Sustainable Sampling
At the end of the introduction to the Multiple Choice exhibition, the curator reflects that, “as contemporary design industries move to open-sourcing and electronic formats for the marketing of their...
View ArticleGraphic Design in the Mechanical Age: Selections from the Merrill C. Berman...
This exhibition focuses on the intersection of art and mass media in the first part of the 20th century. A selection of 200 works selected the private Merrill C. Berman collection explores themes such...
View ArticleAnnual Reports
An exhibition of the history of annual reports, with an eye to graphic design and printing technology. More than 250 examples are on display, and range from the minutes of a mid 17th century British...
View ArticleCrystal Palaces: The Buildings of the First World’s Fairs
The exhibition displays a remarkable collection of photographs, prints, stereo views, and souvenir ephemera of the Crystal Palaces from the 1851 World's Fair in London and the 1853 World's Fair in New...
View ArticleThe Shopping Bag: Portable Graphic Art
The bandboxes and shopping bags on display from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum's permanent collection reflect the development of consumer culture. Bandboxes of the 19th century, carry-alls...
View ArticleTo Celebrate the Moment
This exhibition documents the relationship between design and celebration. Among the objects on view are photographs of snow sculptures at Dartmouth College, printed Christmas stockings, a drawing by...
View ArticlePalaces for the People
This exhibition surveys 100 years of resort and motel architecture and design in the United States. The photographs and architectural drawings on display are complemented by an array of objects and...
View ArticleBandboxes and Shopping Bags in the Collection of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Publication design: Lorraine Wild
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