“Making Home—Smithsonian Design Triennial,” opening Nov. 2 at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, features 25 debut commissions that illustrate the ways design is embedded in contemporary life.

The holiday season brings to mind images of home -- and gathering with friends and family around the dinner table, or the fire in low-lit living rooms. But what does home really mean? And when is a ...

Making Home is the seventh installment in the Design Triennial series, established in 2000 to address the most urgent topics of the time through a design lens. The exhibition explores the concept of ...