Videos

The Making Home lecture series at the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union presents four free public lectures featuring Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial exhibition participants paired with designers, artists, professionals, and Cooper Union faculty discussing the exhibition’s exploration of home and its relation to design, data, justice, history, and building. For the third event in the ...

Take a deep dive into the creative process and extraordinary designs of midcentury designer Alexander Girard (1907-1993). Join designer Todd Oldham and writer Kiera Coffee in a discussion around their new publication, Alexander Girard: Let the Sun In (Phaidon, 2024), with Susan Brown, Associate Curator and Acting Head of Textiles. Brown will highlight Cooper Hewitt’s extensive holdings of Girard textiles ...