Design by Time

Cutting-edge international designers explore how objects can embody the element of time in this poetic exhibition. Garments that grow, trees that sing, and objects that become their own miniature worlds encapsulate nature’s growth and decay.

Innovative studios in Austria, Cyprus, France, Germany, Iceland, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States are breaking boundaries and pushing design ideas into the 21st century. Part conceptual art, part sculpture, part real-world solutions, Design by Time is unlike any exhibition you have seen.

Organized by the Department of Exhibitions, Pratt institute, Brooklyn, New York, and is curated by Ginger Gregg Duggan and Judith Hoos Fox of c² curatorsquared.

Exhibition Events

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15 / June

Sculptural Explorations

Monday, June 15 – Friday, June 19 | 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Summer Camp: Ages 10 – 12 Explore the ins and outs of 3D design and create sculptures with a range of materials. Campers get inspired in the Design by Time exhibition, seeing how artists use media in unusual ways, then make their own creative constructions.
29 / June

Project Funway

Monday, June 29 – Friday, July 3 | 9:00 a.m. – Noon

Summer Camp: Ages 7 – 9 From drafting to crafting, campers learn all about fashion design as they create and update their own wearable art inspired by work in the museum, including wearable fashions featured in the Black Is Beautiful and Design by Time exhibitions. The week culminates with a fashion show in the galleries.
29 / June

Educator Workshop: The Artful Designer: Using Art Objects to Develop Design Thinking Skills

Monday, June 29 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

With design at its core, this workshop gives an overview of the South Carolina Design Thinking Standards and how art can be infused in cross-curricular design projects.
30 / June

Educator Workshop: The Artful Designer: Using Art Objects to Develop Design Thinking Skills

Tuesday, June 30 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

With design at its core, this workshop gives an overview of the South Carolina Design Thinking Standards and how art can be infused in cross-curricular design projects.
13 / July

Project Funway

Monday, July 13 – Friday, July 17 | 9:00 a.m. – Noon

Summer Camp: Ages 10 – 12 From drafting to crafting, campers learn all about fashion design as they create and update their own wearable art inspired by work in the museum, including wearable fashions featured in the Black Is Beautiful and Design by Time exhibitions. The week culminates with a fashion show in the galleries.

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Exhibition Events

Sculptural Explorations

Monday, June 15 – Friday, June 19 | 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Project Funway

Monday, June 29 – Friday, July 3 | 9:00 a.m. – Noon

Educator Workshop: The Artful Designer: Using Art Objects to Develop Design Thinking Skills

Monday, June 29 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Educator Workshop: The Artful Designer: Using Art Objects to Develop Design Thinking Skills

Tuesday, June 30 10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Project Funway

Monday, July 13 – Friday, July 17 | 9:00 a.m. – Noon

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