education, educators, tour + workshop, target design, k12, K-12, program, New York City, NYC, free, workshops, students
Made by Hand: Alabama Chanin The evening of May 19th capped off a three-day residency at the Cooper-Hewitt for Natalie Chanin, founder and designer of the design studio Alabama Chanin. Chanin, one of the founders of the burgeoning “slow fashion” movement, followed up her two-day Design Directions workshop for teenagers with an hour-long public lecture and book signing. Natalie Chanin, Alabama Chanin, design studio, slow fashion, fashion design, Design directions, workshops, Teens, book signing, manufacturing, processes, North Carolina, environmental design, industrial, textiles, Bauhaus, India, t-shirt, tee shirt, sourcing, Alabama, quilting, tradition, Department of Labor, investigation, business model, cottage industry, quality standards, handmade, Alabama Studio Style, Alabama Stitch, book, open source, open-source, DIY, patterns, sustainable, ecological, cotton, organic, waste, south, Tennessee, Mississippi, rural, Preservation, sewing, knit, dye, thread, zero waste, women