6.28.2007

hat's off: cooper-hewitt.

Newsflash: Money doesn't grow on trees.
Another newsflash? Designers keep designing as if it did.

Enter Cooper-Hewitt's latest design exhibition: Design for the Other 90%.

I am SO excited about this exhibition, which is on tap until September 23, 2007 at Cooper-Hewitt's National Design Museum.

“The majority of the world’s designers focus all their efforts on developing products and services exclusively for the richest 10% of the world’s customers. Nothing less than a revolution in design is needed to reach the other 90%.”
—Dr. Paul Polak, International Development Enterprises

Amen.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

omg i read this and thought, "all funtion, no design." but here it is on your site. I must be wrong.

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Oh Anna. I love you!

welcome.

because beauty lies in the details of design. in the pencil shavings, in the blueberry waffles. the vintage dress, framed portrait, old postcard.

design is inevitable. celebrated. design for mankind.

6.28.2007

hat's off: cooper-hewitt.

Newsflash: Money doesn't grow on trees.
Another newsflash? Designers keep designing as if it did.

Enter Cooper-Hewitt's latest design exhibition: Design for the Other 90%.

I am SO excited about this exhibition, which is on tap until September 23, 2007 at Cooper-Hewitt's National Design Museum.

“The majority of the world’s designers focus all their efforts on developing products and services exclusively for the richest 10% of the world’s customers. Nothing less than a revolution in design is needed to reach the other 90%.”
—Dr. Paul Polak, International Development Enterprises

Amen.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

omg i read this and thought, "all funtion, no design." but here it is on your site. I must be wrong.

/// said...

Oh Anna. I love you!