<img width="600" height="498" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/CharlesHarrisoPhotoByRobTarpey2008.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="A photograph of industrial designer Charles Harrison, winner of the 2008 National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement. Harrison wears a suit and tie and is seated next to white round table on which there is a copy of a biography of the designer." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/CharlesHarrisoPhotoByRobTarpey2008.jpg 600w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/CharlesHarrisoPhotoByRobTarpey2008-300x249.jpg 300w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/CharlesHarrisoPhotoByRobTarpey2008-170x141.jpg 170w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" data-attachment-id="32246" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2018/12/11/remembering-charles-harrison-1931-2018/charlesharrisophotobyrobtarpey2008/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/CharlesHarrisoPhotoByRobTarpey2008.jpg" data-orig-size="600,498" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"8","credit":"Rob Tarpey","camera":"NIKON D2X","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1201549960","copyright":"\ufffd Rob Tarpey 2008","focal_length":"52","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.008","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/CharlesHarrisoPhotoByRobTarpey2008-300x249.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/CharlesHarrisoPhotoByRobTarpey2008.jpg" />Cooper Hewitt remembers industrial designer and educator Charles Harrison, winner of the 2008 National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement, who passed away on November 29 at the age of 87. A prolific designer, Harrison created hundreds of pleasing, easy-to-use household products during his 32-year career with the retail giant Sears, Roebuck and Company. According to...