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Innovative Educational Design Expo
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, in collaboration with the GreenLab committee of NEST+m, will host an Innovative Educational Design Expo to be held in conjunction with the NYC x Design Week festivities. An open house from 5:00-6:15 will allow guests to view posters and meet representatives from different groups doing exciting and ground-breaking work creating stimulating...
DesignPrep: Curating Interaction Design
From cutting-edge karaoke to interactive chair mazes, students envision museum exhibitions of the future. On February 13, DesignPrep students met for their final of four sessions with Angela Chen and Erika Tarte, professional interaction and graphic designers from the firm Local Projects, to present their ideas developed over the prior three weeks. Inspired by works...
Digital Badges for Real World Learning
The Cooper-Hewitt DesignPrep program  (one of 30 winners of the Digital Media and Learning Competition ) is supporting lifelong learning through the integration of digital badges. The goal of this effort is to construct a digital record of students’ extracurricular learning and providing recognition for the technical and conceptual skills students gain through their involvement...
DesignPrep Scholars: Prototyping Interactive Experiences for the Cooper-Hewitt
Interaction design is not just about the way an individual interacts with his or her surroundings, it is about bringing people together and starting conversations. On February 4th at Cooper-Hewitt’s uptown Design Center, this was the theme for our group of Design Scholars’ most recent workshop. We held our first meeting with a few user...
Kimberly Cisneros Portrait
Meet the Staff: Kimberly Cisneros
Can you explain a little bit about the type of work you do here at Cooper-Hewitt? I manage the K-12 school programs and all tours for the museum. I supervise both the Design Educators, who provide our school audiences with tours and workshops, and the Docents, who provide our public and private tours. In addition,...
Shout about design
Access to clean drinking water, sustainable energy sources and changes in the environment are some of the challenges faced by many around the world. Designers, from the Australia to Bangladesh, are responding with innovative design solutions. The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies organizes a free online conference series on pressing environmental issues. This...
Why Design Now?: Ripple Effect
Why? Over 1.3 billion people worldwide drink unsafe water. Ripple Effect, a collaboration between the Acumen Fund, IDEO, and Indian and Kenyan water organizations, stimulates innovation among water suppliers. In Indias Thar Desert region, the Jal Bhagirathi Foundation developed a new business model to convince communities to purchase treated water. In the Andhra Pradesh region,...
Henry Muñoz III – Summer Design Institute 2006 pt.3
Henry Muñoz on the various cultural influences that make up the architecture and communities of Texas.
Henry Muñoz III – Summer Design Institute 2006 pt.1
Henry Muñoz on the various cultural influences that make up the architecture and communities of Texas.
Henry Muñoz III – Summer Design Institute 2006 pt.6
Henry Muñoz on the various cultural influences that make up the architecture and communities of Texas.
Henry Muñoz III – Summer Design Institute 2006 pt.5
Henry Muñoz on the various cultural influences that make up the architecture and communities of Texas.
Henry Muñoz III – Summer Design Institute 2006 pt.2
Henry Muñoz on the various cultural influences that make up the architecture and communities of Texas.
Henry Muñoz III – Summer Design Institute 2006 pt.8
Henry Muñoz on the various cultural influences that make up the architecture and communities of Texas.
Henry Muñoz III – Summer Design Institute 2006 pt.4
Henry Muñoz on the various cultural influences that make up the architecture and communities of Texas.
Henry Muñoz III – Summer Design Institute 2006 pt.7
Henry Muñoz on the various cultural influences that make up the architecture and communities of Texas.