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Through July 5, 2009The Edge of IntentAn exhibition looking at the utopian aspirations of urban planners. The exhibition will present the work of eight artists whose works offer diverse perspectives on urban planning, including Metropolis Next Generation Winner Christina Seely, Andrew Harrison,Joel Sternfeld, and Liset Castillo. Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago. http://www.mocp.org August 17, 2009It’s Easy Being GreenDiscover easy, stylish, and super-convenient ways to green your lifestyle and your livelihood with Josh Dorfman, environmental entrepreneur, media personality, author, and retailer. This lively one-on-one interview with Susan Szenasy, editor-in-chief of Metropolis, will offer insights into cutting-edge products and services, emerging trends, and innovation underway to bring our lifestyles into balance with nature. As an added bonus, Josh’s two books, Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget and Lazy Environmentalist: Your Guide to Easy, Stylish Green Living, will be available for purchase and signing following the seminar. New York International Gift Fair, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, Room 1A02-03, NYC, 12 p.m.–1:30 p.m. Tickets: $20 in advance and $25 on site. Register at http://www.nyigf.com/programs 
Through July 5, 2009The Future Beneath Us: 8 Great Projects Under New YorkExamining 8 mega underground infrastructure projects that will dramatically change how we move around New York, including the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s East Side Access, Second Avenue Subway, 7 Subway Extension and Fulton Transit Center; the New York City Department of Environmental Protection’s Croton Water Filtration Plant and City Water Tunnel No. 3; New Jersey Transit’s Trans-Hudson Express (THE) Tunnel Project and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s World Trade Center Site. A 2-part exhibition on display at the Transit Museum’s Gallery Annex at Grand Central Terminal and the New York Public Library Science Industry and Business Library on Madison Avenue at 34th Street. http://www.mta.info/mta/museum/whatsnew.htm Through July 11, 2009Italy Under The RadarAn exhibit that focuses entirely on Italian design, while bypassing the iconic works that are more widely seen in books and at auction. It will instead bring to light treasures heretofore unknown to most collectors, in an overview of works sought out and discovered through many years of extensive research. There are many architects and designers who had important commissions and were quite successful in their day. Unfortunately many of these names have gone unmentioned including: Melchiorre Bega, Mario Quarti, Cini Boeri, Giovanni Michelucci, and others. Donzella 20th Century Gallery, NYC http://www.donzella.com 
Through July 5, 2009The Edge of IntentAn exhibition looking at the utopian aspirations of urban planners. The exhibition will present the work of eight artists whose works offer diverse perspectives on urban planning, including Metropolis Next Generation Winner Christina Seely, Andrew Harrison,Joel Sternfeld, and Liset Castillo. Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago. http://www.mocp.org Through July 12, 2009Swiss Graphic Design: Precision and PresenceMany factors contributed to making Swiss graphics internationally preeminent. Among these were a technically advanced and highly skilled printing industry that continued to develop while the rest of Europe was devastated by war, and a strong tradition of graphics dating back to the beginning of the 20th century, which had been nurtured further by extensive contact with the German Bauhaus. The active encouragement of poster design by the Swiss government at national and local levels and the institution of an annual competition to promote it were significant, as were such important journals as Graphis (founded in 1944) and Neue Grafik (New Graphic Design, founded in 1958). Among the younger Swiss designers who emerged in the 1950s through the ’70s as important innovators were: Armin Hofmann, Tino Steinemann, Carl B. Graf, Jorg Hamburger, Fritz Gottschalk, Hans Rudolf Bosshard and Siegried Odermatt, all represented in the 20 posters donated to the MIA and seen in this current exhibition. Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN. http://www.artsmia.org 
Through July 4, 2009Darien Rainforest Baskets of PanamaThis exhibition explores the history and artisty of the Wounaan and Embera Indians who inhabit this lush and most neotropical rainforest in the Western Hemisphere outside the Amazon Basin. The Darien Gap is where the Pan American Highway is interrupted on its way to South America. The baskets are woven into various styles black and white geometrics, colored geometrics and pictographic. They can range in size from very large (3 ft in diameter) to tiny miniatures (one-half inch across). A typical basket contains approximately 35 stitches to the linear inch. The square inch count is about 200-250 stitches per square inch. Some exceptional baskets are woven with stitch counts of 80 stitches per linear inch or 1200 stitches per square inch. This stitch count is finer than silk. All the work is done by hand, in a thatched hut with no running water or electricity, literally a place with no sensitivity to the passage of time. Many authorities credit these baskets as being the finest woven in the world. Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX. http://www.arlingtonmuseum.org Through July 5, 2009Made for ManufactureFor both economic and creative reasons, many Renaissance and Baroque artists made drawings for sculpture and decorative arts. Such designs are appreciated not only for their aesthetic merit, but for how they were actually used. This exhibition comprises drawings for three-dimensional objects to be made in a variety of media, including metal, wood, glass, ceramic, and stone, with particular attention paid to how the form of a design reflects an object’s function and how two-dimensional drawings were transferred to three-dimensional works of art. The Getty Center, LA. http://www.getty.edu 
Through April 7, 2008Panorama of Portuguese Contemporary CreationThe history of the Grand Duchy is closely related to that of immigration. The Portuguese community accounts for almost 40% of the foreign community and constitutes 14% of the population of Luxembourg. Perfectly integrated, this community, including its younger generation, preserves a strong relationship with its country of origin. This exhibition explores the different generations of the Portuguese artistic scene. Through various media—photography, video, painting, sculpture, installation—the exhibition paints with broad features the portrait of a creative and dynamic country with which Luxembourg maintains a close relationship. Fondation Musee d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. http://www.mudam.lu Through July 5, 2009Wedgwood: Artistry and InnovationClassic design and changing styles are featured in this beautiful exhibition of nearly 100 of the finest Wedgwood wares in Canada. Discover the genius of founder Josiah Wedgwood I (1730-1795), whose diverse, high-quality products and business practices revolutionized the English ceramics industry in the 18th century. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada. http://www.rom.on.ca 
DEADLINE: August 23, 2009 (Submission)Design It: Shelter CompetitionThe Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Google announces the launch of Design It: Shelter Competition, a global, online initiative that invites the public to use Google Earth and Google SketchUp to create and submit designs for virtual 3-D shelters for a location of their choice anywhere on Earth. The competition opens June 8, 2009, Frank Lloyd Wright’s birthday; closes to submissions on August 23; and ends on October 21, the 50th anniversary of the Guggenheim Museum’s opening, when two prizes, a Juried Prize and a People’s Prize, will be awarded. www.guggenheim.org/shelter DEADLINE: September 4, 2009 (Submission)Design 09: Precast Design Awards CompetitionMAPA created Design 09 to honor architects and students who employ precast concrete to achieve the design and performance objectives of in-design or completed projects. The Design 09 awards program, the first of many to come, showcases innovative and effective use of precast concrete in the mid-Atlantic region. Anyone may nominate any project that meets the eligibility requirements. Nominees may be completed buildings or projects in design. Design 09 includes two separate competitions: one for projects designed by professional architects and one for students. http://www.mapaprecast.org 
July 19, 2009Art Center College of Design: Car Classic ‘09Art Center College of Design will host Car Classic ’09, a gathering of the world’s top automotive designers, collectors and enthusiasts. This year’s theme, “By Air, Land and Sea,” celebrates vehicles that push the boundaries of design. The historic and fruitful relationship between aircraft and watercraft design and the automotive industry will be explored in an exhibition featuring more than 100 rare and exotic vehicles, including classic, sports, and custom cars, hot rods, motorcycles, aircraft, watercraft and more. Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA. September 14, 2009—September 15, 2009HD Boutique Exposition & ConferenceDiscover the industry’s newest and most innovative products, debuted by more than 600 manufacturers and artisans at Hospitality Design Boutique Exposition & Conference (HD Boutique). Different from any other tradeshow you’ve seen with its distinct style and unique venue, HD Boutique creates a more personal event where you can build relationships, discover new products, and learn from the leading minds in our industry. Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida. |
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