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A Closer Look: Objects from Algae | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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When dealing with experimental materials, such as algae and other bioplastics, conservators must consider the benefits of display with potentially unexpected outcomes.
on Jun 23
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An Atlas of Es Devlin | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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on May 29
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A Closer Look: Porcelain Restoration | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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Object conservators discuss how to repair chips in gilded porcelain
on Apr 21
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Touching the Stars: Designing Tactile Symbols for Space Flight and Beyond Cooper Hewitt’s Give Me A Sign exhibition explores the history of graphic symbols as documented by industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss in his Symbol Sourcebook: An Authoritative Guide to International Graphic Symbols...
on Apr 12
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Repeating design of stylized peacock with narrow bands of scrolls and foliate motifs running along top and bottom edges. Four different colorways of the same design.
on Mar 26
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Small purse with a gold-colored metal frame and chain, black velvet exterior with beadwork embroidery, lined with pale turquoise satin with vegetal design in gold floats. The beadwork designs are derived from 8th-10th century Near Eastern silks: on one side a gazelle under a flowering tree; on...
on Mar 26
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Against a solid black ground a diagonal branch of Cypress from which grow clusters of cypress evergreen interspersed with large bunches of lilac blossoms and foliage, and hanging clusters of yellow wisteria. On the branch sits a large peacock with a rich, brown body, blue neck and head, and a...
on Mar 26
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Vertical rectangle, a full width, repeating vertically, showing two repeats. Ascending serpentine vine with pink and purple poppies, and two peacocks perching with flowing tails. Printed in green, blues, reds and violets on off-white ground.
on Mar 26
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Signs of the Times: Questions for Vogue | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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Henry Dreyfuss worked to get the Symbol Sourcebook promoted on the pages of the magazine to an unexpected result.
on Jan 22