Designing the Sublime: Mechanism, Risk, and Wonder

World-renowned antiquarian horologist Brittany Nicole Cox will explore
the diverse utilization of the machine in design through a selection
of objects drawn from the collections of Cooper Hewitt and other
Smithsonian museums. Examples will range from a nineteenth-century
singing bird box to the world’s first tuning fork watch. Cox will make
metaphysical and material connections among fascinating time-keeping
machines and engineered mechanisms that were designed to produce
illusion, animation, decoration, destruction, and more.

Reception: 6:30 p.m.

Lecture: 7:00 p.m.

Real-time captioning will be provided for this program. Find out about Cooper Hewitt’s accessibility services.

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The Enid and Lester Morse Historic Design Lecture Series is made possible by the generous support of Mr. and Mrs. Lester S. Morse, Jr.