The Design Dozen

FEEDING DESIRE: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005. Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York (through Oct. 29).

DESIGN LIKE YOU GIVE A DAMN: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises. Edited by Architecture for Humanity (Metropolis Books, in stores July).

DESIGN: E2: Six-part PBS series about sustainable design, narrated by Brad Pitt. Begins this month (check local listings).

THE HIGH STYLE OF DOROTHY DRAPER: A Tribute to America's Decorating Icon. Museum of the City of New York (through Sept. 10) and IN THE PINK, a book on Draper (Pointed Leaf Press).

ARTIST'S CHOICE: HERZOG & DE MEURON: The Swiss architects select and install favorites from the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York (June 21-Sept. 25).

THE GREEN HOUSE: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture and Design. The National Building Museum, Washington, D.C. (through June 2007).