Nature—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial
This exhibition was on display from May 10, 2019 to January 20, 2020.
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Designers are collaborating with nature, forging meaningful connections between humanity and the Earth. Their work is inspired by and intertwined with nature like never before, reflective of our transforming relationship to the natural world. Compelled by a sense of urgency, designers look to nature as a guide and partner.
With projects ranging from experimental prototypes to consumer products, immersive installations, and architectural constructions, Nature-Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial, co-organized with Cube design museum, presents the work of sixty-two international design teams. Collaborations involve scientists, engineers, advocates for social and environmental justice, artists, and philosophers. They are engaging with nature in innovative and ground-breaking ways, driven by a profound awareness of climate change and ecological crises as much as advances in science and technology.
The exhibition themes explore seven strategies that designers are using to collaborate with nature - to understand, remediate, simulate, salvage, nurture, augment, and facilitate. The outcomes are speculative or practical and reveal new material, creative methods, and inventive technologies. These provocations and solutions put forth by today's extraordinary design teams serve as encouragement for an enduring and more respectful partnership with nature.
- Vessel, Algae Vessel
- 3d-printed biomaterial (microalgae, sugar-based biopolymer).
- Gift of Atelier Luma / Luma Arles.
- s-a-272
- This object was made by Atelier Luma and Studio Klarenbeek & Dros.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- Vessel, Algae Vessel
- 3d-printed biomaterial (microalgae, sugar-based biopolymer).
- Gift of Atelier Luma / Luma Arles.
- s-a-273
- This object was made by Atelier Luma and Studio Klarenbeek & Dros.
- Vessel, Algae Vessel
- 3d-printed biomaterial (microalgae, sugar-based biopolymer).
- Gift of Atelier Luma / Luma Arles.
- s-a-274
- This object was made by Atelier Luma and Studio Klarenbeek & Dros.
- Vessel, Algae Vessel
- 3d-printed biomaterial (microalgae, sugar-based biopolymer).
- Gift of Atelier Luma / Luma Arles.
- s-a-275
- This object was made by Atelier Luma and Studio Klarenbeek & Dros.
- Vessel, Algae Vessel
- 3d-printed biomaterial (microalgae, sugar-based biopolymer).
- Gift of Atelier Luma / Luma Arles.
- s-a-276
- This object was made by Atelier Luma and Studio Klarenbeek & Dros.
- Cup, Algae Vessel
- 3d-printed biomaterial (microalgae, sugar-based biopolymer).
- Gift of Atelier Luma / Luma Arles.
- s-a-277
- This object was made by Atelier Luma and Studio Klarenbeek & Dros.
- Cup, Algae Vessel
- 3d-printed biomaterial (microalgae, sugar-based biopolymer).
- Gift of Atelier Luma / Luma Arles.
- s-a-278
- This object was made by Atelier Luma and Studio Klarenbeek & Dros.
- Bowl, Algae Vessel
- 3d-printed biomaterial (microalgae, sugar-based biopolymer).
- Gift of Atelier Luma / Luma Arles.
- s-a-279
- This object was made by Atelier Luma and Studio Klarenbeek & Dros.
- Bowl, Algae Vessel
- 3d-printed biomaterial (microalgae, sugar-based biopolymer).
- Gift of Atelier Luma / Luma Arles.
- s-a-280
- This object was made by Atelier Luma and Studio Klarenbeek & Dros.
- Curiosity Cloud
- installation, specimen display, book.
- Courtesy of mischer'traxler Studio.
- NATURE.001
- Bruises—The Data We Don’t See
- data visualization with original score, still, prepatory sketch.
- Courtesy of Giorgia Lupi and Kaki King.
- NATURE.005
- Petrified River
- outdoor garden installation, photograph, model.
- Courtesy of Ensamble Studio.
- NATURE.006
- Metagenomic Data Visualization
- videos (2), data visualization.
- Courtesy Banfield Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley and Stamen....
- NATURE.010
- TetraPOT 2.0 – The Evolution of Greener Sea Defense
- scale prototypes, rendering.
- Courtesy of Sheng-Hung Lee.
- NATURE.012
- BabyLegs
- babylegs trawl, petri dishes with microplastic samples gathered from the....
- Courtesy of Max Liboiron.
- NATURE.014
- Soft Robotic Grip Glove
- interactive demonstration, touch sample, video.
- Courtesy of Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard....
- NATURE.015
- Mourn
- urn for over-fertilized soil, urn for rich soil, urn for poor soil,....
- Courtesy of the Energy and Raw Materials Factory initiated by the Dutch Water....
- NATURE.016
- After Ancient Sunlight
- raincoat on mannequin, book, infographics (2).
- Courtesy of Charlotte McCurdy.
- NATURE.018
- Triennial Project Record, Nanobionic Plant Project: Ambient Illumination
- installation and images.
- Courtesy of MIT Professor S. Kennedy and Professor M. Strano Research Groups....
- NATURE.019
- Monarch Sanctuary
- partial building façade model, diagram, video.
- Courtesy of Terreform ONE.
- NATURE.020
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Personal Food Computer
- personal food computers v3.0 (pfc_edu) (2), graphic, empty growth chamber, video.
- Courtesy of MIT Media Lab Open Agriculture Initiative.
- NATURE.021
- Aguahoja II
- samples, structrure.
- Courtesy of The Mediated Matter Group.
- NATURE.022
- This object was made by MIT Media Lab Mediated Matter Group.
- Coat, Cilllia
- samples (5), touch samples (5), coat.
- Courtesy of the Tangible Media Group.
- NATURE.024
- This object was made by Tangible Media Group.
- There are 3 images of this object.
- 3D-Painted Hyperelastic Bone®
- bone samples, countour meshes for reconstructive surgery, photograph.
- Courtesy of Adam E. Jakus and Ramille N. Shaw, Dimension Inx LLC.
- NATURE.025
- Exhibition Installation, AIR-INK
- captured carbon, selection of pens and markers, fabric sample, poster.
- Courtesy of Graviky Labs.
- NATURE.026