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Tools

Extending Our Reach
By Cara McCarthy and Matilda McQuaid
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Tools is the catalogue for Cooper Hewitt's reopening exhibition, featuring objects from ten Smithsonian Institution museums. It explores the role of design in understanding our world by examining tools across diverse cultures and time periods, highlighting their insights into scientific, technological, and cultural changes. The book reveals the interconnectedness of various disciplines such as science, design, history, anthropology, engineering, and art through design-thinking and problem solving.
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Ideal for readers interested in arts, culture, design, and the interdisciplinary nature of tools in shaping human history and innovation.

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A catalogue for Cooper Hewitts reopening exhibition, that showcases objects from ten of the Smithsonian Institutions museums. It shows the interconnectedness of scientist, designer, historian, anthropologist, engineer and artist through design-thinking and problemsolving while also revealing distinct perspectives and methodologies.

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Tools, the catalogue for Cooper Hewitt's reopening exhibition, showcases objects from ten of the Smithsonian Institution's museums to explore how diverse cultures, time periods, and multifarious activities provide a means of realising design's critical role in understanding our world. It examines how tools offer insights into scientific, technological, and cultural changes in societies.

It shows the interconnectedness of scientist, designer, historian, anthropologist, engineer, and artist through design-thinking and problem-solving, while also revealing distinct perspectives and methodologies.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780910503778

Publisher: Cooper-Hewitt Museum

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 February 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Cooper-Hewitt Museum

Illustration: Illustrated in colour throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 241.0mm

Weight: 1290g

Pages: 272

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Arts & Culture Cara McCarthy Matilda McQuaid Non-Fiction

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