NEW YORK, NY.- The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum today launched a Facebook application that allows users to virtually try on more than 25 objects from the “Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels” exhibition…
Cooper-Hewitt Announces Winners and Finalists of the 12th Annual National Design Awards
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will celebrate outstanding achievement in design this fall with its 12th annual National Design Awards program. Today, Cooper-Hewitt Director Bill Moggridge announced the wi…
Sonia Delaunay Textiles On View at Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP).- A century ago, Sonia Delaunay and her husband, Robert, were brash young innovators in the avant-garde art world of Paris, exploring the idea that contrasting colors could be used to create a sense of movement and rhythm in art. So…
Art in Motion: Sonia Delaunay Textiles On View at Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP).- A century ago, Sonia Delaunay and her husband, Robert, were brash young innovators in the avant-garde art world of Paris, exploring the idea that contrasting colors could be used to create a sense of movement and rhythm in art. So…
Jouin Manku Designs Installation for "Set in Style" Exhibition
NEW YORK, NY.- French partners Patrick Jouin and Sanjit Manku of Jouin Manku studio designed a site-specific installation for the “Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels” exhibition, which draws on the domestic history of the 1902 Carnegie…
Cooper-Hewitt Museum Presents "Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels"
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum presents “Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels”. The exhibition examines the renowned jewelry firm’s significant historical contributions to jewelry design an…
Cooper-Hewitt to Present "Color Moves: Art and Fashion by Sonia Delaunay"
NEW YORK, NY.- The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will present the exhibition “Color Moves: Art and Fashion by Sonia Delaunay,” from March 18, 2011, to June 5, 2011. Organized by Susan Brown, assistant curator, and M…
Designing Media, a New Book by Bill Moggridge, Explores New and Traditional Media
NEW YORK, NY.- Designing Media, written by the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt Director Bill Moggridge and published by MIT Press Nov. 29, examines connections between old and new media. In his book, Moggridge describes the changing media landscape an…
Michelle Obama Celebrates Design Awards with White House Ceremony
WASHINGTON, DC.- The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum announced First Lady Michelle Obama will celebrate the 2010 National Design Awards Wednesday, July 21, with a White House ceremony for the winners and finalists of the awards…
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Joins with Nike and Make Something!!
NEW YORK, NY.- The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will join with Nike and Make Something!!, an organization founded by artistic curator Aaron Rose to introduce kids to new creative opportunities in the arts, to present a serie…