Live from El Teatro de El Museo del Barrio. Lively panel discussion on contemporary architecture. Leaders in the field, Diana Agrest of Agrest and Gandelsonas Architects, Enrique Norten of TEN Arquitectos and Mónica Ponce de León of MPdL Studio, discuss urban development, private and public space, and environmental considerations with architect and moderator Warren James....
Jeff Han in conversation with Bill Buxton, pioneering scientist of human-computer interaction and Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research. One of the main developers of “multi-touch sensing” for computer displays, National Design Award winner Jeff Han’s interactive technologies have changed the way we think about computers and their place in the modern world. Following his blockbuster...
A special evening discussion on design, community, authorship, and beauty with The Haas Brothers and The Haas Sisters of Monkeybiz—together for the first time in the United States—and Andrea Lipps, Assistant Curator and co-curator of Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial. The Haas Brothers is the partnership of designer and twin brothers Nikolai (Niki) and Simon Haas....
Recorded live on February 4, 2016 at Cooper Hewitt. David Adjaye OBE is an architect and designer known for combining the aesthetics of his African heritage with classic, modernist design. His studio, Adjaye Associates, has established projects on four continents, including the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, scheduled to open...
In the late 1970s Rino Pirovano and Rino Boschet purchased a workshop outside of Milan from the widow of an artisan who had earned his living producing metal and plastic motorcycle and scooter components. In taking over the space, Pirovano and Boschet inherited an assortment of equipment used by the old artisan for his trade,...
Recorded live on November 12, 2015 at El Teatro in El Museo del Barrio. Second half of conversation. First half available here. In this Design by Hand series talk John Lasseter discusses his career as an animator for the Walt Disney Studios, where he first experimented with the then radical new medium of computer-generated imagery...
Recorded live on November 12, 2015 at El Teatro in El Museo del Barrio. First half of conversation. Second half available here. In this Design by Hand series talk John Lasseter discusses his career as an animator for the Walt Disney Studios, where he first experimented with the then radical new medium of computer-generated imagery...
Bjarke Ingels speaks with Cooper Hewitt Curatorial Director Cara McCarty. About Bjarke Ingles: From the shoreline of the East River to the site of Ground Zero, the large-scale vision of Bjarke Ingels, founder of the Copenhagen-based BIG, is reshaping the architectural landscape of New York City. Ingels’ spectacular designs, which he calls “promiscuous hybrids” for...
Video recorded live at Cooper Union on October 8, 2015. Full talk not available due to permissions restrictions. Included in this video: opening remarks from Nader Tehrani, Dean of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at The Cooper Union; Caroline Baumann, Director of Cooper Hewitt; and Brooke Hodge, Deputy Director of Cooper Hewitt. Conversation...
Walter Hood shares how he drew on the special considerations of the garden’s close proximity to Central Park and the historic nature of the mansion (including Richard Schermerhorn, Jr.’s unbuilt 1901 design plans for the garden) to create a contemporary verdant setting for all to enjoy. Program held in conjunction with the NYC Landmarks50 Alliance,...
Talk entitled: International Crosscurrents in Design: European Marquetry Furniture of the Late Seventeenth Century. Description: Europe in the late seventeenth century saw the emergence of cabinets as more than practical: not just containers for storage and transport, but decorative items whose splendor could enhance a room and hint at the valuable contents inside. Artisans of...
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum celebrated the 2015 National Design Awards with a ceremony and dinner at Pier Sixty in New York. Launched at the White House in 2000 as an official project of the White House Millennium Council, the annual National Design Awards celebrate design in various disciplines as a vital humanistic tool in...
Welcome speeches delivered at the National Design Awards Gala by Caroline Baumann, Director of Cooper Hewitt, and Dr. David J. Skorton, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. The National Design Awards Gala 2015 was held at Pier Sixty in New York City on October 15. Learn more about the National Design Awards: www.cooperhewitt.org/national-design-awards
At the 2015 Cooper Hewitt Teen Design Fair, author, design educator, and television host Tim Gunn delivers the keynote speech, speaks about design with Cooper Hewitt Director of Education, Caroline Payson, and answers real questions from teens. Teen Design Fair is a career and education mentoring event for teens interested in pursuing design paths following...
Streamed live on October 13, 2015. A special panel discussion featuring our 2015 National Design Award winners. Moderated by Director of Cooper Hewitt, Caroline Baumann. Panelists discuss what drives and inspires them as designers. Participants include Roman Alonso of Commune (Interior Design Award), Stephen Burks (Product Design Award), Adi Gil of threeASFOUR (Fashion Design Award),...
