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Now open! 🎧 "Art of Noise" shows how design shapes the way we experience music—how and where we listen to it, how it’s communicated visually, and what we choose to hear. For many people, these design choices feel like a part of the music itself; they become a key part of how we remember and understand sound in a multisensory way—through our ears, our eyes, and our sense of touch.

Organized by the @SFMOMA and adapted to the history of the New York music scene for its East Coast presentation, "Art of Noise" presents hundreds of works that have shaped our relationship to music over the past century. From concert posters to record albums, phonographs to digital music players, handheld radios to sound systems, the exhibition demonstrates how our experiences are built by both the sounds we hear and the objects that help illustrate or activate them, whether through color and composition or through form, material, and mechanics.The exhibition is on view through Aug. 16, 2026.

Tickets are available now. Tap the link in our bio to plan your visit.

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Photos: Thomas Barratt

Now open! 🎧 "Art of Noise" shows how design shapes the way we experience music—how and where we listen to it, how it’s communicated visually, and what we choose to hear. For many people, these design choices feel like a part of the music itself; they become a key part of how we remember and understand sound in a multisensory way—through our ears, our eyes, and our sense of touch.

Organized by the @SFMOMA and adapted to the history of the New York music scene for its East Coast presentation, "Art of Noise" presents hundreds of works that have shaped our relationship to music over the past century. From concert posters to record albums, phonographs to digital music players, handheld radios to sound systems, the exhibition demonstrates how our experiences are built by both the sounds we hear and the objects that help illustrate or activate them, whether through color and composition or through form, material, and mechanics.The exhibition is on view through Aug. 16, 2026.

Tickets are available now. Tap the link in our bio to plan your visit.

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Photos: Thomas Barratt

Now open! 🎧 "Art of Noise" shows how design shapes the way we experience music—how and where we listen to it, how it’s communicated visually, and what we choose to hear. For many people, these design choices feel like a part of the music itself; they become a key part of how we remember and understand sound in a multisensory way—through our ears, our eyes, and our sense of touch.

Organized by the @SFMOMA and adapted to the history of the New York music scene for its East Coast presentation, "Art of Noise" presents hundreds of works that have shaped our relationship to music over the past century. From concert posters to record albums, phonographs to digital music players, handheld radios to sound systems, the exhibition demonstrates how our experiences are built by both the sounds we hear and the objects that help illustrate or activate them, whether through color and composition or through form, material, and mechanics.The exhibition is on view through Aug. 16, 2026.

Tickets are available now. Tap the link in our bio to plan your visit.

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Photos: Thomas Barratt

Now open! 🎧 "Art of Noise" shows how design shapes the way we experience music—how and where we listen to it, how it’s communicated visually, and what we choose to hear. For many people, these design choices feel like a part of the music itself; they become a key part of how we remember and understand sound in a multisensory way—through our ears, our eyes, and our sense of touch.

Organized by the @SFMOMA and adapted to the history of the New York music scene for its East Coast presentation, "Art of Noise" presents hundreds of works that have shaped our relationship to music over the past century. From concert posters to record albums, phonographs to digital music players, handheld radios to sound systems, the exhibition demonstrates how our experiences are built by both the sounds we hear and the objects that help illustrate or activate them, whether through color and composition or through form, material, and mechanics.The exhibition is on view through Aug. 16, 2026.

Tickets are available now. Tap the link in our bio to plan your visit.

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Photos: Thomas Barratt

Now open! 🎧 "Art of Noise" shows how design shapes the way we experience music—how and where we listen to it, how it’s communicated visually, and what we choose to hear. For many people, these design choices feel like a part of the music itself; they become a key part of how we remember and understand sound in a multisensory way—through our ears, our eyes, and our sense of touch.

Organized by the @SFMOMA and adapted to the history of the New York music scene for its East Coast presentation, "Art of Noise" presents hundreds of works that have shaped our relationship to music over the past century. From concert posters to record albums, phonographs to digital music players, handheld radios to sound systems, the exhibition demonstrates how our experiences are built by both the sounds we hear and the objects that help illustrate or activate them, whether through color and composition or through form, material, and mechanics.The exhibition is on view through Aug. 16, 2026.

Tickets are available now. Tap the link in our bio to plan your visit.

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Photos: Thomas Barratt

Now on view! Visit “Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne” to see more than 70 large-format photographs captured by Christopher Payne over a decade-long photographic journey to learn more about the craft of both industrial and artisanal making in the United States.

The first large-scale photography exhibition at Cooper Hewitt, “Made in America” showcases the design process through photography in a way that brings the object, the machine and the hand together. Payne’s photographs highlight manufacturing as a timeless and fundamental function of the design process.

Experience “Made in America” now through fall 2026. Tap the link in our bio to learn more and plan your visit to Cooper Hewitt.

Now open ➡️ Artist and audio engineer Devon Turnbull (@devonojas) custom designed "HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3" for the museum’s historic Carnegie Library space. This is his largest and most architecturally and acoustically integrated listening room to date.

“Created as a ‘shrine to music,’ this listening room series invites visitors to experience music in a space designed to slow down and reflect, bringing back the joy of experiencing and sharing music together,” Turnbull says. “My intention is to return to the kind of immersive listening we experienced when we were young, free from outside distractions. Presenting this work at Cooper Hewitt is especially meaningful to me, having grown up visiting the museum.”

On Thursday, December 18 at 6 p.m., join Turnbull and renowned radio host and author John Schaefer (@newsounds) for an evening conversation on music and their work crafting listening experiences. After a short introductory talk, experience the listening room as Turnbull and Schaefer operate the sound system and play a selection of music inspired by Schaefer’s iconic radio show New Sounds. Tap the link in our bio to get tickets.

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Photos: Mark Waldhauser

Now open ➡️ Artist and audio engineer Devon Turnbull (@devonojas) custom designed "HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3" for the museum’s historic Carnegie Library space. This is his largest and most architecturally and acoustically integrated listening room to date.

“Created as a ‘shrine to music,’ this listening room series invites visitors to experience music in a space designed to slow down and reflect, bringing back the joy of experiencing and sharing music together,” Turnbull says. “My intention is to return to the kind of immersive listening we experienced when we were young, free from outside distractions. Presenting this work at Cooper Hewitt is especially meaningful to me, having grown up visiting the museum.”

On Thursday, December 18 at 6 p.m., join Turnbull and renowned radio host and author John Schaefer (@newsounds) for an evening conversation on music and their work crafting listening experiences. After a short introductory talk, experience the listening room as Turnbull and Schaefer operate the sound system and play a selection of music inspired by Schaefer’s iconic radio show New Sounds. Tap the link in our bio to get tickets.

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Photos: Mark Waldhauser

Christopher Payne (@christopherpaynephoto) has spent more than 10 years photographing America’s factories, joining a lineage of photographers who also documented the American worker—including Lewis Hine, Alfred T. Palmer, and Gordon Parks. Hear from Payne about how he began his project by photographing the New England textile mills that were among the country’s founding industries.

The first large-scale photography exhibition at Cooper Hewitt, "Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne" showcases the design process through photography bringing the object, the machine, and the hand together.

Tap the link in our bio to learn more and plan your visit.

Looking for long weekend plans? Take a trip to Cooper Hewitt and experience Devon Turnbull's "HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3," "Art of Noise," and “Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne." 🔊🎧📸 We’re open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily!

Tap the link in our bio to plan your visit.

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1. Devon Turnbull, HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3; courtesy Devon Turnbull/Lisson Gallery; photo: Mark Waldhauser
2. Installation view of "Art of Noise." Photo by Thomas Barratt
3. Installation photography of "Made in America." © Christopher Payne/Esto.

Looking for long weekend plans? Take a trip to Cooper Hewitt and experience Devon Turnbull's "HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3," "Art of Noise," and “Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne." 🔊🎧📸 We’re open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily!

Tap the link in our bio to plan your visit.

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1. Devon Turnbull, HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3; courtesy Devon Turnbull/Lisson Gallery; photo: Mark Waldhauser
2. Installation view of "Art of Noise." Photo by Thomas Barratt
3. Installation photography of "Made in America." © Christopher Payne/Esto.

Looking for long weekend plans? Take a trip to Cooper Hewitt and experience Devon Turnbull's "HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3," "Art of Noise," and “Made in America: The Industrial Photography of Christopher Payne." 🔊🎧📸 We’re open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily!

Tap the link in our bio to plan your visit.

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1. Devon Turnbull, HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3; courtesy Devon Turnbull/Lisson Gallery; photo: Mark Waldhauser
2. Installation view of "Art of Noise." Photo by Thomas Barratt
3. Installation photography of "Made in America." © Christopher Payne/Esto.

We're still buzzing from Tuesday's Smithsonian National Design Awards Gala, where we celebrated the 2026 Award winners alongside a distinguished group of Gala Honorees.

The festivities included an awards ceremony, dinner, and a dessert performance by @lailacooks featuring music by @fiveboroughbrass.

The evening recognized this year’s winners for innovation and impact across 10 design disciplines:
• Robert Earl Paige: Design Visionary
• Estudio Teddy Cruz + Fonna Forman: Climate Action (@cruzforman)
• Mattaforma: Emerging Designer (@Mattaforma)
• Frida Escobedo Studio: Architecture (@fridaescobedo)
• Thought Matter: Communication Design (@thoughtmatter)
• Laura Kurgan: Digital Design (@kurganl)
• Josh Tafoya: Fashion Design (@josh_tafoya_)
• Charlap Hyman & Herrero: Interior Design (@ch_herrero)
• Ten Eyck Landscape Architects: Landscape Architecture (@teneyckla)
• Berea College Student Craft: Product Design (@bcstudentcraft)

...plus the 2026 Gala Honorees:

• Adobe, the multinational technology company (@adobe)
• Fashion designer Thom Browne (@thombrowne)
• Fashion designer Tory Burch (@toryburch)
• Luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co. (@tiffanyandco)
• Artist and designer Maya Lin
• Creative director Jenna Lyons (@jennalyonsnyc)
• Global design collective MillerKnoll (@millerknoll)
• Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
• Entrepreneur and media personality Martha Stewart (@marthastewart48)
• Retailer Target (@target)
• Industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper
• Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted
• Architect Louis Sullivan
• Textile and interior designer Candace Wheeler
• Architect Frank Lloyd Wright (@wrighttaliesin)

Congratulations to all, and thanks to everyone who joined us. See you next year!

#NationalDesignAwards

Tonight, hear from 2026 National Design Award winner Robert Earl Paige in a one-on-one conversation with Cooper Hewitt Director Maria Nicanor. An artist, designer, and educator, Paige transforms found fibers, cardboard, and paper into new creations that invite others to embrace curiosity and making. Paige was recognized with the Design Visionary award at the National Design Awards Gala earlier this week.

Tap the link in our bio to learn more.

The 2026 National Design Awards Gala is tomorrow night! 🏆 Rounding out our group of winners is Digital Design winner, Laura Kurgan (@kurganl).

Laura Kurgan is a designer and educator who works in spatial computation, data visualization, and digital cartography at the intersection of technology and social justice. Trained as an architect, Kurgan has long pioneered creative uses of emerging technologies. From employing GPS as a design tool in the 1990s to leveraging declassified satellite imagery to map political conflicts, her projects help us to visualize systemic injustices, such as incarceration patterns in “Million Dollar Blocks” and migration flows in “Exit.”

Tap the link in our bio to learn more about Kurgan’s practice. #NationalDesignAwards

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1. Laura Kurgan. Photo: GSAPP, Columbia University
2. Laura Kurgan, The Brain Index. Initiative for the public communication of science at the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University (Jerome L. Greene Science Center, Columbia University, New York, 2017–2022). Project team: Mark Hansen; Laura Kurgan; Jochen Hartmann (project lead, CSR); Madeeha Merchant (graduate research assistant, CSR); Mondrian Hsieh (graduate research assistant, CSR). Image: Courtesy of Laura Kurgan

The 2026 National Design Awards Gala is tomorrow night! 🏆 Rounding out our group of winners is Digital Design winner, Laura Kurgan (@kurganl).

Laura Kurgan is a designer and educator who works in spatial computation, data visualization, and digital cartography at the intersection of technology and social justice. Trained as an architect, Kurgan has long pioneered creative uses of emerging technologies. From employing GPS as a design tool in the 1990s to leveraging declassified satellite imagery to map political conflicts, her projects help us to visualize systemic injustices, such as incarceration patterns in “Million Dollar Blocks” and migration flows in “Exit.”

Tap the link in our bio to learn more about Kurgan’s practice. #NationalDesignAwards

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1. Laura Kurgan. Photo: GSAPP, Columbia University
2. Laura Kurgan, The Brain Index. Initiative for the public communication of science at the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University (Jerome L. Greene Science Center, Columbia University, New York, 2017–2022). Project team: Mark Hansen; Laura Kurgan; Jochen Hartmann (project lead, CSR); Madeeha Merchant (graduate research assistant, CSR); Mondrian Hsieh (graduate research assistant, CSR). Image: Courtesy of Laura Kurgan

T-minus 3 days until the 2026 National Design Awards Gala! Ahead of the ceremony, we're reintroducing this year's winners. 🏆 Next up is Product Design winner Berea College Student Craft (@bcstudentcraft).

Based in Kentucky, Berea College Student Craft integrates design education with hands-on making, continuing a tradition that began in 1893 as part of the college’s tuition-free work program. Founded on principles of equity, inclusion, and justice, Berea was the South’s first coeducational and interracial college, and today its craft program provides experiential learning for students across all thirty-five academic majors.

Tap the link in our bio to learn more about Berea College Student Craft. #NationalDesignAwards

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1. From left to right: Hunter Elliott, Director of Fellowships; Erin Miller, Director of Weaving and Assistant Creative Director of Student Craft; Emerson Croft, Weaving Manager; Cleo Lewis, Woodcraft Manager; Steve Davis-Rosenbaum, Director of Outreach; Aaron Beale, Associate Vice President of Student Craft; Amanda Lee Lazorchack, Director of Broomcraft; Rob Spiece, Director of Woodcraft and the Woodworking School at Pine Croft; Katie Bister, Pine Croft Manager; Philip Wiggs, Director of Ceramics. Photo: Sean Hall, Courtesy of Berea College Student Craft
2. Berea College Student Craft, Rainbow Whisk. Sorghum, nylon; 13 x 10 inches. Helen Bowling, inspired by fellow students Destiny and Alex (2025). Designer: Helen Bowling. Photo: Evy Medley

T-minus 3 days until the 2026 National Design Awards Gala! Ahead of the ceremony, we're reintroducing this year's winners. 🏆 Next up is Product Design winner Berea College Student Craft (@bcstudentcraft).

Based in Kentucky, Berea College Student Craft integrates design education with hands-on making, continuing a tradition that began in 1893 as part of the college’s tuition-free work program. Founded on principles of equity, inclusion, and justice, Berea was the South’s first coeducational and interracial college, and today its craft program provides experiential learning for students across all thirty-five academic majors.

Tap the link in our bio to learn more about Berea College Student Craft. #NationalDesignAwards

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1. From left to right: Hunter Elliott, Director of Fellowships; Erin Miller, Director of Weaving and Assistant Creative Director of Student Craft; Emerson Croft, Weaving Manager; Cleo Lewis, Woodcraft Manager; Steve Davis-Rosenbaum, Director of Outreach; Aaron Beale, Associate Vice President of Student Craft; Amanda Lee Lazorchack, Director of Broomcraft; Rob Spiece, Director of Woodcraft and the Woodworking School at Pine Croft; Katie Bister, Pine Croft Manager; Philip Wiggs, Director of Ceramics. Photo: Sean Hall, Courtesy of Berea College Student Craft
2. Berea College Student Craft, Rainbow Whisk. Sorghum, nylon; 13 x 10 inches. Helen Bowling, inspired by fellow students Destiny and Alex (2025). Designer: Helen Bowling. Photo: Evy Medley

The 2026 National Design Awards Gala is next Tuesday! 🏆 We’re continuing to spotlight this year’s winners before the ceremony—today, get to know Landscape Architecture winner Ten Eyck Landscape Architects (@teneyckla)!

Ten Eyck Landscape Architects (TELA) has spent nearly three decades creating ecologically restorative outdoor spaces that foster community healing. Based in Austin, Texas, with origins in Phoenix, Arizona, founder Christine Ten Eyck, FASLA (@cteneyck) and her fourteen-person studio take a regional approach to the landscapes of the American Southwest, sparking conversations around pressing ecological issues through people- and place-based design.

Tap the link in our bio to learn more about TELA. #NationalDesignAwards

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1. Christine Ten Eyck. Photo: George Brainard
2. Ten Eyck Landscape Architects, Kingsbury Commons (Austin, Texas, 2021). Project partners: AEC; Clayton Korte; ETM Associates; Garza & Associates; Greenscape Pump; Mell Lawrence Architects; Natural Learning Initiative; Page/Dyal; Regenerative Environmental Design; Siglo Group; Studio Lumina; Sweeney + Associates. Photo: Casey Dunn

The 2026 National Design Awards Gala is next Tuesday! 🏆 We’re continuing to spotlight this year’s winners before the ceremony—today, get to know Landscape Architecture winner Ten Eyck Landscape Architects (@teneyckla)!

Ten Eyck Landscape Architects (TELA) has spent nearly three decades creating ecologically restorative outdoor spaces that foster community healing. Based in Austin, Texas, with origins in Phoenix, Arizona, founder Christine Ten Eyck, FASLA (@cteneyck) and her fourteen-person studio take a regional approach to the landscapes of the American Southwest, sparking conversations around pressing ecological issues through people- and place-based design.

Tap the link in our bio to learn more about TELA. #NationalDesignAwards

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1. Christine Ten Eyck. Photo: George Brainard
2. Ten Eyck Landscape Architects, Kingsbury Commons (Austin, Texas, 2021). Project partners: AEC; Clayton Korte; ETM Associates; Garza & Associates; Greenscape Pump; Mell Lawrence Architects; Natural Learning Initiative; Page/Dyal; Regenerative Environmental Design; Siglo Group; Studio Lumina; Sweeney + Associates. Photo: Casey Dunn

The 2026 National Design Awards Gala is right around the corner! 🏆 In the lead-up to the ceremony on May 19, we’re highlighting this year’s winners. Up next? Interior Design winner Charlap Hyman & Herrero (@ch_herrero)!

Founded in 2014, Charlap Hyman & Herrero is an architecture and design firm with studios in Los Angeles, New York, and Mexico City. Principals Adam Charlap Hyman (@adamcharlaphyman) and Andre Herrero (@andreherrero) lead a multifaceted practice that considers all aspects of the built environment, from site plan to furniture, delving into a diverse range of media.

Tap the link in our bio to learn more. #NationalDesignAwards

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1. Left: Adam Charlap Hyman. Right: Andre Herrero. Photo: Courtesy of Charlap Hyman & Herrero
2. Charlap Hyman & Herrero, MZ Wallace Flagship (New York, New York, 2022). Photo: Andre Herrero

The 2026 National Design Awards Gala is right around the corner! 🏆 In the lead-up to the ceremony on May 19, we’re highlighting this year’s winners. Up next? Interior Design winner Charlap Hyman & Herrero (@ch_herrero)!

Founded in 2014, Charlap Hyman & Herrero is an architecture and design firm with studios in Los Angeles, New York, and Mexico City. Principals Adam Charlap Hyman (@adamcharlaphyman) and Andre Herrero (@andreherrero) lead a multifaceted practice that considers all aspects of the built environment, from site plan to furniture, delving into a diverse range of media.

Tap the link in our bio to learn more. #NationalDesignAwards

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1. Left: Adam Charlap Hyman. Right: Andre Herrero. Photo: Courtesy of Charlap Hyman & Herrero
2. Charlap Hyman & Herrero, MZ Wallace Flagship (New York, New York, 2022). Photo: Andre Herrero

Ahead of the 2026 National Design Awards Gala, we're shining the spotlight on this year's winners. 🏆 Up next? Fashion Design winner Josh Tafoya (@josh_tafoya_)!

Josh Tafoya is a textile artist whose work explores Indigenous identity within Hispanic and Latino communities. Drawing on his Genizaro, Spanish, and Chicano heritage, Tafoya redefines the “Southwestern” aesthetic and American fashion from an Indigenous perspective, celebrating cultural heritage while embracing a raw, grungy spirit.

Tap the link in our bio to see more examples of Tafoya’s work, and stay tuned to meet the rest of the winners! #NationalDesignAwards

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1. Josh Tafoya. Photo: Bonny Melendez
2. Josh Tafoya, Ranchero La Bruja (2023). Photo: Courtesy of Josh Tafoya

Ahead of the 2026 National Design Awards Gala, we're shining the spotlight on this year's winners. 🏆 Up next? Fashion Design winner Josh Tafoya (@josh_tafoya_)!

Josh Tafoya is a textile artist whose work explores Indigenous identity within Hispanic and Latino communities. Drawing on his Genizaro, Spanish, and Chicano heritage, Tafoya redefines the “Southwestern” aesthetic and American fashion from an Indigenous perspective, celebrating cultural heritage while embracing a raw, grungy spirit.

Tap the link in our bio to see more examples of Tafoya’s work, and stay tuned to meet the rest of the winners! #NationalDesignAwards

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1. Josh Tafoya. Photo: Bonny Melendez
2. Josh Tafoya, Ranchero La Bruja (2023). Photo: Courtesy of Josh Tafoya