Fashioning Felt
6th March - 7th September '09
Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum
2 East 91st Street, New York
The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum presents “Fashioning Felt,” a comprehensive overview of the varied uses of felt in contemporary design.
Featuring more than 70 felt works from a range of fields, including, architecture, fashion, product and furniture, the exhibition will explore the recent adoption of felt by a wide variety of architects and designers, from Gaetano Pesce to Tom Dixon.
Joseph Felt Bench by Chris Ferebee, Laurice Parkin 2000
Spot rug. Designed by Majken Mann and Nynne Faerch. Manufactured by Massimo Copenhagen, Denmark 2007. Photo Bent Mann