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Signs of the Times: Producing the Symbol Sourcebook
Written by Dr. Sue Perks In conjunction with the exhibition Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols, designer and researcher Sue Perks offers an expansive look into the Henry Dreyfuss Archive held at...
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Signs of the Times: How the Symbol Sourcebook Works
Written by Dr. Sue Perks In conjunction with the exhibition Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols, designer and researcher Sue Perks offers an expansive look into the Henry Dreyfuss Archive held at...
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Signs of the Times: Interview with Pam Holaday
Written by Dr. Sue Perks In conjunction with the exhibition Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols, designer and researcher Sue Perks offers an expansive look into the Henry Dreyfuss Archive held at...
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Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag at the Smithsonian
In 2023, Cooper Hewitt hung the Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride flag on its south-facing facade. The installation celebrates LGBTQ+ Pride Month and demonstrates the evolution of inclusivity in the...
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From the Collection: Queer Modernisms and Beyond
In observance of Pride month, Cooper Hewitt’s curatorial departments have selected a group of objects with LGBTQ+ stories to feature on the museum’s collection site. These objects are loosely connected...
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Synthetic Material Identification in Dorothy Liebes Textile Samples
Written by Kira Eng-Wilmot and Janet Lee Fig. 1 Sample card, ca. 1967; Twill-woven wool, acrylic, nylon; Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of the Estate of Dorothy Liebes Morin,...
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Signs of the Times: Symbol Sourcebook Chronology
Written by Dr. Sue Perks In conjunction with the exhibition Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols, designer and researcher Sue Perks offers an expansive look into the Henry Dreyfuss Archive held at...
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Signs of the Times: Neiman Marcus’s Symbol Merchandise
Written by Dr. Sue Perks In conjunction with the exhibition Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols, designer and researcher Sue Perks offers an expansive look into the Henry Dreyfuss Archive held at...
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Signs of the Times: Context Is Everything
Written by Dr. Sue Perks In conjunction with the exhibition Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols, designer and researcher Sue Perks offers an expansive look into the Henry Dreyfuss Archive held at...
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Evolving Digital Collections and Their Stewardship: Stamen’s Watercolor Maps
Written by Andrea Lipps, Jessica Walthew, and Eric Rodenbeck In 2021, Cooper Hewitt collected the Smithsonian’s first live website, Stamen Design’s Watercolor Maps, into its Digital Curatorial...
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Signs of the Times: Questions for Vogue
Written by Dr. Sue Perks In conjunction with the exhibition Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols, designer and researcher Sue Perks offers an expansive look into the Henry Dreyfuss Archive held at...
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Signs of the Times: A Reminder about Isotype
Written by Dr. Sue Perks In conjunction with the exhibition Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols, designer and researcher Sue Perks offers an expansive look into the Henry Dreyfuss Archive held at...
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Signs of the Times: Breaking the Language Barrier
Written by Dr. Sue Perks In conjunction with the exhibition Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols, designer and researcher Sue Perks offers an expansive look into the Henry Dreyfuss Archive held at...
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A Closer Look: Porcelain Restoration
Accompanying the exhibition Acquired! Shaping the National Design Collection, Cooper Hewitt’s conservators offer a closer look into the process of preparing collection objects for display and long-term...
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Signs of the Times: Who Should Produce the Symbol Sourcebook?
Written by Dr. Sue Perks In conjunction with the exhibition Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols, designer and researcher Sue Perks offers an expansive look into the Henry Dreyfuss Archive held at...
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Signs of the Times: Correction(s)
Written by Dr. Sue Perks In conjunction with the exhibition Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols, designer and researcher Sue Perks offers an expansive look into the Henry Dreyfuss Archive held at...
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“A Library of Decorative Art”: The Decloux Collection of Ornament Prints
In 2021, Cooper Hewitt’s department of Drawings, Prints & Graphic Design launched a research and cataloging project to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the acquisition of the Jean Léon Decloux...
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Signs of the Times: The Original Symbols Exhibition, 1972
Written by Dr. Sue Perks In conjunction with the exhibition Give Me a Sign: The Language of Symbols, designer and researcher Sue Perks offers an expansive look into the Henry Dreyfuss Archive held at...
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A Closer Look: Objects from Algae
Accompanying the exhibition Acquired! Shaping the National Design Collection, Cooper Hewitt’s conservators offer a closer look into the process of preparing collection objects for display and long-term...
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Pop Art &’60s Vibes: Wallcoverings by or Inspired by LGBTQIA+ Designers
Pop art is fun! Coming out of the 1950s and ‘60s, the artistic style plays with elements and imagery of domestic life, consumerism, and popular culture. The style was contemporaneous with the emergence...
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