design, museums, etc.

Design Museums Statements #10
Cooper-Hewitt, New York

«Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution is the only museum in the nation devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. The Museum presents compelling perspectives on the impact of design on daily life through active educational and curatorial programming.»
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York
ref. Paul Warwick Thompson, director,* website

«Today, design is among the most accessible forms of visual culture…»
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York
ref. Paul Warwick Thompson, director,* Foreword, Design≠Art, catalogue of the exhibition, 2004

* «Paul Warwick Thompson has resigned from Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum effective in August 2009.»

Random Quote

Access to all the regular means of doing things is a mixed blessing. — Howard S. Becker, Art Worlds, 1982, p. 6

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