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Celebrates design objects and practices that are exuberant, ethereal, atmospheric, experiential, exceptional or sublime.

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Featuring more than 1,100 collection objects selected by the curatorial staff, Smithsonian Design Library, and designer Irma Boom, this book is organized entirely by Boom's visual sequencing of images; her design and the curators' essays weave parallel narratives throughout.

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Published in conjunction with an exhibition at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum and Cube Design Museum, May 10, 2019-January 20, 2020.

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"Explores connections between storytelling and design, [examining] the psychology of visual communication from a narrative point of view"--Publisher's description.

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Buildings can shape our lives, improve our health, and transform society. Academic histories of architecture and medicine overlook the importance of hospital design. This book shows how hospitals embody the social hierarchies of their time. Hospitals influence individual behavior, and they have the potential to advance human rights. To study hospitals is to unlock the laws of architecture

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A catalogue for Cooper Hewitts reopening exhibition, that showcases objects from ten of the Smithsonian Institutions museums. It shows the interconnectedness of scientist, designer, historian, anthropologist, engineer and artist through design-thinking and problemsolving while also revealing distinct perspectives and methodologies.

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The first book to analyse design strategies behind poster design. It explores principles of design through a range of historical and contemporary works, uncovering ideas relevant not just to the design of posters but to 2D design more generally.