CityRacks Competition
Last spring, the New York City Department of Transportation, in partnership with Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, requested proposals for functional, innovative bike rack designs that would raise...
View ArticleE/S Orcelle Container Ship: "Delivering The Future Ahead of Schedule"
If there is one design on view at the 2010 Triennial that affects the lives of every American, it is the E/S Orcelle container ship. It is designed as a response to impending changes in the shipping...
View ArticleArmadillo Suits, Soil Lamps, Folded Bikes, Oh My!
This year the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum’s Triennial: Why Design Now? explores topics of sustainable design. Current global climate changes and economic slumps have provided a platform for...
View ArticleGreat Minds Think Alike
A recent article by Urban Gardens features New York City designer Marco Antonio Castro Cosio. As part of his graduate thesis at New York University the designer presented a project that “aims to...
View ArticleThailand’s Transport Solution
In my own research, “The Owners of the Map: Motorcycle taxi drivers, mobility, and politics in Bangkok”, I explore the emergence and internal functioning of the motorcycle-taxi industry, as well as the...
View ArticleYinka Shonibare Selects: Works from the Permanent Collection
In the third guest-curated exhibition in the Nancy and Edwin Marks Gallery, renowned British/Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare, MBE has mined Cooper-Hewitt’s permanent collections to create an...
View ArticleThe Oceanliner: Speed, Style, Symbol
This exhibition provides a nostalgic view of luxury ships through plans, cutaways, furnishings, paper memorabilia, and souvenirs.
View ArticleImmovable Objects: Subways
Subways of the world are examined in this exhibition, held at the mezzanine level of the 42nd Street Station (Avenue of the Americas Station of the IND line). Posters, maps, graphics, and photographs...
View ArticleCooper-Hewitt: Food and Transportation: New Systems Approaches to...
By the year 2050, about 80% of the earth's population will reside in urban centers with much less space and resources available to support the current personal automobile, sprawl, and highway...
View ArticleWhy Design Now?: MIT CityCar
Why? Mobility on-demand and shared use are alternatives to private car ownership, and CityCar is a concept vehicle that combines the two. This two-passenger electric car can be made available from a...
View ArticleMedellín Metrocable and Northeast Integral Urban Project_CITIES exhibition
2010. Editors: Juan Osorio Salas, Telemedellín, Universidad EAFIT--Medellín, Colombia, Urbam Medellín, Center for Urban and Environmental Studies, EAFIT. Courtesy of editors.New public transportation...
View ArticleGuangzhou Bus Rapid Transit System_CITIES exhibition
2010. Director/editor: Brian McAllister. Courtesy of: Institute for Transportation & Development Policy.Guangzhou Bus Rapid Transit (GBRT) is a sustainable high-capacity transportation system that...
View ArticleA carriage fit for an Earl
Roger Palmer, the first Earl of Castlemaine, was an English writer, diplomat and courtier who sat in the House of Commons. Palmer was a devout Roman Catholic and a staunch supporter of the Stuart...
View ArticleDesign Talks | Landscape Architect Margie Ruddick & Design Patron Janette...
2013 National Design Award winner Margie Ruddick is recognized for her pioneering, environmental approach to urban landscape design, forging a design language that integrates ecology, urban planning,...
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