• Image from left to right: Three HLD 4 No. 4416 Hair Dryers; 1970; Designed by Dieter Rams (German, b. 1932); Manufactured by Braun AG (Frankfurt, Germany); Molded plastic, electronic components; each: 5 × 13.5 × 8 cm (1 15/16 × 5 5/16 × 3 1/8 in.); Gift of Robert M. Greenberg, 2017-51-22/24. HP-35 Scientific Pocket Calculator; 1972; Design Director: Dave Cochran (American, b. ca. 1932); Designed by Edward Liljenwall (American, 1943–2010); Manufactured by Hewlett-Packard (Palo Alto, California, USA); Molded plastic, metal, electronic components; 3 × 7.5 × 15 cm (1 3/16 × 2 15/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Gift of Robert M. Greenberg, 2017-51-16-a. Cifra 3 Synchron Flip Clock; 1965; Clock designed by Gino Valle (Italian, 1923–2003); Font designed by Massimo Vignelli (Italian, 1931-2014); Manufactured by Solari di Udine (Udine, Italy); Molded transparent polymethacrylate and thermoplastic, electronic components; 9.5 × 18 × 9.5 cm (3 3/4 × 7 1/16 × 3 3/4 in.); Gift of Robert M. Greenberg, 2017-51-1. Photo: Matt Flynn © Smithsonian Institution

    Image from left to right: Three HLD 4 No. 4416 Hair Dryers; 1970; Designed by Dieter Rams (German, b. 1932); Manufactured by Braun AG (Frankfurt, Germany); Molded plastic, electronic components; each: 5 × 13.5 × 8 cm (1 15/16 × 5 5/16 × 3 1/8 in.); Gift of Robert M. Greenberg, 2017-51-22/24. HP-35 Scientific Pocket Calculator; 1972; Design Director: Dave Cochran (American, b. ca. 1932); Designed by Edward Liljenwall (American, 1943–2010); Manufactured by Hewlett-Packard (Palo Alto, California, USA); Molded plastic, metal, electronic components; 3 × 7.5 × 15 cm (1 3/16 × 2 15/16 × 5 7/8 in.); Gift of Robert M. Greenberg, 2017-51-16-a. Cifra 3 Synchron Flip Clock; 1965; Clock designed by Gino Valle (Italian, 1923–2003); Font designed by Massimo Vignelli (Italian, 1931-2014); Manufactured by Solari di Udine (Udine, Italy); Molded transparent polymethacrylate and thermoplastic, electronic components; 9.5 × 18 × 9.5 cm (3 3/4 × 7 1/16 × 3 3/4 in.); Gift of Robert M. Greenberg, 2017-51-1. Photo: Matt Flynn © Smithsonian Institution

Exhibition

Bob Greenberg Selects

23 Feb 2018 – 9 Sep 2018

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Friday
10:00 – 18:00
Saturday
10:00 – 21:00
Sunday
10:00 – 18:00
Monday
10:00 – 18:00
Tuesday
10:00 – 18:00
Wednesday
10:00 – 18:00
Thursday
10:00 – 18:00

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​Bob Greenberg is the sixteenth guest curator of the Selects series, which invites designers, artists, writers, and cultural figures to explore and respond to the permanent collection.

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A 2003 National Design Award winner for Communication Design and founder of the international design innovation company R/GA, Greenberg has been a pioneer of the advertising and communications industry for four decades. To emphasize design’s key role in our increasingly connected world, Greenberg chose 42 significant works that illustrate how technology has propelled design innovations in form, style and function over the past 65 years. Presented in four groupings—Dieter Rams’s Ten Principles for Good Design, Connected Devices, Disruptive Innovations, and Measurement and Calculation—the installation underscores how historical objects point to future innovation.

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