Museum Hopper

last weekend, i went to the cooper-hewitt national design museum with my dad who was in town. it was my second trip there. the cooper-hewitt museum had one exhibit about sustainable design . they had an exhibit titled design for a living world . it featured 10 sustainable materials taken in new creative ideas....everything from cotton to cocoa. i recognized a few of the designers, isaac mizrahi (salmon leather), kate spade co. and maya lin who designed the vietnam memorial as well as the university of michigan wave field. it showed the design plans to the finish product. i really liked the chinese bamboo design by ezri tarazi . he took bamboo stalks converting them to lamps, clothes hangers (sort of a coat rack) and speaker and CD stands. the one unfortunate thing with this museum is that if they are working on one exhibit that only leaves one other exhibit to see. if you go to this museum at the wrong time, you really don't have much to see. times visited: 2 time in t...

i visited the cooper-hewitt national design museum late one afternoon. i was pretty exhausted. the building is beautiful. it is an old house that was probably built in the late turn of the 1800s or early 1900s. And by house, i, of course, mean a house that is half a block. the first exhibit was about an architect who also did some interior design work. it was really interesting. he was around during the mid 1700s. he loved the classics, greek and roman. they had another exhibit about the engineering and design. it was pretty fascinating for an engineer. it had a lot of every day items (think folding chairs). the final exhibit was a man who does innovated lighting. he was one of the first artists in over 30 years to still be alive while the cooper-hewitt does an exhibit. it really revolutionized how i look at light. times visited: 1 time in the museum: 30 min (could have spent longer) overall: B+