Videos

Cooper-Hewitt: Food and Transportation: New Systems Approaches to Transforming Cities Sustainably Wednesday July 11, 2012 By 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
Cooper-Hewitt: Sourcing Sustainable Fashion Wednesday July 11, 2012 The 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
Nordic Design Now: Social Awareness and Sustainability Wednesday July 11, 2012 Nordic Design Now consists of two panel discussions, Social Awareness & Sustainability and Design Policy: Lessons Learned, co-presented by the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and Scandinavia House. These panels are held in conjunction with two design exhibitions: National Triennial 2010: Why Design Now? at Cooper-Hewitt and Nordic Models + Common Ground at Scandinavia House. Nordic Design, Scandanavia, Matilda McQuaid, Nille Juul-Sørensen, Index Award, Arup, Lavrans Løvlie, liveIwork, Stefan Magnusson, No Picnic, Ville Kokkonen, Artek, Halla Helgadottir, Iceland Design Centre, cooper-hewitt, smithsonian, sustainability, Green, design, craftsmanship, panel, talk, long, public program
Cooper-Hewitt: Material Use Wednesday July 11, 2012francois azambourg, eben bayer, dafna alsheh, andrew dent, andrew h. dent, Matilda McQuaid, national design triennial, why design now?, cooper-hewitt, smithsonian, design, materials, Designer, icestone, ecovative, lin 94, BEES, Material Connexion, panel, talk, long, public program
Cooper-Hewitt: The Winner's Panel 2010 Wednesday July 11, 2012 2010 National Design Award winners participate in a panel discussion about their inspiration and drive as designers and the state of contemporary design in America. Moderated by Stephen Doyle, Communication Design Winner. Speakers include: Tom Dair, Smart Design, Product Design Winner  Stephen Kieran, KieranTimberlake, Architecture Design Winner  Ellen Neises, James Corner Field Operations, Landscape Design Winner  William Sofield, Interior Design Winner  Lisa Strausfeld, Interaction Design Winner National Design Awards, 2010, Winners Panel, cooper-hewitt, interaction design winner, james corner field operations, Kieran Timberlake, museum, Pentagram, Smart Design, smithsonian, Stephen Doyle, studio sofield, talk, long, public program
Nordic Design Now: Design Policy - Lessons Learned Tuesday July 10, 2012 Nordic Design Now consists of two panel discussions, Social Awareness & Sustainability and Design Policy: Lessons Learned, co-presented by the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and Scandinavia House. These panels are held in conjunction with two design exhibitions: National Triennial 2010: Why Design Now? at Cooper-Hewitt and Nordic Models + Common Ground at Scandinavia House. Nordic Design Now, panel discussions, Social Awareness & Sustainability, Design Policy: Lessons Learned, Bradford McKee, Christian Scherfig, Danish Design Centre, Lavrans Løvlie, live\|work, Robin Edman, SVID, Sanna-Mari Jäntti, World Design Capital Helsinki 2012, Halla Helgadottir, Iceland Design Centre, panel, talk, long, public program
Bill's Design Talks: Tangible Earth Tuesday July 10, 2012 Professor Shinichi Takemura will demonstrate his magical Tangible Earth project, an interactive multimedia representation of our planet, presented on a glowing globe that shows real time views of daylight and weather patterns. Takemura spins the globe with his hands as he explains the meaning of the images, calling up a series of events and predictions about ocean currents, tsunamis, global warming, earthquake patterns, and so on. shinichi takemura, syn-active, Skurascape, Tangible Earth, interactive, digital, globe, socialware, Kyoto University of Art and Design, bills design talks, talk, long, public program, abbreviated
Cooper-Hewitt: Alberto Alessi in Conversation with Bill Moggridge Tuesday July 10, 2012 Since taking the company helm in 1970, Alberto Alessi, President and Director of Marketing Strategies and Design Management, has continually striven to work at the heart of international creative culture, treating the company as a "research lab in the Applied Arts". Alberto Alessi, Alessi, Bill Moggridge, product design, Michael Graves, kitchen, ustream, talk, long, public program
Designing Media: Jessie Scanlon Monday July 09, 2012 One of 31 video segments featured in 'Designing Media', the new book, DVD and website by Bill Moggridge. More info on 'Designing Media' available at http://www.designing-media.com Jessie Scanlon, writer, Innovation and Design, Bill Moggridge, designing media, Interview, MIT press, design media
Designing Media: Joel Hyatt Monday July 09, 2012 One of 31 video segments featured in 'Designing Media', the new book, DVD and website by Bill Moggridge. More info on 'Designing Media' available at http://www.designing-media.com Joel Hyatt, Democratic Party, Current TV, Al Gore, Bill Moggridge, designing media, Interview, MIT press, design media