Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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*Overview*
As the Cooper Hewitt hosts its seventh Smithsonian Design Triennial “Making Home,” Christina L. De León, acting deputy director of curatorial at the Cooper Hewitt, discusses collecting design as an institution and how the everyday objects we live with are deemed significant for a museum collection.

*Panelists*
*Ed Behrens* — Editor, Apollo
*Christina L. De León* — Acting Deputy Director of Curatorial, Cooper Hewitt

This TEFAF Talk was presented Apollo as part of TEFAF New York’s programming and took place on May 10, 2025

View full TEFAF Programming overview at tefaf.com/talks