In October, the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will address the growing global concern and need for affordable housing through a special installment of the "Solos" series. The exhibition will present a housing prototype currently under construction in China, the world's most populous country.

In October, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will present “Wall Stories: Children’s Wallpaper and Books,” an exhibition that examines the relationship between wallpapers and children’s books through works from the permanent collection and the National Design Library. On view in the second floor galleries from Oct. 3 through May 8, 2009, the exhibition will feature more than 30 wallcoverings and nearly 30 related children’s books.

Cooper-Hewitt national design Museum, New York exhibits 19th century watercolor interiors from Thaw collection on view from August 12, 2008 to January 25, 2009.

In winter 2008, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will present the exhibition “Campana Brothers Select: Works from the Permanent Collection.” As guest curators in the “Selects” exhibition series devoted to rotations of works from Cooper-Hewitt’s permanent collection, the Brazilian designers Fernando and Humberto Campana mine the museum’s collection for works that blend unexpected media, layer varied forms and weave intricate patterns and lines.

In March 2008, the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will present “Rococo: The Continuing Curve, 1730 – 2008,” a groundbreaking exhibition exploring the Rococo style and its continuing revivals up to the present day in multiple fields, including furniture, decorative arts, prints, drawings and textiles.

The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will present “Looking Forward/Looking Back: Recent Acquisitions in 20th- and 21st-Century Design,” an exhibition showcasing additions to the permanent collection from Aug. 17 through Oct. 14.

In fall 2007, the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum will present "Piranesi as Designer," the first museum exhibition to show Giovanni Battista Piranesi's full range and influence as a designer of architecture, interiors and furnishings.

An exhibition named "Provoking Magic: Lighting of Ingo Maurer," a retrospective of German lighting designer Ingo Maurer's four decades of work, opens Sept. 14 at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and runs through Jan. 27, 2008.