 (CNN)-We don't adapt to our surroundings; we adapt our surroundings to us. The proof is everywhere. From the homes we live in to the business cards we carry to the computers we type on to the clothes we wear, the things we use are suited to our tastes. The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York is trying something different: highlighting designs as recent as yesterday. The museum's Smithsonian branch has just premiered an exhibition titled "Design Culture Now." It's part of the National Design Triennial, a series providing a contemporary overview of what the museum considers "leading developments in American architecture and design." The exhibit features well-known names as well as designers who work in virtual anonymity, says lead curator Donald Albrecht, who's overseeing 83 individual designers and companies in the 8,000-square-foot exhibition. More... (Pictured: Bound Packet Computing Laptop prototype, 1997, Shigeru Natsume, frog design) |
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