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The designers, who are being honored by the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum for their extraordinary contributions to design in 10 different categories, took part in a Teen Design Fair before attending a luncheon at the White House, which was hosted by Mrs.
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Yet for all its ambition, the Cooper- Hewitt design triennial is still more of a sampling than a survey, with major gaps in its inventory, including the fact that most of the designs come from either New York or California.
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Mr. Sharf said he was pleased when the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum borrowed his ruby flower Van Cleef brooch called the "Command Special" to exhibit.
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Obama has worn Browne's designs for other occasions, including a gray dress with black lace overlay to one of the presidential debates last fall, and she honored him last summer at the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards for his contribution to fashion.
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"It feels to me the Board of Trustees has given up, " said Essl, 38, a Cooper graduate himself who now teaches graphic design.
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The stylish slip-ons, which Vogue magazine declared "cool shoes for a cool cause, " have become a must-have item among fashion elite and received the People's Design Award from the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt Museum last year.
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"We are a group of students and recent grads from Parsons, NYU-ITP and Cooper Union studying art, engineering, environmental science, and design, " said the Windchimes team.
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