"If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward." #MLKDay Learn more about the pioneering civil rights leader, Martin Luther King,... Cooper Hewitt Retweeted
What would you design to create a healthier world? Enter the 2021 National High School Design Competition with your most creative, ambitious, and bold design ideas to address the challenge. #HSDesignCompetition Learn more: https://www.cooperhewitt.org/designcompetition 8 Likes
Times Are A-ChangingFlipping to a new calendar page is undeniably therapeutic. The iconic Timor Perpetual Calendar echoes this movement in a rhythmic design that can be used year-after-year. Designed by Enzo Mari for Danese, the calendar’s sculptural form shows the clean, sleek ... 7 Likes
As we merrily leave 2020 behind us, it seems fitting to look at how we’ve come to visualize time, through the calendar pages of Januaries past. The Antikamnia Calendar, January and February, 1899 Calendar, 1914 Poster, A Collection of Time:...
We are saddened to learn of the passing of Jack Lenor Larsen, internationally renowned designer, author, collector, and founder of LongHouse Reserve. He is remembered as one of the most prolific and innovative textile craftspeople of the 20th century. https://t.co/tImbjH6Qt0...
Kettle And Stand (England)Spontaneous vine-like forms curl upward, suspending this geometric kettle above heat for a long winter’s night. For much of his career as an industrial designer, Christopher Dresser believed that symmetry was the perfect expression of natural order. Visits to Japan ... 4 Likes
It's getting icy out there! These Ski-Climbers and Expanding Ice Grips by industrial designer Nathan G. Horwitt (1889–1990) would have kept wearers sure-footed in ice and snow. https://t.co/UZ1Fw6hg4Ahttps://t.co/vHP1kAUcAN
New digital acquisitions, Person with Headscarf Emoji and Inter-skintone Couple Emoji, celebrate inclusion and representation. 🧕🏽👩🏾🤝👩🏻 https://t.co/XGDywLuJzH Rayouf Alhumedhi proposed the Hijab emoji in 2016. Katrina Parrott introduced the first multiracial emoji five years ago. https://t.co/aNAhBqtuKw
This meat slicer is an iconic example of American industrial design by Egmont Arens, born #OTD in 1889. 🥪 Arens was among the individuals who launched the industrial design profession in America during the 1920s and 1930s. https://t.co/55ZRJlMcymhttps://t.co/PAoNhskSnC
Happy holidays from all of us at Cooper Hewitt! During this challenging year, we are reminded of the power of design to strengthen communities, foster innovation, and spread cheer in even the most trying times. We are thankful to you ... 1 Comments
Thank you for a wonderful work and beautiful wishes ✨ HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU ALL ☃️
Happy holidays from all of us at Cooper Hewitt! During this challenging year, we are reminded of the power of design to strengthen communities, foster innovation, and spread cheer in even the most trying times. We are thankful to you...
Order from our SHOP by 5:00 p.m. tonight for free ground shipping and estimated delivery by 12/24! Shop our favorite small gifts, including these playing cards featuring the iconic Windows 3.0 Solitaire artwork by 2019 NDA Winner Susan Kare. https://t.co/hNSU390W1B ...
Happy Holidays from Cooper HewittHappy Holidays from all of us at Cooper Hewitt! During this unprecedented year, we are reminded of the power of design to strengthen communities, foster innovation, and spread cheer in even the most trying times. We are thankful to you ...
Snazzy Backgrounds for Your Virtual Holiday Party‘Tis the season for virtual holiday parties. ❄ Following the first installment of our virtual wallpaper series, we’ve pulled a snazzy, new selection from Cooper Hewitt’s vast collection of wallcoverings for you to use to spruce up your video conference ... 4 Likes
‘Tis the season for virtual holiday parties. ❄ Download a snazzy, new selection of wallpapers from our permanent collection to spruce up your video conference background: https://t.co/FHcwDy1E7Fhttps://t.co/XTUuwIL69e
Cooper Hewitt depends on support from design minds like you! Design has never been more important to build a healthy, equitable, and regenerative future. This #GivingTuesday, join us on our mission to educate, inspire, and empower people everywhere through design. ... 3 Likes
The gift guide is here! ✨ Whether you’re shopping for someone with their head in the stars or their feet firmly on the ground. Design gifts for every archetype in your life: https://shop.cooperhewitt.org/pages/holiday-giftees 3 Likes
The Future of TelevisionA concept sketch for the famed Philco Predicta television (1958–60), stands out for its red tuner that recalls the dashboard of a 1950s automobile. According to the designer, Robert E. Doyle, he envisioned the television made of an injection molded ... 8 Likes
The Morse Historic Design Lecture | Hans TanThe Transmutation of Creative Reuse Designers turn existing materials or products into new works through the process of reuse transformation. More than a strategy for sustainability, reuse transformation not only diverts waste from landfills, but also challenges our preconceived notions ...
Design at Home: Batik DyeingIn our newest Design at Home video, explore three traditional Indonesian textile techniques: Songket, Ikat, and Batik by looking at objects from Cooper Hewitt’s collection and recent exhibition “Contemporary Muslim Fashions.” Then, learn how to design your own dyed textile, ... 6 Likes
Looking for something to do this weekend? 27 years ago, Cooper Hewitt hosted a 27-stop walking tour of the Flatiron district’s architecture, led by architect Wayne Turett. This week, The Turett Collaborative dove into the past and followed the tour ... 5 Likes
