Brooklyn studio UM Project has created a collection of colourful mallets for the shop at the newly reopened Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York. More about UM Project designs multi-material mallets for Cooper Hewitt's museum shop
News: the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in Manhattan reopens to the public today after a three-year renovation project including new fittings by architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro (+ slideshow). More about New York's Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum reopens
New York 2014: to celebrate New York design week, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum commissioned designer Joe Doucet to create a limited edition collection of "snap fit" marble tables. More about Joe Doucet designs flat-pack marble furniture for New York's Cooper-Hewitt museum
News: the winners of the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum's 15th annual National Design Awards have been announced, with Brooks + Scarpa taking the prize for Architecture Design. More about Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt announces National Design Awards winners 2014
News: the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York has named Caroline Baumann as its new director. More about Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum names new director
Dezeen News: Industrial designer Bill Moggridge, who created the first laptop computer, co-founded global design company IDEO and more recently was director of the Cooper-Hewitt museum in New York, has died aged 69. More about Bill Moggridge 1943-2012