Can design save the planet? Judging by the more than 60 projects that are shown in “Nature—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial,” which is on view at the Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum through January 20, 2020, there is definite cause for optimism. The exhibition, which was jointly organized by the Cooper Hewitt and the Cube design museum in Kerkade, the Netherlands—and which will be presented simultaneously at both museums—illustrates the ways in which designers are working with scientists, engineers, and environmentalists to solve the crises stemming from climate change, environmental pollution, and other man-made problems.
The Triennial, developed by a team that includes Caitlin Condell, Andrea Lipps, and Matilda McQuaid from the Cooper Hewitt, and Gene Bertrand and Hans Gubbels of Cube, is organized into seven sections: Understand, Simulate, Salvage, Facilitate, Augment, Remediate, and Nurture, each of which describes specific strategies for working with nature.
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