
To give the cocktail area a focal point and conversation piece, event designer David Stark outlined the museum's historic home using fluorescent tape provided by 3M.
Photo: Richard Patterson/Courtesy of Cooper-Hewitt

Guests arriving at Cipriani 42nd Street
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In another installation, gala guests could draw or write what design means to them using more of 3M's brightly colored adhesive strips. The corporation, which has been involved with the Cooper-Hewitt's exhibitions in the past, donated the supply of tape.
Photo: Richard Patterson/Courtesy of Cooper-Hewitt
Target

Sponsor Target provided illustrators who created unique pieces of art based on guests’ descriptions of their hopes and dreams.
Photo: Marla Aufmuth/TED

Communication Network attendees take a break from their annual meeting at Fontainebleau Miami Beach Hotel to clean up post-storm debris at Zoo Miami.
Photo: Douglas Stevens

Illustration: Cornelia Stiles and Carolyn Bouchard