Bob Greenberg “Selects” at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York
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The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York, is hosting an exhibition of work curated by Bob Greenberg, founder of the international design innovation company R/GA. The show will run through September 9.The current exhibition is the 16th installaBob Greenberg “Selects” at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York
The Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York, is hosting an exhibition of work curated by Bob Greenberg, founder of the international design innovation company R/GA. The show will run through September 9.The current exhibition is the 16th installation in the “Selects” series. This series features designers, artists, architects, and public figures who are invited to guest curate a show. “For his presentation, Greenberg brings together 42 innovative works from Cooper Hewitt’s holdings to explore creativity in the age of technology,” the museum says.The exhibition looks at how technology has given a push to design innovations when it comes to form, style, and function in the past 65 years. On display are a collection of multi-disciplinary objects that shed light on how technology and design have influenced our day-to-day lives.“Design has always been a powerful force for innovation and progress, but never has it been more important than it is today,” said Greenberg. “I’m honored to partner with Cooper Hewitt to explore the intersection of human achievement, technological advancement and design thinking as seen through the evolution of objects from the atomic age through the connected age.”The show has been divided into four groups. “Connected Devices” which focuses on communication tools from Henry Dreyfuss-designed Model 500 telephone (1953) to the first-generation iPhone (2007). “Disruptive Innovations” highlights projects that have changed industry dynamics such as the Edison Voicewriter Dictaphone (1953) and the MakerBot Replicator 2 Desktop 3D Printer (2012). “Measurement and Calculation” features calculators, watches, and thermostats, and looks at computation and notation on design. The final group named as “Dieter Rams Ten Principles for Good Design,” Greenberg presents 11 objects that he considers to embody these principles including Rams’ HLD 4 No. 4416 Hair Dryers (1970) and AB 21/s Alarm Clock (1978).“Architect Toshiko Mori serves as exhibition designer and has envisioned a ‘room within a room’ in the gallery,” the museum writes. “The former ornate drawing room of the Carnegie Mansion has been transformed to create a modern and neutral white background, facilitating intimate observation of the objects on view. The viewing is complemented by a streamlined OLED lighting installation by Kaneka OLED, the first time it will be employed in an American cultural institution.”Bob Greenberg is the founder, chairman, and CEO of R/GA, the worldwide digital advertising agency, product and service design innovator and business consultancy. He is also the 2003 winner of the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award for Communications Design.The exhibition runs through September 9, 2018, at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2 E 91st St, New York, NY 10128, USA.For details, visit: http://www.blouinartinfo.com/galleryguide/cooper-hewitt%2C-smithsonian-design-museum/overviewClick on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.http://www.blouinartinfo.comFounder Louise Blouin Read more