New: Solos: Tulou/Affordable Housing for China (new title)
	October 3, 2008 - April 5, 2009 (new closing date)
			In the fifth installment of the "Solos" series, the museum presents Tulou, a prototype for affordable housing being built in the city of Guangzhou by the Chinese architectural practice Urbanus. The Tulou project incorporates 250 apartment units, a dormitory, small hotel, shops, gymnasium, library, and various communal and public spaces. To experience the spacial interior of this design project, a full-scale section of a bedroom area of one housing unit is on display. Web: cooperhewitt.org/EXHIBITIONS/fall-design/Solos-Tulou

New: Wall Stories: Children's Wallpaper and Books
	October 3, 2008 - April 5, 2009 (new closing date)
			This exhibition explores the relationship between wallpapers and books created for children, through works from the permanent collection and the National Design Library. From the beginning in the 1870s, children's wallpapers have been strongly influenced by literature and popular culture. Works on view include papers illustrated with nursery rhymes and designs inspired by works of fiction and adventure, such as Alice in Wonderland and Cinderella. The exhibition also traces the evolution of children's books from instructional to fictional and includes such developments as movable and pop-up books, which added an interactive element to children's reading. Web: cooperhewitt.org/EXHIBITIONS/fall-design/Wall-Stories

New: Curators Select: Recent Acquisitions, 2003-2008
	September 12, 2008 - March 1, 2009
			International in scope and possessing one of the most diverse and comprehensive collections of design works in existence, the museum's rich holdings range from the Han Dynasty (200 B.C.) to the present day and total more than 200,000 objects. This exhibition features recent acquisitions to all four of the museum's collecting departments: Product Design and Decorative Arts; Drawings, Prints and Graphic Design; Textiles; and Wallcoverings. Web: cooperhewitt.org/EXHIBITIONS/fall-design/Curators-Select

New: House Proud: Nineteenth-Century Watercolor Interiors from the Thaw Collection
	August 12, 2008 - January 25, 2009
			This exhibition showcases the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw's collection of 19th-century watercolor drawings that meticulously detail the era's interior furnishings and document the social, cultural, and aesthetic development of European domestic life. The collection includes examples of English, German, Russian, Swiss, and Austrian domestic spaces. Selected objects from the museum's permanent collection complement the drawings.

Last update: January 13, 2009, 19:24