As the only museum in the United States that presents both historical and contemporary design, Cooper Hewitt is a regular stop in any design lover’s New York museum itinerary. Even more intriguing than the institutions’ main exhibition spaces, though, is its private off-site storage. The museum recently gave Architectural Digest a glimpse inside this space, which the magazine shared with its readers. And we spotted a few of our favorite pieces.
Among the seating icons are Gaetano Pesce’s Nobody’s Perfect chair, in green and yellow resin with red detailing; Frank Gehry‘s High Sticking chair, designed in 1990 and produced by Knoll; and the Model 71 chair by Eero Saarinen in red upholstery.
There’s a lot more than just chairs. Undeniably the most playful place to hang your hat in the design canon, the Cactus coat stand by Guido Drocco and Franco Mello for Gufram holds court on a rolling stand. Ingo Maurer’s Bulb lamp, meanwhile, glows amid a group of other tabletop treasures. And these are a mere sampling of the more than 215,000 wonderful works in hiding here.
