Morse Historic Design Lecture Series

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Intersecting Histories: Bénédicte Gady | Morse Historic Design Lecture
In this lecture, Dr. Bénédicte Gady explores the intersecting histories of the drawing collections of Cooper Hewitt and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Cooper Hewitt was founded as the Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration in 1897. It was deliberately modeled after the Parisian museum, which had been founded thirty-three years...
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February 10, 2022
The Morse Historic Design Lecture | Dori Tunstall “A Change is Gonna Come”
A CHANGE IS GONNA COME: BLACK SPECULATIVE FUTURES FOR THE COOPER HEWITT, SMITHSONIAN DESIGN MUSEUM COLLECTION Dr. Dori Tunstall’s lecture examines the Black presence in the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum collection, from 19th-century Congolese status cloths to Art Sim’s Spike Lee film posters. Considering the history and methods of 19th-century collecting practices, Tunstall addresses...
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June 2, 2021
image of Hans Tan in a grey shirt, looking at the camera, his arms folded. ON the right is a green and pink spotted vase
The Morse Lecture | HANS TAN: THE TRANSMUTATION OF CREATIVE REUSE
THE TRANSMUTATION OF CREATIVE REUSE Designers turn existing materials or products into new works through the process of reuse transformation. More than a strategy for sustainability, reuse transformation not only diverts waste from landfills, but also challenges our preconceived notions of value and utility. In this lecture, designer and educator Hans Tan uses examples from...
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November 19, 2020
Image of Brittany Nicole Cox, horologist, on stage at Cooper Hewitt
The Morse Lecture | Designing the Sublime: Mechanism, Risk, and Wonder
DESIGNING THE SUBLIME: MECHANISM, RISK, AND WONDER World-renowned antiquarian horologist Brittany Nicole Cox explores the diverse utilization of the machine in design through a selection of objects drawn from the collections of Cooper Hewitt and other Smithsonian museums. Examples range from a nineteenth-century singing bird box to the world’s first tuning fork watch. Cox makes...
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May 29, 2019
Dr. Ulrich Leben delivers the Morse Historic Design Lecture from the podium at Cooper Hewitt
The Morse Lecture | A Grand Statement: The Surtout de Table
Dr. Ulrich Leben discusses the ornamental grammar of the surtout and its relationship to the interior architecture of the Palais Beauharnais
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November 30, 2018
The Morse Lecture | Local Quality, Global Scope–Saving Color Through Tacit Knowledge
Designer Claudy Jongstra presents the in-depth knowledge of experimenting and working with products from the land.
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June 1, 2018
During the Morse Historic Design Lecture, Beatrice Quette, a woman with short curly dark hair lectures from the podium at Cooper Hewitt while audience members look on.
The Morse Lecture | Japan, the West, and the Emergence of Japonism in Design
Béatrice Quette looks at the design objects and art that fueled the West’s enthusiasm for Japan.
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March 28, 2018
Image of Ashley Callahan presents a lecture about Ilonka Karasz at Cooper Hewitt
The Morse Lecture | Ilonka Karasz: Elusive Modernist
The Morse Historic Design Lecture | Ilonka Karasz
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October 13, 2017
Jazz musician Victor Goines plays the saxophone
The Morse Lecture | Victor Goines
Jazz musician Victor Goines is the featured speaker for this year's Morse Historic Design Lecture Series.
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May 26, 2017