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Sarah Coffin, a blond woman in her 60s stands at a podium that has the Cooper Hewitt sign. She wears a colorful scarf.
Diplomacy and Dining: A Look at Table Architecture and Cuisine in Empire France
Tue. December 11, 2018
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Marilyn Friedman wears a red suit, at a lecture during a design talk at Cooper Hewitt on Dec. 4, 2018
Design Talk | Making America Modern
Tue. December 4, 2018
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Dr. Ulrich Leben delivers the Morse Historic Design Lecture from the podium at Cooper Hewitt
The Morse Lecture | A Grand Statement: The Surtout de Table
Thu. November 29, 2018
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Image of Designer Rebeca Mendez teaches a master class during the 2018 National Design Awards Winners Salon
2018 NDA Winners’ Salon | Master Class with Rebeca MÉNDEZ
2012 National Design Award winner Rebeca Méndez leads a master class exploring the themes on view in Rebeca Méndez Selects, and her research and practice around ‘artistic fieldwork practice.’ Méndez also discusses the CounterForce Lab, a center she created within UCLA, School of Art and Architecture with a focus on art, design and environment.
National Design Awards Rebeca Méndez
Image of Curator Andrea Lipps listens to NDA winners Neri Oxman, Mikyoung Kim, and Christina Kim at a winners' panel discussion
2018 NDA Winners’ Salon | Materials/Technology
National Design Awards Winners Panel
Image of 2018 National Design Award winners Anne Whiston Spirn, Chad Oppenheim of Oppenheim Architecture + Design, John Christakos of Blu Dot, Michael Manfredi of Weiss/Manfredi, with Deputy Curatorial Director Matilda McQuaid
2018 NDA Winners’ Salon | Human Experience, Built Environment
National Design Awards National Design Week Winners Panel
panel discussion National Design awards in Boston. four women on a stage with microphones.
2018 National Design Awards in Boston
Thu. November 15, 2018
National Design Award
Taste, Design, and Influence: David Gill in Coversation with Daniella Ohad
Wed. November 7, 2018
Image of Sarah Barak and Drew Anderson, conservation staff, inspecting the Surtout de Table
Conservation of the Surtout de Table
On view for the first time in 30 years, Cooper Hewitt’s surtout de table was created in Paris around 1805 by Pierre-Philippe Thomire, a French sculptor renowned for creating gilt-bronze objects for the politically and socially powerful. It is believed that Napoleon gave this example as a wedding present to his stepson, Eugène de Beauharnais, whom he often designated to ...
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