went to the cooper-hewitt national design museum this weekend and saw an amazing exhibit called sponsored by the nature conservancy. the exhibit’s been up since may and runs through january 4, 2010. if you’ve never been to the museum, i recommend checking it out for the architecture if nothing else. it’s housed in the carnegie mansion at 91st and 5th and is stunning.

the exhibit asked ten designers to create products from sustainable materials and include kate spade new york, isaac mizrahi, maya lin, yves béhar, christien meindertsma (whose organic wool project is depicted above) and abbott miller (from pentagram - also responsible for the exhibit’s exquisite layout).

the exhibit is $5 for students, $10 general and FREE for pratt students and faculty! (yay that’s me).

if you don’t want to make the trek, you can check out this (unlinkable flash) site, which includes all the video segments from the actual exhibition. but of course, seeing it in person is aces.