Past Exhibitions

Explore a selection of designs and publications related to past exhibitions at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

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A medium-sized plate featuring a dark red matte interior and white matte exterior. The rim of the plate is extended upward allowing for a deep dish styled plate good for gravy and other runny foods.

Cornwall Plate Medium

A large dinner plate featuring a dark red matte interior and white matte exterior. The rim of the plate is extended upward allowing for a deep dish styled plate good for gravy and other runny foods.

Cornwall Plate Large

Olive green carafe featuring a stout body and narrow rimmed tip. A marked is stamped at the base and resembles a coin.

ZandGlas Carafe

Large olive green colored glass. The body if the glass is short in height and a wide base. The glass is marked at center front in a shaped that resembles a coin.

ZandGlas Large Glass

Light blue colored large platter with white rain drop detailing across its surface.

Made by Rain Porcelain Platter

Porcelain mug featuring a modern grid textile-inspired graphic, matte exterior.

Pattern Porcelain Mug by Scholten & Baijings

White coffee mug with a yellow-orange printed zig zag pattern.

Clear lead-free crystal cocktail glass with wide opening, deep body and short stem with a round base.

Ambassador Cocktail Glass

Clear glass water pitcher designed to mimic a copper beaker. I small dip on the rim of the pitcher allows for a smooth pour and minimal detail.

Alpha Water Pitcher, Clear

4 transparent water glasses in magenta, gray, blue, and yellow. The glasses are stacked.

CMYK Alpha Water Tumbler Set

Mouth-blown glass decanter and tumbler. The Tumbler is made to fit into the opening of the decantur creating a sleek hour-glass shape.

Josephine Decanter and Tumbler, Clear

Loos Wine Decanter With Stopper Crystal water glass with hand-engraved diamond cut detail on the stopper and at the base.

Loos Wine Decanter With Stopper

Rectangular, natural cardboard package with white label for the All Purpose Spaghetti Scrub, window-cut out reveals scrubber made up of many strips of coral-colored, textured material.

All-Purpose Spaghetti Scrub, 2 pcs

Strnad Cigarette Box

White book cover with colorful illustrations of pixar characters and a red band with white title bisecting the middle

Designing with Pixar

Braun Men's Analog Chronograph Watch, White Face with Black Band

Braun Men's Analog Chronograph Watch, White Face with Black Band

A poster features an image of a model of the galaxy. On a black background, clusters of stars are visible throughout

Visualizing the Cosmic Web: Nearest Neighbors Model Print

A poster features an image of a model of the galaxy. On a black background, clusters of stars are visible throughout

Visualizing the Cosmic Web: Varying Length Model Print

Visualizing the Cosmic Web: Fixed Length Model Print

Visualizing the Cosmic Web: Fixed Length Model Print

Platygyra Poster

Platygyra Poster

A poster shows microscopic views of the ridges of coral. The forms are in hues of pink, turquoise, yellow, and green.

Coscinaraea Poster

A poster shows microscopic views of the ridges of coral. The forms are in hues of pink, turquoise, yellow, and green.

Montipora Poster

By the People Exhibition Poster

Scraps Exhibition Poster

A poster featuring a photo of several blue planes in the sky. Overlaid on the image is a sketch of a cloud with the words "Ask for Help" in black letters.

James Victore "Ask for Help" Poster

A poster featuring a photo of an eagle in flight in a pale blue sky. Overlaid on the photo is a white cloud with black letters reading "There are no shortcuts"

James Victore "There Are No Shortcuts" Poster

A poster featuring an image of the milky way. White text reads "You are Here" with an arrowing pointing to one area of the image. White text reading "But your dream is here" with an arrow pointing to a different spot.

James Victore "You Are Here" Poster

A poster with a background image of footprints in sand. Overlaid text reads "1. Improve Yourself. 2. Change the world. Start here. Start Small" in white and black lettering.

James Victore "1. Improve Yourself 2. Change the World" Poster

Walden, a Game Box Set

A rectangular postcard with a white border features a horizontal rectangle filled with an image of pale, undulating folds imprinted with an overall pattern of small purple dots.

Postcard Coelicolor

Printed in brown ink against a white background, the front of a card is covered in a repeating bird pattern that bleeds off the edges.

Sparrows Greeting Card

Printed in brown ink against a white background, the front of a card is covered in a cloud pattern. Illustrations of dragons are layered over the clouds and bleeding off the edges.

Dragons in Clouds Greeting Card

Printed in brown ink against a white background, the front of a card is covered in a repeating bird pattern that bleeds off the edges.

Cranes Greeting Card

Printed in brown ink against a white background, the front of a card is covered in wavy rows of grass. Repeating Illustrations of rabbit medallions are layered over the grass and bleed off the edges.

Rabbit Medallions Greeting Card

An aluminum chair with skeletal frame and solid aluminum seat and back rest.

Postcard Laarman Bone Chair

A phallic shaped gold ceramic vase. The bottom of the vase is covered in a pink fungi like texture.

Postcard Haas Accretion Vase

Book cover with orange and rad paisley pattern overlaid with title cut out of a transparent white field

Paisley: A Visual Survey of Pattern and Color Variations

Book cover with photographs of square cloths with red paisley patterns laid over an enlarged detail of a similar pattern. Title in white italicized script font near the top

Victorian Paisley Shawls

White book cover that has four lines of large text that says "Nature: Collab-orations in Design" laid over an amorphous shape that is a gradient of vibrant blue and orange.

Nature: Collaborations in Design

Book cover with photograph of three family members one on a bicycle one on three-wheeled peddled vehicle towing their child on a busy street scene. Title in white letters in yellow and green fields

Going Green: Experiencing the Ecomobile Lifestyle

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