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Design for a Living World

Ten leading designers have been commissioned to develop new uses for sustainably grown and harvested materials in order to tell a unique story about the life-cycle of materials and the power of conservation and design. The featured designers and places include Yves Behar/Costa Rica; Stephen Burks/Australia; Hella Jongerius/Mexico; Maya Lin/Maine; Christien Meindertsma/Idaho; Isaac Mizrahi/Alaska; Abbott Miller/Bolivia; Ted Muehling/Micronesia; Kate Spade/Bolivia; and Ezri Tarazi/China. On view will be the prototypes, drawings, and finished product created by the designers. The exhibition is co-curated by renowned graphic designer Abbott Miller and Ellen Lupton, curator of contemporary design at Cooper-Hewitt. This is the debut venue in a national tour of the exhibition, organized by The Nature Conservancy.

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The exhibition's presentation at Cooper-Hewitt is made possible in part by Enid and Lester Morse.

Additional support is provided by the Adobe Foundation, Esme Usdan, Alice Gottesman and Laurence Zuckerman, the Consulate-General of The Netherlands in New York as part of its NY400 Celebrations, and Susan and David Rockefeller.

Media sponsorship is provided by New York magazine.