'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian design Museum
22/05/2018.
[NYC] USA 13.04>28.10.2018
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The new exhibition 'The senses', which is presented in the only USA museum focused on design, explores experimental works and practical solutions designed to inspire wonders and new ways of accessing our world.
Active Textile. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Sensory Dessert Spoon. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Sensory Dessert Spoon. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Andy Thomas Visual Sounds of the Amazon. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Blaisse touch. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Cotodama lyric speaker. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Daniel Wurtzel feather fountain. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Deaf space HallMcKnight. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Dot watch. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Emerging object cofee. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Emerging Objects Cotton Candy dish. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Eric Gunther seated catalog of Feelings. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Dementia care bathroom. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Kollektivpluszwei, Importance of the Obvious. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Lina Saleh folding plate large. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Liron Gino vibeat necklace. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Monique Goosens hair type ginger 'g'. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Monique Goossens frogspawn 'E'. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Monique Goossens hair type 'p'. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Monique Goossens hair type 'a'. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Ode scent player. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Roos Meerman tactile Orchestra © XandravanderEijk. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Sanne Gelissen. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Sha Yao eat well tableware. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Simon Kinneir leavenware cutting board. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Simon Kinneir leavenware mugs. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Steve Landau Smithsonian tactile map. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Studio Banana kangaroo light. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Vincent Rouffiac the wikisinger. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Eason Chow LABA speakers. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
McLean amsterdam smellwalk. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Studio Joseph The Senses Exhibition Design. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
The Partners LSO Stravinsky poster. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Alexander Chen MTA and me. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Bradley element. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Cyrano onotes. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Guy featherston diagonal records. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Kilo Woobi play. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Mainframe for approval. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Marije Vogelzang volumes. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Mark Cavagnero associates with Chris Downey. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Parentesit © Marco Covi. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Ran Zheng look hear. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Share food by BilgeNurSaltik. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Snarkitecture © Lauren Coleman. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Soundsphere. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Stroomberg Bijlo Plain paper Surface. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Tactile head set. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Tip ton chair. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
Verena Schreppel singlet. 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' at Cooper Hewitt. Courtesy of Cooper Hewitt
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum will present 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' exhibition, on view April 13 through Oct. 28, which examines how multisensory design amplifies everyone’s ability to receive information, explore the world, satisfy essential needs and experience joy and wonder.
'The Senses' features direct sensory experiences and displays practical, innovative and exploratory products to touch, hear, see and smell. The exhibition invites visitors to encounter design with all their senses through several interactive installations, created in collaboration with contemporary designers, from a furry wall with digital sensors that play music to a scent commission by Christopher Brosius inspired by winter.
Organized by Ellen Lupton, senior curator of contemporary design, and Andrea Lipps, assistant curator of contemporary design, the exhibition includes work by more than 65 designers and teams and reveals how sensory design can solve problems and enhance life for all people, including those with sensory disabilities. Contemporary designers are experimenting with materials, exploring technology and embracing the differing needs and experiences of users, in order to heighten sensory awareness and improve daily life.
'The Senses' features direct sensory experiences and displays practical, innovative and exploratory products to touch, hear, see and smell. The exhibition invites visitors to encounter design with all their senses through several interactive installations, created in collaboration with contemporary designers, from a furry wall with digital sensors that play music to a scent commission by Christopher Brosius inspired by winter.
Organized by Ellen Lupton, senior curator of contemporary design, and Andrea Lipps, assistant curator of contemporary design, the exhibition includes work by more than 65 designers and teams and reveals how sensory design can solve problems and enhance life for all people, including those with sensory disabilities. Contemporary designers are experimenting with materials, exploring technology and embracing the differing needs and experiences of users, in order to heighten sensory awareness and improve daily life.
“Across all industries and disciplines, designers are avidly seeking ways to stimulate our sensory responses to solve problems of access and enrich our interactions with the world." said Cooper Hewitt Director Caroline Baumann. “‘The Senses’ shares their discoveries and invites personal revelation of the extraordinary capacity of the senses to inform and delight. Within the inclusive environment created for the exhibition, there will be over 40 touchable objects, as well as services, such as audio and visual descriptions of the works on view, to ensure the exhibition will be welcoming to visitors of all abilities, an important step forward in our ongoing commitment to making Cooper Hewitt accessible to everyone ,”
Designed to spark curiosity and wonder in every visitor, 'The Senses' amplifies the intimate links between design and sensory experience. The projects on view activate touch, sound, smell, taste, sight and physical experience. A digital animation translates bird songs into bursts of color and motion. A light installation changes from cool to warm in response to visitors’ movements. Unusual vessels reveal the sonic and tactile properties of materials. Unique scents merge with materials, textures and words to build new memories and associations.
The exhibition demonstrates that by opening up to multiple sensory dimensions, designers reach a diverse range of users. Maps that can be touched as well as seen facilitate mobility and knowledge for sighted and non-sighted users. Audio devices translate sound into vibrations that can be felt on the skin. Tableware and kitchen tools use color and form to guide people living with dementia or vision loss. Each encounter with a product or installation activates the creative synergy of brain and body.
For “The Senses,” Cooper Hewitt has developed an accessible exhibition experience that welcomes visitors of all abilities. Exhibition labels will feature key elements in braille, and a custom smartphone app will connect visitors to full-length content via text or audio. Additional accessibility features include T-coil–enabled audio devices and audio descriptions explaining the visual content of videos. The museum now offers two descriptive exhibition tours a week, in which trained museum educators describe the works on view. With “The Senses: Design Beyond Vision,” Cooper Hewitt is testing new ways to share knowledge with diverse audiences; the museum will continue to include these accessibility features in future exhibitions and programs.
On view in the third floor Barbara and Morton Mandel Design Gallery, the exhibition is organized around the following themes: Introducing the senses, sensory city, tactile library, shaping sound, sensory materials, tactile expression, sensory appetites, the sensory table, senses and cognition, inclusive environments, sensory theater.
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Exhibition designer
'The Senses' is designed by Studio Joseph. Exhibition graphics by David Genco
Date
13/04 - 28/10, 2018
Public programme
In spring 2018, a series of public programs will inspire conversation about multisensory design. Planned events include an Experience Café, Thursday, April 18, 6:30 p.m., a multisensory event featuring tastings, demonstrations and conversations with designers from “The Senses,” and a Central Park Smellwalk with designer Kate McLean, Saturday, May 26, 1:30 p.m.
Location
2 E 91ST street, New York City, USA 10128
