Videos

Bill's Design Talks: David Owen and Our Green Metropolis Wednesday July 11, 2012 New 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
Cooper-Hewitt: Bill Moggridge- What is Design? Wednesday July 11, 2012 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
2010 D.C. Teen Design Fair Wednesday July 11, 2012 Washington DC teens gathered at the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery to learn about education and careers in design from the National Design Awards winners, finalists and jurors. These professionals are working in the fields of fashion, industrial design, architecture, multimedia, and graphic design. Tim Gunn and Cooper-Hewitt's Director of Education Caroline Payson lead a discussion with the audience. smithsonian, American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery, Grand Salon, Tim Gunn, cooper-hewitt, design, education, Washington, D.C., Teen Design Fair, students, Architecture, fashion, product design, communication, landscape architecture, event, long, public program
Cooper-Hewitt: Cities for People Wednesday July 11, 2012 For more than forty years Jan Gehl has helped to transform urban environments around the world based on his research into the ways people actually use—or could use—the spaces where they live and work. In this revolutionary book, Cities for People, Gehl presents his latest work creating (or recreating) cityscapes on a human scale. He clearly explains the methods and tools he uses to reconfigure unworkable cityscapes into the landscapes he believes they should be: cities for people. smithsonian, cooper-hewitt, National, design, museum, Jan Gehl, cities, Urbanism, Denmark, New York, talk, long, public program
Cooper-Hewitt: Game Change in the Design of Retailing Wednesday July 11, 2012smithsonian, cooper-hewitt, design, Design Research, Jane Thompson, Michael Bierut, Jenna Lyons, panel, talk, long, public program
2010 National Design Award: Communication Design - Stephen Doyle Wednesday July 11, 2012 See Stephen Colbert present the 2010 National Design Award for Communication to graphic designer Stephen Doyle. The Award for Communication Design recognizes the impact of design on the ways that we look, read, and think. Stephen Doyle gives words a deeper meaning in graphic form, resulting in an intelligent, provocative body of work. His clients include The New York Times, AIGA, Vanity Fair, and the publisher Alfred A. Knopf. He has helped to brand Martha Stewart and has developed a new identity program for Barnes & Noble. smithsonian, cooper-hewitt, National Design Awards, Stephen Colbert, Paula Zahn, Colbert, Maira Kalman, John Jay
2010 People's Design Award: Braille Alphabet Bracelet Wednesday July 11, 2012 The 2010 People's Design Award goes to the Braille Alphabet Bracelet by At First Sight Braille Jewelry. smithsonian, cooper-hewitt, National Design Museum, National Design Awards, People's Design Awards, PDA, nda, Ebs Burnough, Cynthia Rowley, Leslie Ligon, Paula Zahn, design, At First Sight Braille Jewelry, Braille Alphabet Bracelet, Blind, Braille
Cooper-Hewitt: The Business of Design 2010 Wednesday July 11, 2012 Business 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
Why Design Now? Solving Global Challenges Conference - part 1 Wednesday July 11, 2012 How can we power the world with clean energy? How can we improve the quality of life through health-care innovations? Design has emerged as a powerful tool to help businesses offer ingenious and often disruptive solutions to the world's most complex problems. Join us as leading thinkers, scientists and designers share their expertise and discuss how design can accelerate innovation and provide efficient and scalable solutions to the most pressing global needs. This program was a collaboration with GE and Smithsonian, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. smithsonian, cooper-hewitt, GE, National Design Museum, conference, talk, design, Global Challenges
Why Design Now? Solving Global Challenges Conference - part 2 Wednesday July 11, 2012 How can we power the world with clean energy? How can we improve the quality of life through health-care innovations? Design has emerged as a powerful tool to help businesses offer ingenious and often disruptive solutions to the world's most complex problems. Join us as leading thinkers, scientists and designers share their expertise and discuss how design can accelerate innovation and provide efficient and scalable solutions to the most pressing global needs. This program was a collaboration with GE and Smithsonian, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. smithsonian, cooper-hewitt, GE, National Design Museum, design, Global Challenges, conference, talk