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October 11, 2010 People's Design Award 2007 By: Cooper-Hewitt N. from New York, NY Comments: 17 Mary--that sounds like a great activity! What did your students think? I think PDA is a great way to introduce students to design and the fact that design is all around them. Plus, they can nominate anything they want. The winner will be announced next week, so make sure to encourage your students to check it out! READ MORE \| ADD A COMMENT \| SHARE
October 11, 2010 National Design Week By: Robin L. from St Petersburg, FL Comments: 31 Cooper-Hewitt wants your school to celebrate National Design Week with us. We would like you and your students to participate with an event, big or small, and can’t wait to hear what you have planned! National Design Week is officially from October 18th – 24th, but please include any events from the entire month of October. Cooper-Hewitt has assembled a national online calendar packed with information about design-oriented events including (but not limited to): design challenges, workshops, exhibitions (including school project exhibits), and panel discussions. This national map lives on the Cooper-Hewitt website ALL the time and is constantly updated. Cooper-Hewitt wants to add YOUR design-related event for National Design Week. Check out the map now at https://www.cooperhewitt.org/CALENDAR/map/ to add your event and see what is going on in your community - we are close to collecting events for all fifty states! National Design Week is also a great opportunity to introduce to design to your students and school if you have not done so already. Check out the Cooper-Hewitt’s Educator Resource Center or PBS’s Design Squad for lesson plans and classroom activities. READ MORE \| ADD A COMMENT \| SHARE
September 30, 2010 People's Design Awards By: Madeline D. from New York, NY Comments: 21 I am still looking through the thumbnails. They are so nice and varied. Some high-tech and others just so simple. From the unusual to the everyday things. kudos on this compilation and activity of the design Community! READ MORE \| ADD A COMMENT \| SHARE

October 11, 2010

People's Design Award 2007

By: Cooper-Hewitt N. from New York, NY
Comments: 17

Mary--that sounds like a great activity! What did your students think? I think PDA is a great way to introduce students to design and the fact that design is all around them. Plus, they can nominate anything they want. The winner will be announced next week, so make sure to encourage your students to check it out!

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October 11, 2010

National Design Week

By: Robin L. from St Petersburg, FL
Comments: 31

Cooper-Hewitt wants your school to celebrate National Design Week with us. We would like you and your students to participate with an event, big or small, and can’t wait to hear what you have planned! National Design Week is officially from October 18th – 24th, but please include any events from the entire month of October. Cooper-Hewitt has assembled a national online calendar packed with information about design-oriented events including (but not limited to): design challenges, workshops, exhibitions (including school project exhibits), and panel discussions. This national map lives on the Cooper-Hewitt website ALL the time and is constantly updated. Cooper-Hewitt wants to add YOUR design-related event for National Design Week. Check out the map now at https://www.cooperhewitt.org/CALENDAR/map/ to add your event and see what is going on in your community - we are close to collecting events for all fifty states! National Design Week is also a great opportunity to introduce to design to your students and school if you have not done so already. Check out the Cooper-Hewitt’s Educator Resource Center or PBS’s Design Squad for lesson plans and classroom activities.