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I'm slowly but surely getting through my New York City bucket list. One of the things I just recently ticked off was a visit to the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum. One evening last week me and the girls caught the subway to the Upper East Side to see what all of the fuss was about.
One of the main things that attracted us to go was the fact that it classes itself as an interactive museum. I completely understand that certain things are fragile and therefore showcased only to be looked at, but I get so bored of having to walk past things that are literally screaming to be touched.
I think my favourite aspect of the museum was the immersion room. In there we took on the role of wallpaper designers, projecting them full scale on two huge walls using the digital tables in front of us. It allowed us to explore patterns and colours that instantly changed the ambience within the room. We definitely got a bit carried away creating our own designs, not noticing the queue that had formed behind us until after we'd had about twenty minutes of fun.
Another section I loved was the Process Lab surrounding Citizen Design. In there we were all given the opportunity to design whatever we liked in order to benefit the community around us. The whole process was divided into steps, the first one being each of us picking a value we ourselves or our community care about significantly. They ranged from creativity to family making it so difficult to pick only one! We didn't complete the whole process as the museum was due to close which was a shame, I'm sure we'll be going back soon to try it out properly!
Love, Lana Skye x
Photo Credit: Myself.
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