 Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is the only museum in the nation devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. Cooper Hewitt educates, inspires, and empowers people through design by presenting exhibitions and educational programs and maintaining active publications. The Museum is housed in the former home of industrial magnate Andrew Carnegie. Completed in 1901, it was the first private residence in the United States to have a structural steel frame and one of the first in New York to have a residential Otis passenger elevator. The building received landmark status in 1974, and became part of the Smithsonian in 1976. The transformation of the Carnegie Mansion, completed in 2014, respects the spirit and character of the landmark building, restoring key elements to the original grandeur while providing much-needed upgrades to lighting and signage; more flexibility to reduce installation time and better accommodate object handling; and above all, enhanced public access on every level. 

Installed at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in the Arthur Ross Terrace &amp;amp; Garden. Installation produced by Molly Engelman.  

 Saturated-The Allure and Science of Color, the exhibition that the Wall Street Journal calls &amp;ldquo;vibrant from any angle!&amp;rdquo;  

<p>After being renovated by Hardy Holzman &amp; Pfeiffer Associates, the Carnegie Mansion opens on October 7 as Cooper-Hewitt, The Smithsonian Institution&rsquo;s National Museum of Design, with the exhibition&nbsp;MAN transFORMs.</p><p>Tetrahedrons and octahedrons in Carnegie&rsquo;s library served as an entry to Buckminster Fuller&rsquo;s film exploring the &ldquo;elegantly meshed design of the universe,&rdquo; part of MAN transFORMs (October 7, 1976&ndash;February 7, 1977) </p> 

Using the patterns found in the pierced brass of stone jalis (screens) that were employed in Indian temples and houses. These created beautiful patterns of light while simultaneously protecting inhabitants from the strong sun. In the teak room de Forest cleverly chose a yellow varnish and a red tone for his stencils, to evoke the golden tones of the sun, the brass, and the red sandstone.  

 The concept for the Pen originated from&amp;nbsp;Local Projects&amp;nbsp;working with&amp;nbsp;Diller Scofidio + Renfro.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Its interface with the interactive tables employs the sort of conductive materials common to touchscreen styli. Its interface with the object labels employs near-field communication technology. A sensor in the end of the Pen reads the information on small NFC tags embedded in the object labels. This information is stored in the Pen&amp;rsquo;s onboard memory and can be read at the interactive tables.  

She was sixteen, eventually making the regular journeys between New York and Scotland with the family.  

A steam boiler was used in the summer for the hot-water heater and the laundry service when the family was in Scotland and the main boilers were shut down  

   Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners LLP

 The Carnegie Mansion garden is designed by Guy Lowell, a Boston architect and landscape architect, and Richard Schermerhorn Jr., a Brooklyn native trained in civil engineering.  

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Matilda McQuaid, Deputy Curatorial Collector of the Textiles Department, discusses the renovation of the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum. The impetus for the renovation was to create more exhibition space.