
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
presents Maria Pinto in conversation with Mary Tomer, founder of Mrs.O.org and author of Mrs. O: The Face of Fashion Democracy. Maria Pinto, the Chicago-based designer, is known for her confident and sophisticated clothes, produced in clean lines and luxurious fabrics. Pinto is also known for providing many of First L...ady Michelle Obama’s signature looks starting with President Obama’s term as U.S. Senator
Maria Pinto is featured in Mrs. O: The Face of Fashion Democracy , which builds on the success of Mrs-O.org - the Web site that chronicles Michelle Obama's style and takes a closer look at America's modern style icon, featuring more than 120 photographs of the first lady and delving into the back story of her clothes and accessories.
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$15 general, $10 students, seniors and CHNDM membersRead More
Maria Pinto is featured in Mrs. O: The Face of Fashion Democracy , which builds on the success of Mrs-O.org - the Web site that chronicles Michelle Obama's style and takes a closer look at America's modern style icon, featuring more than 120 photographs of the first lady and delving into the back story of her clothes and accessories.
Preregistration required at http://events.cooperhewitt.org
$15 general, $10 students, seniors and CHNDM membersRead More
From the book, Mrs.O: The Face of Fashion Democracy, “For designer Maria Pinto, the choice of her dress [for the 2008 Democratic National Convention] confirmed her status as one of Mrs. Obama’s signature designers.”
Time:6:30PM Tuesday, November 10th
Location:Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum The New York Times reports on the 10th annual National Design Awards Gala. Check out the great slideshow!
Source: www.nytimes.com
The 10th annual gala, with awards given by the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, was held in New York last week.

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2009 National Design Award winners participate in a FREE panel discussion about their inspiration and drive as designers and the state of contemporary design in America.
Moderator: Walter Hood, HOOD Design, Landscape Design Winner
Panelists include:
Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute, Design Mind Winner
Andrew Blauvel...t, Walker Arts Center, Corporate / Institutional Winner
Christopher Sharples, SHoP Architects, Architecture Winner
Laurene Boym, Boym Partners, Product Design Winner
Calvin Tsao, Interior Design Winner
Jeff Han, Perceptive Pixel, Interaction Design Winner
Steve Duenes, New York Times Graphics Department, Communications Design Winner
Register online for this FREE event at http://events.cooperhewitt.org
This program will be webcast live on our website. Please visit our website, www.cooperhewitt.org, before the program begins at 6:30pm to access this free webcast.
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Moderator: Walter Hood, HOOD Design, Landscape Design Winner
Panelists include:
Amory Lovins, Rocky Mountain Institute, Design Mind Winner
Andrew Blauvel...t, Walker Arts Center, Corporate / Institutional Winner
Christopher Sharples, SHoP Architects, Architecture Winner
Laurene Boym, Boym Partners, Product Design Winner
Calvin Tsao, Interior Design Winner
Jeff Han, Perceptive Pixel, Interaction Design Winner
Steve Duenes, New York Times Graphics Department, Communications Design Winner
Register online for this FREE event at http://events.cooperhewitt.org
This program will be webcast live on our website. Please visit our website, www.cooperhewitt.org, before the program begins at 6:30pm to access this free webcast.
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Join us for this FREE event and hear from this year's National Design Award Winners!
Time:6:30PM Tuesday, October 20th
Location:The Times Center

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Open House NY - Experience NYC's architecture and design in all five boroughs. http://www.ohny.org/

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum We need your VOTE!!! Vote for the 2009 People's Design Award!!
Source: peoplesdesignaward.cooperhewitt.org
Vote for your favorite design before 6:00 p.m. EST on October 20, 2009, and check back on this site on October 22 at 10:00 p.m. EST to see the winner announced live at the National Design Awards gala in New York City.

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum A fun and festive night celebrating design! This year at Cipriani, promises to be as wonderful - join us!!

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Design Revolution, features more than 100 contemporary design products and systems — safer baby bottles, a high-tech waterless washing machine, low-cost prosthetics for landmine victims, Braille-based Lego-style building blocks for blind children, wheelchairs for rugged conditions, sugarcane charcoal, universal compost...ing systems, DIY soccer balls — that are as fascinating as they are revolutionary, in an exceptionally smart, friendly and well-designed book that makes the case for design as a tool to solve some of the world’s biggest social problems in beautiful, sustainable and engaging ways—for global citizens in the developing world and in more developed economies alike.
Join us for a discussion with Emily Pilloton, author of Design Revolution, Allan Chochinov, founder of Core77, and Susan Szenasy Editor in Chief of Metropolis Magazine.
A book signing to follow with books available for sale. Design for a Living World, an exhibition on view at the Cooper-Hewitt, will be open from 5:30 – 6:30 pm preceding the program.
$15 / $10 students, seniors and CHNDM members
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Join us for a discussion with Emily Pilloton, author of Design Revolution, Allan Chochinov, founder of Core77, and Susan Szenasy Editor in Chief of Metropolis Magazine.
A book signing to follow with books available for sale. Design for a Living World, an exhibition on view at the Cooper-Hewitt, will be open from 5:30 – 6:30 pm preceding the program.
$15 / $10 students, seniors and CHNDM members
Register online at http://events.cooperhewitt.org Read More
Register online at http://events.cooperhewitt.org
Time:6:30PM Tuesday, October 6th
Location:Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

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Cooper-Hewitt Celebrates World Habitat Day with Free Museum Admission on Oct. 5. Visit cooperhewitt.org to learn more.
The theme for this year's World Habitat Day, Planning our Urban Future, addresses the need to improve urban planning to deal with the new challenges of the 21st century.
Time:10:00AM Monday, October 5th
Location:Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum

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The National Design Awards turns 10. Come celebrate with us.
Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres with AndrewAndrew DJ.
Opportunity to win one of ten amazing door prizes donated by past National Design Award winners!
ADVANCE TICKETS
$100 Members
$125 non-Members
AT THE DOOR
$150
For tickets, call 212-849-8425 or email roanb@si.edu
Celebrating the best in American design.
Time:9:30PM Thursday, October 22nd
Location:Cipriani 42nd Street

Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the kick-off event for Pioneers of Change, a festival of modern Dutch design, fashion and architecture that is currently underway on Governor’s Island. ...

Personally, I am partial to Richard Meier’s approach to architecture. According to Meier, a building is an act of “willful artificiality;” a “man-made” spatial construct that functions as a receptacle for experiencing the world of nature. Meier’s...

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Join us for the last Cocktails@Cooper-Hewitt event of the summer. Tonight, 6 to 9 p.m.
Source: cooperhewitt.org
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan along Museum Mile in New York City, is the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. ...

Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Design your perfect Friday night with Cocktails@Cooper-Hewitt. Tonight 6-9 p.m. See you there.
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Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan along Museum Mile in New York City, is the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. ...






























