Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
2 East 91st Street
New York, NY
Beautiful Users introduces visitors to one of the fundamental changes in design thinking over the past half-century: the shift toward designs based on observations of human anatomy and behavior.
Some of the objects on view include:
- Examples of the Human-scale measurement system, which aids in design for children, the elderly, the differently abled, and people of diverse height
- Objects designed for comfort and function, ranging from Dreyfuss’s Princess telephone to Amos Winter’s Leveraged Freedom wheelchair
- Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s Roomba Cam, which repurposes the household gadget for surveillance purposes
