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Jan 01 1970 GMT00:33
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In a notoriously dirty EPA superfund site, the inaugural winner of the Climate Action uses an ecosystem of plants and microorganisms to keep excess water out of combined sewers, and absorb and break down contamination in water and soil. Sponge Park, designed by @DLANDStudio, is a modular system that improves the canal environment while supporting public engagement with the landscape, advancing a more sustainable future for all.
Join Susannah Drake, founding principal of @DLANDStudio, her fellow Award recipients, and guest designers in the virtual Design Fair: Meet the Designers on Tuesday, October 15. cooperhewitt.org/NDA
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Announcing the winners of the 2020 :
CLIMATE ACTION Sponge Park (Designed by @DLANDStudio)
ARCHITECTURE Snøhetta @snohetta
COMMUNICATION DESIGN Scott Dadich @sdadich
DIGITAL DESIGN Design I/O @designiollc
FASHION DESIGN TELFAR @telfarglobal
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE OJB Landscape Architecture @ojbla
PRODUCT DESIGN Catapult Design @catapult.design
EMERGING DESIGNER Studio One Eighty Nine @studiooneeightynine
DESIGN VISIONARY Kickstarter @kickstarter
Learn more from the winners in free programs and activities throughout National Design Month. Link in bio!
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The virtual gala is about to begin! Tune in: nationaldesignawards2020.org
Every year, we honor design innovation and impact with awards that recognize the spectrum of design achievement. Be there as we announce this year’s winners for Climate Action, Architecture, Communications Design, Digital Design, Fashion Design, Landscape Architecture, Product Design, Emerging Designer, and Design Visionary.
Join the conversation: What does design mean to you?
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Tonight we are so excited to welcome @bobby Berk—interior design expert and host of Netflix’s Queer Eye—to host the first-ever virtual Gala.
No matter where you are, join the live conversation as we reveal the 2020 winners, and celebrate the power of design!
7:30 P.M. ET tonight, Thursday October 1
nationaldesignawards2020.org
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An apple needs no ornamentation.
For the nearly thirty years between 1947 and 1971, that Ingeborg Lundin designed glassware for Sweden’s Orrefors glassworks, her designs were prized for their originality, simplicity and grace.
Designed for the Helsingborg 1955 Exhibition, a world’s fair dedicated to modern design, this simple transparent form expresses the spirit of a softer, organic type of modernism. The slightly imperfect sphere, topped by a thick-walled cylindrical neck reminiscent of an apple’s stem, relies on the play of light and exploits the transparency of glass.
Jan 01 1970 GMT00:33
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Does the sight of this pencil sharpener bring back memories of school days past, that curiosity and slight fear you felt the first time you turned the arm?
Funny thing about this style of pencil sharpener is that sharpeners with this same basic design can still be found in schools, generations after the first Automatic Pencil Sharpener Company (APSCO) pencil sharpeners appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century.
This Dexter Model 3 Pencil Sharpener was manufactured by APSCO sometime around 1945 introducing improvements, such as calibrated openings for various pencil sizes, with a $1.00 price tag.
Jan 01 1970 GMT00:33
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Preserving knowledge is preserving color in these natural dye records made by the Deerfield Society of Blue and White Needlework, an embroidery collective founded in New England in the 1890s
Handwritten notes show experiments with madder (Gallium) red from the dye-filled roots of a perennial plant, indigo blue from a number of different shrub species, Logwood purple from the heartwood of swamp trees from the Yucatan in Mexico, and oak galls for brown.
Have you experimented with natural dyes?
Be sure to check out our Object of the Week blog this month, where posts will be authored by former presidents of the Textile Society of America, in celebration of
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The National Design Awards is going virtual!
Tune in to the virtual gala on October 1 for the first-ever live reveal of this year’s winners.
Join us, host Bobby Berk @bobby, along with design professionals and enthusiasts around the world to honor the winners, celebrate the power of design, and kick off National Design Month.
RSVP and learn more at link in bio.
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Would you dare to wear this bracelet?⠀
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The Wheel Bracelet was designed by Peter Chang from 1996 to 1997. Inspired by the skin of an octopus, the designer employed high gloss plastic resin, applied to polyester, to make the bracelet shimmer with light and movement. ⠀
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Chang created an imaginative fictional universe for his jewelry pieces to live in. According to the designer, this bracelet marks the 200th anniversary of the “Great War” of 3100 A.D. In this alternate universe, the bracelet marks the wearer’s status, and also allows the wearer to collect samples through their travels. ⠀
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An anonymous team of professional embroiderers crafted this panel for a cabinet door, which was created in the late 16th century or early 17th century. ⠀
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The skill of these embroiderers are revealed by the highly dimensional forms and the textured stitching in the metallic embroidery.⠀
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What could this panel be trying to communicate? The salamander, said to thrive in flames, is a symbol of regeneration. Nearly hidden in the branches of the tree are abandoned crutches and a wax leg. In concert, these elements seem to indicate ideas about spirituality and healing. ⠀
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An anonymous team of professional embroiderers crafted this panel for a cabinet door, which was created in the late 16th century or early 17th century. ⠀
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The skill of these embroiderers are revealed by the highly dimensional forms and the textured stitching in the metallic embroidery.⠀
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What could this panel be trying to communicate? The salamander, said to thrive in flames, is a symbol of regeneration. Nearly hidden in the branches of the tree are abandoned crutches and a wax leg. In concert, these elements seem to indicate ideas about spirituality and healing. ⠀
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Sep 23 2020 GMT17:01
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Does the sight of this pencil sharpener bring back memories of school days past, that curiosity and slight fear you felt the first time you turned the arm?
Funny thing about this style of pencil sharpener is that sharpeners with this same basic design can still be found in schools, generations after the first Automatic Pencil Sharpener Company (APSCO) pencil sharpeners appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century.
This Dexter Model 3 Pencil Sharpener was manufactured by APSCO sometime around 1945 introducing improvements, such as calibrated openings for various pencil sizes, with a $1.00 price tag.
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Aug 26 2020 GMT15:30
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An anonymous team of professional embroiderers crafted this panel for a cabinet door, which was created in the late 16th century or early 17th century. ⠀
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The skill of these embroiderers are revealed by the highly dimensional forms and the textured stitching in the metallic embroidery.⠀
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What could this panel be trying to communicate? The salamander, said to thrive in flames, is a symbol of regeneration. Nearly hidden in the branches of the tree are abandoned crutches and a wax leg. In concert, these elements seem to indicate ideas about spirituality and healing. ⠀
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Sep 23 2020 GMT17:01
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Does the sight of this pencil sharpener bring back memories of school days past, that curiosity and slight fear you felt the first time you turned the arm?
Funny thing about this style of pencil sharpener is that sharpeners with this same basic design can still be found in schools, generations after the first Automatic Pencil Sharpener Company (APSCO) pencil sharpeners appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century.
This Dexter Model 3 Pencil Sharpener was manufactured by APSCO sometime around 1945 introducing improvements, such as calibrated openings for various pencil sizes, with a $1.00 price tag.
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Aug 30 2020 GMT16:02
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Would you dare to wear this bracelet?⠀
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The Wheel Bracelet was designed by Peter Chang from 1996 to 1997. Inspired by the skin of an octopus, the designer employed high gloss plastic resin, applied to polyester, to make the bracelet shimmer with light and movement. ⠀
⠀
Chang created an imaginative fictional universe for his jewelry pieces to live in. According to the designer, this bracelet marks the 200th anniversary of the “Great War” of 3100 A.D. In this alternate universe, the bracelet marks the wearer’s status, and also allows the wearer to collect samples through their travels. ⠀
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