Paul Warwick Thompson is the director of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York.
Education:
BA, University of Bristol, 1980
MA, University of East Anglia, 1984
PhD, University of East Anglia, 1987
Personal:
Married with two children
Background:
He joined the Smithsonian in September 2000 after serving as director of the Design Museum in London. Thompson joined the staff of the Design Museum in 1988 as Curator of Contemporary Design. He was named the curator in 1990 and director in 1992. He previously worked as scriptwriter and researcher (1987-1988) for the Design Council, the national governmental body charged with promoting design to British industry; and taught English at St. Bede’s School in Eastbourne, E. Sussex, in the United Kingdom.
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