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Design Your Life with Ellen Lupton
June 25th, 2009
35 min 11 sec
Ellen Lupton has been Cooper-Hewitt’s curator of contemporary design since 1992. Her new book, Design Your Life: The Pleasures and...
Doodle 4 Google 2009 Event
May 20th, 2009
2 min 41 sec
Announcement event of the National Doodle 4 Google 2009 winner on May 20, 2009 at the Smithsonian’s, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design...
Scrapbooks and Self Works- Jessica Helfand and Rebecca Johnson Melvin
April 28, 2009
1 hr 38 min
Combining pictures, words and a wealth of personal ephemera, scrapbook makers preserve on the pages of their books a moment,...
Shahzia Sikander and Glenn Lowry in Conversation
March 26, 2009
1 hr 5 min
A conversation with internationally acclaimed artist Shahzia Sikander and art historian and MoMA Director, Glenn Lowry. Shahzia Sikanders work takes apart...
Gilbert Rohde and Design Now
March 11, 2009
1 hr 45 min
Pioneering and little known furniture designer, Gilbert Rohde (1894 1944), specialized in designing clean, modern pieces appropriate for any...
Convergence of Craft and Industry - Claudy Jongstra and Kathryn Walter
March 6, 2009
1 hr 16 min
This program brings together two designers featured in Fashioning Felt who approach incorporating felt into architectural use from different starting...
Designing the Modern Kids' Rooms with Cookie Magazine (Pt.1 of 2)
February 12, 2009
1 hr.
Cookie Magazine, the stylish parenting magazine for the new mom and dad, fills its pages and website with gorgeous, fanciful,...
Designing the Modern Kids' Rooms with Cookie Magazine (Pt.2 of 2)
February 12, 2009
33 min
Cookie Magazine, the stylish parenting magazine for the new mom and dad, fills its pages and website with gorgeous, fanciful,...
Bringing Graphic Design to the Classroom: Workshop with Ellen Lupton
January 15, 2009
26 min 35 sec
Join Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum for a presentation and discussion on teaching graphic design with Ellen Lupton, Curator of Contemporary...
The Interiors of Charles Rohlf
January 14, 2009
87 min 45 sec
Charles Rohlfs (1853-1936) ranks as among the most innovative furniture makers from the period around 1900. Praised by the international...