DESIGN LIFE NOW
National
Design Triennial
Design
touches every part of our daily life and this ongoing
exhibition at the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National
Design Museum focuses on those innovative ideas such
as Nike's Free running shoe, the Apple iPod and prefabricated
housing. Inaugurated in 2000, the Triennial seeks
out creative American designs from a three-year span
in fields ranging from product design, architecture,
furniture, film, graphics, new technologies, animation,
science, medicine and fashion. The works of 87 designers
and firms—including Apple, Pixar, Herman Miller,
Google, Nike and NASA—will be on view. The program
ties the works together by focusing on four principal
ideas that characterized elements of the design world
from 2003 to 2006: emulating life (through form or
movement); community (responding to the growth and
dissemination of the Internet); hand-crafted and do-it-yourself
design (renewed appreciation for craft and personalization);
and transformation (through form and materials).
When: Through July 29, 2007; Monday – Thursday, 10
a.m. – 5p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.;
Saturdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sundays, noon – 6
p.m. Closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
Where: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 2 E. 91st St.,
New York.
Admission: General admission, $12; senior
citizens and students 12 and older, $7; Cooper-Hewitt
members and children younger than 12 admitted free.
Information: 212-849-8400
or visit www.cooperhewitt.org.
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more events, see our New
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