Design history, as told through 125 objects

From the pillow that determines whether a night is restful or not, to the mug that keeps the coffee from burning your hands, the streets and transit systems that get you to work, and the city you inhabit—everything is design. And no one understands that more than the Cooper Hewitt. As the only American museum devoted exclusively to historical and contemporary design, the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum has collected more than 200,000 designs spanning from physical objects and…