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06/01/2026

Fashion designer Willi Smith (1948–1987) united fashion and American culture, marrying affordable, adaptable basics with avant-garde performance, film, art, and design.

In the wake of the 1974 recession and Vietnam War, Smith founded WilliWear Ltd. with business and creative partner Laurie Mallet to produce clothing, events, and experiences with a wide range of collaborators who used new technologies and progressive ideas to transform their creative fields and instigate social change. At the time of his sudden death from AIDS-related illness, Smith was considered to be the most commercially successful Black American designer of the 20th century and a pioneer of “street couture”—fashion inspired by the creativity of people from the cities to the suburbs that captured the egalitarian spirit of the age.

Smith conceived this Pont Neuf Wrapped Uniform to unify workers on Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s 1985 The Pont Neuf Wrapped art installation in Paris. It demonstrates Smith’s interest in merging art, fashion and utility.

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Pont Neuf Wrapped Uniform, 1985; Willi Smith, American; Photos: Matt Flynn. This outfit is part of Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection and is not currently on view.

05/29/2026

These posters might make your mouth water... 🍨🍉🍋

Steven Frykholm, the in-house graphic designer for the furniture manufacturer Herman Miller, Inc., created these posters for the company's summer picnics for 20 years. With their vibrant colors and close-up depictions of tasty summery treats, the picnic posters became as much of a company tradition as the annual picnic.

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1. Herman Miller Summer Picnic, 1983; Stephen Frykholm, American; Screenprint with lacquer finish on wove paper
2. Herman Miller, Summer Picnic, August 5, 1977; Stephen Frykholm, American; Screenprint, gloss ink on paper
3. Herman Miller, Summer Picnic, July 26, 1980; Stephen Frykholm, American; Screenprint, gloss ink on paper

These objects are part of Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection and are not currently on view.

05/27/2026

Christopher Payne has spent more than 10 years photographing America’s factories, joining a lineage of photographers who also documented the American worker—including Lewis Hine, Alfred T. Palmer, and Gordon Parks. Hear from Payne about how he began his project by photographing the New England textile mills that were among the country’s founding industries.

The first large-scale photography exhibition at Cooper Hewitt, "Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne" showcases the design process through photography bringing the object, the machine, and the hand together.

Learn more and plan your visit: https://s.si.edu/4bxSaZO

05/23/2026

Looking for long weekend plans? Take a trip to Cooper Hewitt and experience Devon Turnbull's "HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3," "Art of Noise," and “Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne." 🔊🎧📸 We’re open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily!

Plan your visit: https://s.si.edu/3xeOSTM

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1. Devon Turnbull, HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3; courtesy Devon Turnbull/Lisson Gallery; photo: Mark Waldhauser
2. Installation view of "Art of Noise." Photo by Thomas Barratt
3. Installation photography of "Made in America." © Christopher Payne/Esto.

05/22/2026

We're still buzzing from Tuesday's Smithsonian National Design Awards Gala, where we celebrated the 2026 Award winners alongside a distinguished group of Gala Honorees.

The festivities included an awards ceremony, dinner, and a dessert performance by featuring music by .

The evening recognized this year’s winners for innovation and impact across 10 design disciplines:
• Robert Earl Paige: Design Visionary
• Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman: Climate Action ()
• Mattaforma: Emerging Designer ()
• Frida Escobedo Studio: Architecture ()
• Thought Matter: Communication Design ()
• Laura Kurgan: Digital Design ()
• Josh Tafoya: Fashion Design ()
• Charlap Hyman & Herrero: Interior Design ()
• Ten Eyck Landscape Architects: Landscape Architecture ()
• Berea College Student Craft: Product Design ()
..plus the 2026 Gala Honorees:

• Adobe, the multinational technology company ()
• Fashion designer Thom Browne ()
• Fashion designer Tory Burch ()
• Luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co. ()
• Artist and designer Maya Lin
• Creative director Jenna Lyons ()
• Global design collective MillerKnoll ()
• Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
• Entrepreneur and media personality Martha Stewart ()
• Retailer Target ()
• Industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper
• Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted
• Architect Louis Sullivan
• Textile and interior designer Candace Wheeler
• Architect Frank Lloyd Wright ()

Congratulations to all, and thanks to everyone who joined us. See you next year!

05/21/2026

Tonight, hear from 2026 National Design Award winner Robert Earl Paige in a one-on-one conversation with Cooper Hewitt Director Maria Nicanor. An artist, designer, and educator, Paige transforms found fibers, cardboard, and paper into new creations that invite others to embrace curiosity and making. Paige was recognized with the Design Visionary award at the National Design Awards Gala earlier this week.

Learn more: https://s.si.edu/4ux8d0k

05/18/2026

The 2026 National Design Awards Gala is tomorrow night! 🏆 Rounding out our group of winners is Digital Design winner, Laura Kurgan.

Laura Kurgan is a designer and educator who works in spatial computation, data visualization, and digital cartography at the intersection of technology and social justice. Trained as an architect, Kurgan has long pioneered creative uses of emerging technologies. From employing GPS as a design tool in the 1990s to leveraging declassified satellite imagery to map political conflicts, her projects help us to visualize systemic injustices, such as incarceration patterns in “Million Dollar Blocks” and migration flows in “Exit.”

Learn more about Kurgan’s practice: https://s.si.edu/4rxtSnT

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1. Laura Kurgan. Photo: GSAPP, Columbia University
2. Laura Kurgan, The Brain Index. Initiative for the public communication of science at the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University (Jerome L. Greene Science Center, Columbia University, New York, 2017–2022). Project team: Mark Hansen; Laura Kurgan; Jochen Hartmann (project lead, CSR); Madeeha Merchant (graduate research assistant, CSR); Mondrian Hsieh (graduate research assistant, CSR). Image: Courtesy of Laura Kurgan

05/16/2026

T-minus 3 days until the 2026 National Design Awards Gala! Ahead of the ceremony, we're reintroducing this year's winners. 🏆 Next up is Product Design winner Berea College Student Craft.

Based in Kentucky, Berea College Student Craft integrates design education with hands-on making, continuing a tradition that began in 1893 as part of the college’s tuition-free work program. Founded on principles of equity, inclusion, and justice, Berea was the South’s first coeducational and in*******al college, and today its craft program provides experiential learning for students across all thirty-five academic majors.

Learn more about Berea College Student Craft: https://s.si.edu/4rxtSnT

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1. From left to right: Hunter Elliott, Director of Fellowships; Erin Miller, Director of Weaving and Assistant Creative Director of Student Craft; Emerson Croft, Weaving Manager; Cleo Lewis, Woodcraft Manager; Steve Davis-Rosenbaum, Director of Outreach; Aaron Beale, Associate Vice President of Student Craft; Amanda Lee Lazorchack, Director of Broomcraft; Rob Spiece, Director of Woodcraft and the Woodworking School at Pine Croft; Katie Bister, Pine Croft Manager; Philip Wiggs, Director of Ceramics. Photo: Photo: Sean Hall, Courtesy of Berea College Student Craft
2. Berea College Student Craft, Rainbow Whisk. Sorghum, nylon; 13 x 10 inches. Helen Bowling, inspired by fellow students Destiny and Alex (2025). Designer: Helen Bowling. Photo: Evy Medley

05/15/2026

The 2026 National Design Awards Gala is next Tuesday! 🏆 We’re continuing to spotlight this year’s winners before the ceremony—today, get to know Landscape Architecture winner Ten Eyck Landscape Architects!

Ten Eyck Landscape Architects (TELA) has spent nearly three decades creating ecologically restorative outdoor spaces that foster community healing. Based in Austin, Texas, with origins in Phoenix, Arizona, founder Christine Ten Eyck, FASLA and her fourteen-person studio take a regional approach to the landscapes of the American Southwest, sparking conversations around pressing ecological issues through people- and place-based design.

Learn more about TELA: https://s.si.edu/4rxtSnT

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1. Christine Ten Eyck. Photo: George Brainard
2. Ten Eyck Landscape Architects, Kingsbury Commons (Austin, Texas, 2021). Project partners: AEC; Clayton Korte; ETM Associates; Garza & Associates; Greenscape Pump; Mell Lawrence Architects; Natural Learning Initiative; Page/Dyal; Regenerative Environmental Design; Siglo Group; Studio Lumina; Sweeney + Associates. Photo: Casey Dunn

05/11/2026

The 2026 National Design Awards Gala is right around the corner! 🏆 In the lead-up to the ceremony on May 19, we’re highlighting this year’s winners. Up next? Interior Design winner Charlap Hyman & Herrero!

Founded in 2014, Charlap Hyman & Herrero is an architecture and design firm with studios in Los Angeles, New York, and Mexico City. Principals Adam Charlap Hyman and Andre Herrero lead a multifaceted practice that considers all aspects of the built environment, from site plan to furniture, delving into a diverse range of media.

Learn more: https://s.si.edu/4rxtSnT

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1. Left: Adam Charlap Hyman. Right: Andre Herrero. Photo: Courtesy of Charlap Hyman & Herrero
2. Charlap Hyman & Herrero, MZ Wallace Flagship (New York, New York, 2022). Photo: Andre Herrero

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