<img width="640" height="517" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2018-10-1-700x566.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Image features yellow file folder with loose sketch in black ink of the basic form of a garden with pathways. Please scroll down to read the blog post about this object." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2018-10-1-700x566.jpg 700w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2018-10-1-300x243.jpg 300w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2018-10-1-170x137.jpg 170w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2018-10-1.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="35662" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2019/10/18/a-swirl-of-nooks-for-contemplation/2018-10-1/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2018-10-1.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,828" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="2018-10-1" data-image-description="<p>Loose sketch in black ink of the basic form of a garden with pathways.</p>" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2018-10-1-300x243.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2018-10-1-700x566.jpg" />In celebration of the milestone 20th anniversary of the National Design Awards, this week’s Object of The Day posts honor National Design Award winners. Completed in 2013, Monk’s Garden is a small garden on the grounds of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts. Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates took their inspiration for the garden’s...
