Design
Q and A: Tim Gunn
The co-host of Lifetime TV's Project Runway talks about what makes good design and more
December 2010 |
By Megan Gambino
A Breathtaking New Bridge
The construction of the bridge that bypasses the Hoover Dam was an Erector Set dream come true for this photographer
December 2010 |
By T.A. Frail
National Design Awards—Glamorous and Brainy
What to wear? Or more importantly, perhaps, what not to wear?That perennial nagging question so often pondered by the fashion pundits and superstars that walk the red carpet at the Oscars and the Grammys was perhaps nowhere more appropriate than at the slightly more brainy East coast affair—the Coo...
October 18, 2010 |
By Jess Righthand
People's Design Award Winner Announced in NYC
Last night, at its 11th annual National Design Awards gala in New York City, the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum announced this year's People's Design Award winner. Can I get a drum roll please?After over one hundred designs were nominated and thousands of votes were cast, the Braille Alphabe...
October 15, 2010 |
By Megan Gambino
Tim Gunn Makes it Work at the Teen Design Fair
Tonight more than 400 New York City high school students interested in pursuing careers in fashion, architecture and industrial, interior and graphic design will gather at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum's Teen Design Fair in Manhattan. The fair, which the museum has hosted annually since...
October 12, 2010 |
By Megan Gambino
Events: Argentine Design, American Graffiti, a Portrait Gallery Party and More
Monday, September 27: Sadly, no special events are slated for today. However, visit this site for a full listing of regularly-scheduled goings-on around the Smithsonian and I am sure something is bound to strike your fancy.Tuesday, September 28: All Hands on Design! Designers from ArgentinaFor thos...
September 27, 2010 |
By Jesse Rhodes
Wednesday Roundup: High-Glam Band-Aids, More New Lion Cubs and Songs for Haiti
More New Lion Cubs! Three weeks ago, the National Zoo's 5-year-old lion Shera gave birth to four healthy cubs. This morning, Shera's sister Nababiep gave birth to three more lion cubs to add to the growing pride! Check out a clip of the new babies on YouTube.Happy Birthday, George Gustav Heye—This ...
September 22, 2010 |
By Jess Righthand
People's Design Award: Pick Your Favorite
For its fifth consecutive year, the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum launches its People's Design Award contest. As of today, the public can nominate an object by uploading a photograph of it or vote for an existing nominee that, in their minds, constitutes good design. The field is wide open,...
September 20, 2010 |
By Megan Gambino
With Ancient Arches, the Old is New Again
An MIT professor shows how ancient architecture can be the basis for a more sustainable future
August 2010 |
By Logan Ward
The World’s Great Structures Built With Legos
For 15 years, Adam Reed Tucker was an architect. Now, he constructs models of famous buildings with thousands of Legos
July 30, 2010 |
By Brandon Springer
Remembering Vincent van Gogh at the Hirshhorn and Cooper-Hewitt
His thick, impasto brush strokes—the likes of which got him kicked out of art class—and brilliant colors are part of Vincent van Gogh's signature style. Perhaps equally famous to his groundbreaking artworks is the artist's lifelong struggle with inner demons that led to erratic displays of self-des...
July 29, 2010 |
By Jesse Rhodes
July 25, 1965: Dylan Goes Electric at the Newport Folk Festival
When young folk sensation Bob Dylan took the stage on July 25, 1965 at the Newport Folk Festival, a crowd of nearly 100,000 waited expectantly. What nobody could have anticipated, however, was that by the time the set was over, Dylan would lose the support of many fans who had come to love him whil...
July 23, 2010 |
By Jess Righthand
Shanghai’s European Suburbs
Chinese urban planners are building new towns with a foreign flair, each mimicking architecture from Europe’s storied cities
June 10, 2010 |
By Rachel Kaufman
How Urban Sculpture Might Clean up the Air We Breathe
Imagine a sculpture that could help make the air cleaner simply by sparkling in the sunlight.That's the idea behind ProSolve 370e, one of the inventions currently on display at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York as part of the museum's National Design Triennial: Why Design Now?The...
May 25, 2010 |
By Erica R. Hendry
Go Green to the Grave
Now, even the dead can do one last thing to reduce their ecological footprint.A bio-degradable, non-toxic casket designed by New Zealand designer Greg Holdsworth premieres today at the opening of "Why Design Now," the fourth installment of Cooper-Hewitt's National Design Triennial Series, offering ...
May 14, 2010 |
By Erica R. Hendry
How the Paperback Novel Changed Popular Literature
Classic writers reached the masses when Penguin paperbacks began publishing great novels for the cost of a pack of cigarettes
March 31, 2010 |
By Anne Trubek
First Lady's Inaugural Gown Arrives at Smithsonian
Michelle Obama donates her Jason Wu gown to the First Ladies' Collection at the National Museum of American History
March 09, 2010 |
By Beth Py-Lieberman
The Bold, Brash Fashions of Rodarte at the Cooper-Hewitt
In 2004, with $16,500 in hand after opting out of a trip to Italy and selling off a rare album collection, sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy started crafting an avant-garde clothing line. The recent Berkeley grads—Kate majored in art history, and Laura, in English literature—had no formal fashion tra...
February 17, 2010 |
By Megan Gambino
See the Tata Nano, a Revolution on Wheels
At the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City, beginning Thursday—and every day until April 25, you'll see an itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny, sunshine yellow Tata Nano. Manufactured in India, the five-seat miniature automobile is the brainchild of a team of 500 engineers and has been likene...
February 16, 2010 |
By Jesse Rhodes
"Doodle 4 Google" Theme Announced
The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and Google recently announced that they will be joining forces again this year in their "Doodle 4 Google" competition. This year, K-12 students are invited to design a Google logo. These are the special logos that appear on Google's home page on special holi...
February 11, 2010 |
By Megan Gambino
