At Cooper Hewitt on the Upper East Side, NYC: Design Across Time Opens the Permanent Collection

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum on the Upper East Side has opened its permanent collection galleries with Design Across Time: Exploring the Smithsonian's Design Collection The show fills the first floor of the Carnegie Mansion with 125 works drawn from a holding of more than 215,000 objects, and it runs through October 22, 2028. The museum has collected design since 1897, and the collection spans six continents and thirty centuries: product design, architecture, graphic design, fashion and textiles, wallcoverings, and digital and interaction design Rather than follow a timeline, the installation is organized around approaches designers use, including Play and Tweak, Repeat, Transform, Show off and Simplify. The range is wide Some pieces are newly out of storage, and some recent acquisitions are on public view for the first time. JA Projects designed the installation and Pacific the graphics A central gallery introduces the themes, and two long vitrines cut across the first-floor rooms The Bloomberg Connects guide, online or in its app, adds commentary from designers and other experts Large-print labels and image descriptions are available. The galleries will be closed Monday, November 16 through Friday, November 20 for object rotations Tickets are sold on the museum's website Upcoming related programs include a teen mood-board workshop on December 3 and a family program on December 12 that riffs on Egyptian faience.