Designers
For People Living with Disabilities, New Products Prove Both Practical and Stylish
Cooper Hewitt turns its design eye to beautifully styled wheelchairs, hearing aids and other accessible innovations
How Swimsuits Became Fashion Items
Rose Marie Reid's vision for beachwear helped shape the modern swimsuit
Designer of the Smithsonian Sunburst Logo Dies
Ivan Chermayeff was a brilliant designer, a gifted artist and the purveyor of a unique visual language, says Smithsonian curator Ellen Lupton
Why Jony Ive Is Apple's Design Genius
His work has become the seeds of a tech revolution that is rapidly changing our lives
How Instagram Is Changing the Way We Design Cultural Spaces
As neighborhoods, restaurants and museums become more photogenic, are we experiencing an "Instagramization" of the world?
A Sleek Portable Toilet and Other Design Solutions for Disaster Victims
The toilet kit, from a Japanese design studio, is part of wave of interest in design fixes for the problems created by disasters
Melania Trump Donates Her Inaugural Ball Gown to the Smithsonian
Mrs. Trump, who confesses a passion for design, had a precise idea of what she wanted to wear on that historic evening
Every Modern Architecture Lover Should Take This Three-Day Road Trip
In Connecticut, works by some of the most notable architects of the 20th century are hiding in plain sight. Take the wheel for this sightseeing tour
Have We Been Building Chairs All Wrong?
Experimental Dutch designer Joris Laarman uses algorithms and digital technology to innovate through constraint
Why Coco Chanel Created the Little Black Dress
The style icon created a... well.... style icon in 1926
These Origami Clothes Grow With Your Child
Designer Ryan Yasin is creating pleated garments that could save on money and waste
These Design Champs Are Having Their Moment in the Sun
Three Cooper-Hewitt award winners share secrets and stories with design critic Owen Edwards
Meet the Artists Displaying at This Year’s Santa Fe Indian Market, the Largest Juried Native Art Show in the World
The annual show brings together some of the country’s best traditional and contemporary artists
What Does the Architecture of Anime Look Like?
A new exhibit brings together the creative design behind some of the most iconic cyberpunk anime films
How a Groundbreaking Interior Designer Helped Jackie O. Change the White House
Sister Parish is credited with creating American country style, a recognizable and quirky mix of old and new
These Otherworldly "Earthships" Offer Visitors Unusual, Off-the-Grid Accommodations
Spend the night in an art house built from garbage
Buckminster Fuller Was Good at Ideas, Terrible at Car Design
Fuller held more than 30 patents during his life, but many of his ideas didn't make it off the page–or not for long
Esperanza Spalding: Jazz Musician, Grammy Award Winner and Now Museum Curator
The title of her latest album "D + Evolution" is also the theme of a new exhibition at the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt
Frank Lloyd Wright Credited Japan for His All-American Aesthetic
The famed architect was inspired by drawings and works from the Asian nation
Bjarke Ingels Makes the Impossible Concrete
The star architect is mapping out a new daring plan for the Smithsonian
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