The Cooper Hewitt Museum holds many exhibitions of art that has been restored from the past while including the work from artists of today. I went on a trip with my digital media foundation class and although it wasn’t my first time visiting I’ve still enjoyed my time there. This museum not only displays art but allows you to take the art with you through the use of their interactive pens. With the pens you can store any art that you like or inspires you and make your own collection. This museum I feel is very immersive with art due to the addition of the interactive pens. For information on the museum click here.

Dimensions:(H x W x D: 88.3 × 78.1 × 83.8 cm (34 3/4 in. × 30 3/4 in. × 33 in.)

 This Embryo Chair is from the Energizing the Everyday: Gifts from the George R. Kravis II Collection. It dates back to 1988 and was designed by Marc Newson while being manufactured by IDEE Japan. The medium of this chair is polished aluminum and molded polyurethane foam covered in neoprene. This amorphic shape the chair has gives a postmodern interpretation of natural form that was used by designers in the mid-20th century. The Embryo chair features a structure in chromed steel and padding in molded polyurethane foam with an  unique lounge on three legs. While the form and black color may seem like something from a science fiction, the elegant proportions and refinement of detail demonstrate a sophisticated aesthetic.

Dimensions: H x W: 79.2 × 57.3 cm (31 3/16 × 22 9/16 in.) Mat: 71.1 × 91.4 cm (28 × 36 in.)

This Poster of musician John Lennon I picked up from the touch-screen table filled with illustrations at the museum.  It dates back to 1967 and was designed by Richard Avedon while being manufactured by Look Magazine. The medium of this poster is offset lithograph on white wove paper. The red-violet mixed in with the red and gold coloring caught my attention for being vibrant. The glasses feels as though its an optical illusion which suggests an altered state of mind. The photograph has been converted to a high-contrast image, a technique also known as “posterization”.

Dimensions: H x diam. (each): 55.2 × 13 cm (21 3/4 × 5 1/8 in.)

These Pillola Suite of Lamps is from the Energizing the Everyday: Gifts from the George R. Kravis II Collection. It dates back to 1968 and was designed by C. Emanuele Ponizo and Cesare Casati while being manufactured by Nai Ponteur. The medium of these lamps are acrylic, molded methacrylate and plastic. The Pillola lamps are a portrayal of Italy’s anti-design movement of the mid-1960s and 1970s. Each light is a plastic cylinder with a domed top and bottom and formed in two halves with one slotted into the other. The top half is white while the bottom half is colored. Also the lamps are supported on separate discs and has an internal light globe with external power cords. Each lamp has a line of holes the runs vertically down its sides.