See how glassblowing works in this short video. Partner glassblowers Romina Gonzales and Edison Zapata demonstrate how to blow a simple drinking cup. They are working in the new studios at UrbanGlass, in Brooklyn. https://youtu.be/8i-CRRlqBI4 About this series: Design Dictionary is a new Cooper Hewitt video series that vividly...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEiGpHs_j5Y Join us for a conversation with artists and designers about comic books and superheroes as vehicles for the exploration of identity. Panelists include Phil Jimenez (Marvel Comics), Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz (Wepa Woman) and Ivan Velez Jr. (Tales of the Closet). The discussion will be moderated by...
Tortoiseshell Fan. Made around 1880, the fan is opened and closed by pulling a silk cord. Collections in Motion: Tortoiseshell Fan http://youtu.be/Wqh4YGYKcdI Reversible Fan. Made around 1815, the fan has four different images that are revealed when it is unfolded in either direction. Collections in Motion: Reversible Fan http://youtu.be/tfajivfkses Articulated Fan....
http://youtu.be/sklNCVzGHQ8 Cooper-Hewitt · Fashioning Felt This exhibition explores the varied new uses of felt in a range of fields, including product design, fashion, architecture, and home furnishings. More info at Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum...
http://youtu.be/-yv-IWdSdns Why Design Now? · Contour Crafting Why? Contour Crafting is a construction technology that potentially reduces energy use and emissions by using a rapid-prototype or 3-D printing process to fabricate large components. Comprised of robotic arms and extrusion nozzles, a computer-controlled gantry system moves the nozzle back...
http://youtu.be/V-C52QByz7k Cooper-Hewitt · 3D printing process This folding stool, called "One__Shot.MGX", was manufactured using a 3D printing process known as selective laser sintering. It is made from Polamide, a type of nylon plastic. The stool was designed by Patrick Jouin in 2006 and acquired into the Cooper Hewitt...
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0NN5qRm5oo&w=560&h=315] Design Talks: Timothy Prestero · 28/03/2013 Design that Matters, National Design Award winner for Corporate and Institutional Achievement, is a nonprofit design company that partners with social entrepreneurs to design products that address basic needs in developing countries. Led by cofounder Timothy Prestero, over...
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYpyAx_KfrQ&w=560&h=315] Design Talks: Chris Reed · 17/04/2013 National Design Award winner Stoss Landscape Urbanism is a Boston-based collaborative design and planning studio that operates at the juncture of landscape architecture, urban design, and planning. The firm was established in 2000 by Founding Principal Chris Reed;...
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdrvMolW8kA&w=560&h=315] Reiko Sudo (Nuno) at Cooper-Hewitt's · 20/03/2013 Nuno combines the best of past and present; drawing on traditional aesthetics and attention to creative processes to inspire today's fashions, while enlisting modern technologies to make Japan's "lost art" more accessible to textile lovers worldwide. Nuno's creativity...
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQzYRC9fGE8&w=560&h=315] Cooper-Hewitt's talks· 08/05/2011 Does form always follow function? Within the world of product design, only a few lone voices challenge this convention. Among this group of visionary individuals is Branko Lukic, Founder and Principal of Nonobject Studio. Lukic's Nonobject design philosophy presents an entirely new...
