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News Archive for Cooper-Hewitt

FEATURE 02.16.09 8:00 AM

New York's Top Art & Design Events 2009

Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards
Photo: Philip Greenberg

1. The Armory Show
This contemporary art show began 10 years ago at the 69th Regiment Armory, but outgrew that venue and will take place March 5 to 8 this year at Pier 94 and Pier 92. With 160 exhibitors from 21 countries, the 2008 show attracted more than 50,000 visitors.

2. International Contemporary Furniture Fair
More than 25,000 people attended this international furniture showcase in 2008. The fair, which spreads across 145,000 square feet of exhibit space at the Javits Center, will return May 16 to 19.

3. Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards
This gala honoring the best in American design is the anchor event of Cooper-Hewitt’s National Design Week. Padma Lakshmi presented the People’s Design Award to Stuart Karten (for the Zn hearing aid) at the 2008 awards. The event returns to the museum’s Arthur Ross Terrace and Garden on October 22. MORE >>

New York Top 100 Events, Art Dealers Association of America, Diffa, Dia Art Foundation, Cooper-Hewitt

NEWS 11.29.07 12:28 PM

The Times Discovers Eco-Minded Event Production

The Cooper-Hewitt's decorations made of recycled paper.
Photo: Alison Whittington for BizBash

"One mark of a really good party has always been an almost biblical catalog of waste and excess, lovingly expressed in gallons of Champagne, acres of fabric, plywood and red carpet, and jetloads of exotic flowers. But in a year dominated by talk of the green movement, such practices can be viewed not just as unseemly but as downright anarchic—and not in a good way." So begins a look at eco-friendly event production (or at least eco-aware production) in today's New York Times.

We've explored this phenomenon extensively, and the piece looks at some events we've already covered here: the Cooper-Hewitt's National Design Awards, where David Stark incorporated 6,000 pounds of recycled paper into the decorations, and the Museum of Art and Design's Visionaries gala, which employed packing materials as decor that the museum could use for its move later on.

But the highlight of the piece might be this quote from Stark: “I started to think about all this stuff because I’d be going to events and the invitation would be printed with the words, ‘This is a green event!’ and there’d be burlap tablecloths and green lighting—and I don’t mean fluorescent bulbs but the color green—and somebody would stand up and say, ‘Change starts here!’ and I’d think, You’ve got to be kidding.” (For a detailed look at how you can really go green, check out these 15 tips.)

Also in today's Times: a look at stylish female DJs, some of whom we featured last year in this roundup of New York's hottest DJs.

Going Green, The New York Times, Cooper-Hewitt, Guggenheim Museum