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Fountain of Youth: Cooper-Hewitt's 2009 Awards Gala in Pictures

Alissa Walker — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:21:33 -0400

Piles Versus Files

Ellen Lupton — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:10:33 -0400

Desk of Christy MacLear, Executive Director, Philip Johnson Glass House Museum

What Should I Tell Michelle Obama About Design?

Tom Dair — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:36:36 -0400

Introducing Guest Blogger Ellen Lupton: Welcoming Design Into Our Daily Lives

Alissa Walker — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:08:08 -0400

When I'm taking a weekend away from work, the last things I usually want to grab for reading materials are the design books sent to me from publishers that march like a Great Wall of Nice Typefaces across my desk.

Social Design Gets Its Own Curator

Michael Cannell — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:48:07 -0400

Last month the Cynthia Smith curator of socially responsible design, the first position of its kind at any design museum. Her new duties include helping to select candidates for the 2010 Triennial, which the museum is giving over entirely to social and sustainable design. These are the clearest signs yet that social design, as it's come to be called, is more than a passing fashion on design's evolving agenda.

'Design for a Living World' Preview: 10 Products That Stay True to Their Origins

Michael Cannell — Wed, 13 May 2009 11:32:27 -0400

The design world is a bit like Cher, the Alicia Silverstone character, in Clueless. Wrapped up for too long in baubles and bright pretty things, it has come to find a social conscience.

The Real Election: This year’s Coolest Design

Linda Tischler — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:31:05 -0400

Sick of the presidential campaigns already? Here’s an election worth tuning in for: the Cooper Hewitt’s annual People’s Design Award competition.

If you could give an award for great design, what would you choose? OK – try and think beyond your iPhone. This is not a rhetorical question. If there’s something great out there that you think has gotten insufficient glory, here’s your chance to evangelize on its behalf.