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National Design Triennial At Cooper-Hewitt Opens
5.14.10 | New York, NY | The Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National
Design Museum opens their National Design Triennial today featuring
Tricycle's Tryk Sustainable Samples. The exhibition title asks the
question Why Design Now? to examine why design thinking is an essential
tool for solving some of today's most urgent problems. The exhibit will
be on display from May 14, 2010 to January 9, 2011.
Inaugurated in 2000, the Triennial program seeks out and presents the most innovative designs at the center of contemporary culture. In this fourth exhibition in the series, the National Design Triennial will explore the work of designers addressing human and environmental problems across many fields of the design practice, from architecture and products to fashion, graphics, new media, and landscapes. Commenting on Tricycle, Ellen Lupton, Curator of Contemporary design at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and co-organizer of the Triennial, says, "Tricycle is rethinking the way an industry does its business. This is a new approach to eco-conscious design. It's not about creating cool-looking products. It's about creating new systems and new ways of working."
The use of Tryk Sustainable Samples online and as paper samples by leading carpet manufacturers has conserved thousands of barrels of oil and diverted more than a half million pounds of carpet from American landfills. The use of Tryk technology has had a documented positive economic impact of over $25 million on the industry.
Tricycle has been honored with international recognition including press attention in Fortune Small Business, Inc. and Business Week magazines. In addition, Tricycle has received honors for environmental leadership including a Green Apple Award bestowed in British Parliament, shortlist finalist (alongside Google, Apple and Ford) for an INDEX: Award and the 2007 Tennessee Governor s Environmental Stewardship Award for Pollution Prevention. Likewise the company has received numerous design awards including a 2009 Good Design Award and is four-time winner of the New York Type Director s Club Annual Award for Identity Design and five-time recipient of NeoCon Gold Awards.
About Tricycle
Tricycle launched a transformation of the interiors industry with the Tryk Studio platform 2D and 3D design tools and services using digital product simulations. The company has earned international design and sustainable leadership honors for eliminating wasted time, money, and natural resources in the interior design process. Tricycle is committed to bettering economic, environmental, and social profitability for manufacturers in the commercial and hospitality sectors of the interiors industry. www.tricycleinc.com www.tryk.us
Inaugurated in 2000, the Triennial program seeks out and presents the most innovative designs at the center of contemporary culture. In this fourth exhibition in the series, the National Design Triennial will explore the work of designers addressing human and environmental problems across many fields of the design practice, from architecture and products to fashion, graphics, new media, and landscapes. Commenting on Tricycle, Ellen Lupton, Curator of Contemporary design at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and co-organizer of the Triennial, says, "Tricycle is rethinking the way an industry does its business. This is a new approach to eco-conscious design. It's not about creating cool-looking products. It's about creating new systems and new ways of working."
The use of Tryk Sustainable Samples online and as paper samples by leading carpet manufacturers has conserved thousands of barrels of oil and diverted more than a half million pounds of carpet from American landfills. The use of Tryk technology has had a documented positive economic impact of over $25 million on the industry.
Tricycle has been honored with international recognition including press attention in Fortune Small Business, Inc. and Business Week magazines. In addition, Tricycle has received honors for environmental leadership including a Green Apple Award bestowed in British Parliament, shortlist finalist (alongside Google, Apple and Ford) for an INDEX: Award and the 2007 Tennessee Governor s Environmental Stewardship Award for Pollution Prevention. Likewise the company has received numerous design awards including a 2009 Good Design Award and is four-time winner of the New York Type Director s Club Annual Award for Identity Design and five-time recipient of NeoCon Gold Awards.
About Tricycle
Tricycle launched a transformation of the interiors industry with the Tryk Studio platform 2D and 3D design tools and services using digital product simulations. The company has earned international design and sustainable leadership honors for eliminating wasted time, money, and natural resources in the interior design process. Tricycle is committed to bettering economic, environmental, and social profitability for manufacturers in the commercial and hospitality sectors of the interiors industry. www.tricycleinc.com www.tryk.us
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