Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics — Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics, an exhibition on design responses to the COVID-19 pandemic curated by MASS Design Group and Cooper Hewitt, opened at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City in December 2021, with exhibition design by MASS Design Group and graphic design by Span Studio and Rick Valicenti.
| Venue | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
|---|---|
| Project type | Temporary Exhibition |
| Status | Completed |
| Year completed | 2021 |
| Technologies | environmental graphic design, fabricated exhibition environment (tent module, reclaimed-fabric seating) |
Credits
| Firm | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MASS Design Group | Exhibit Design | Exhibition design |
| Span Studio | Environmental Graphics & Wayfinding | Graphic design (with Alyssa Arnesen and Bud Rodecker) |
Description
The exhibition presented architectural case studies and design responses to COVID-19 — including medical devices, protective gear, infographics, and community services — curated by MASS Design Group with Cooper Hewitt curators Ellen Lupton and Julie Pastor. Visitors passed through a tent module evoking field hospitals into a reconceived solarium furnished with recycled-fabric seating.
Sources
- https://modelofarchitecture.org/projects/design-and-healing-exhibition
- https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/design-and-healing-creative-responses-epidemics-exhibition-open-december-cooper
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/design-healing-pandemic-exhibit-cooper-hewitt/2021/12/15/1cb1c19c-5d06-11ec-ae5b-5002292337c7_story.html
- https://span.studio/projects/design-and-healing