BusinessWeek Online (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
I had brunch at the White House on Monday, thanks to being a Finalist for a National Design Award, given by the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum (yep, it's a mouthful). We all posed for a photo, Mrs. Bush...
Design*Sponge (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
we have the wonderful joanna goddard to thank for the tip on our next sneak peek: abbey nova. abbey is a master’s student in the history of design at the cooper-hewitt national design museum in nyc, and is currently researching american silversmiths for an upcoming catalog for the metropolitan museum of art. much of her [...]
Kingdom Of Style (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Malaysian designer Yeohlee Teng moved to New York to study fashion at the Parsons School of Design. She established her own label YEOHLEE in 1981 and in 2004 was nominated for the Fashion Design Award by the Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt...
NewMexiKen (Free subscription) | 06/27/2008
… died on this date in 1829. Smithson’s will left the bulk of his estate to his nephew, Henry James Hungerford. But should his nephew die without children—legitimate or illegitimate—a contingency clause stated that the estate would go to “the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the [...]
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
One day a year, for the past 29 years, nine of the country's finest museums, all ones that call Fifth Avenue home, collectively open their doors for free to New Yorkers and visitors for a mile-long block party and visual...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/03/2008
Terra Firma Capital Group, Josh Mailman Foundation, Angel Investors, Complete Phase I of Solar Tech Company's Aggressive $50+ Million Investment Strategy NEW YORK, June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- FTL Solar, a developer of lightweight, flexible tensile structures embedded with thin-film solar cells providing military and commercial enterprises with economical, scalable and portable sources of electrical power...
PlaybillArts.com (Free subscription) | 05/31/2008
This week's edition of SundayArts - the weekly series on New York's public television station Thirteen (WNET) - will feature the Metropolitan Opera's production of Tristan und Isolde conducted by James Levine.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 05/29/2008
Wedding season is upon us, and with it the perpetual question of what to give to the newlyweds.
TheWashCycle (Free subscription) | 05/28/2008
Certain items of street furniture take on an iconic stature. When one sees a Red Telephone Box, it's impossible not to think of London (which must be the only place Superman can think of living these days).The Paris Metro sign...
University of California Press Blog (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Darra Goldstein is Francis Christopher Oakley Third Century Professor of Russian at Williams College, series editor of California Studies in Food and Culture, and editor-in-chief of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture, which recently won an Utne Independent Press...
GardenDesignOnline (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
The Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum has announced the winners of its 9th annual National Design Awards, and the Olin Partnership of Philadelphia is this year's winner of the Landscape Design Award. Pictured left is the firm's design for the Gap Headquarters in San Francisco. Olin, founded in 1976, is...
Cheapflights.com Flight News (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
JetBlue, the New York-based high-frills, low-fares carrier, has been recognized by the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. The carrier was named as a finalist in the Corporate Achievement category at the recent National Design Awards. JetBlue was praised by the...
The Moment (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
This year's National Design Award winners ...
New at Pentagram (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Michael Bierut has won the Design Mind Award in this year’s National Design Awards presented by the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution. The Design Mind Award recognizes a visionary who has affected a paradigm shift in design thinking or...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Every year for the last nine years, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum has chosen a slate of design-world worthies to receive its National Design Award.
