The expansive and comprehensive design collection of the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, comprising of 220,000 objects, is now available online, following an extensive project of digitization of the collection. While the images of the objects, spanning three centuries are all protected by copyright, they now can be used for educational and research purposes. What I love about this online catalogue, is that the collection can be explored through such categories, as country of origin, period and publications to highlights, conservation and colors. Above: The Airline Chair by Kem Weber, 1935.
NORMAN VINCENT SUKKAR, SQUARE CHAIR CHAIR, 1992–93
ZAHA TABLESPOON, 2007
CHANEL, PERFUME PRESENTATION, NO. 5, 1921
TRADE CATALOG, HERMAN MILLER INC.; LIBRARY GROUP FURNITURE, 1960S
MARIE CLAUDE LALIQUE, PIN.
DRAWING, BUCKLE IN THE ART DECO ST, CA. 1930
RON ARAD, HOTEL ZEUS STOOL PROTOTYPE, 1985