Events for Saturday, May 14

Poltrona Frau Press Preview Breakfast
9-10am
Poltrona Frau, 145 Wooster Street
Invitation only
www.poltronafrau.it

Cappellini Press Preview Breakfast
10-11am
Cappellini, 152 Wooster Street
Invitation only
www.cappellini.it

Champagne Reception
12-2pm
Darkside presented by Baccarat & Surface Magazine hosted by Phillip Starck
Javits Center, Booth 719
RSVP: 718-488-0650

What Are You Fighting For?
12-5pm
Artist Alison Smith has invited 50 people to address the idea of battling. Participants will set up encampments, organize activities, and don costumes to express their causes in this one-time public-art performance. Hosted by Public Art.
Ferry departs from the Battery Maritime Building, Slip 7
Call for schedule 212-980-4575
www.publicartfund.com

Sensacell Launch Party
4pm-12am
Party for Leo Ferneke’s new Sensacell material.
Compact Impact, 21 Avenue B (between 2nd and 3rd Streets)
212-677-0500
www.compact-impact.com

The Scion “t2B” Concept Car Design Show Premier
5-7pm
A collaboration between Scion, smart design, Calty Design Research, and IDNF. Held as part of Design Downtown.
Drive In Studios, 443 W. 18th Street (between 9th & 10th Aves.)
RSVP by May 10th to [email protected]
www.designdowntown.com

Orange Alert NY
Young Dutch designers.
5-7pm
Drive In Studios, 443 W. 18th Street (between 9th & 10th Aves.)
RSVP: [email protected]

Fertile Garden
5-6:30pm – Press Preview
6:30-9pm – Party
Cocktail party for Josef Wackerle’s garden sculptures.
Moss, 150 Greene Street (at Houston)
By invitation only.

Domestic Violence
5-6:30pm – Press Preview
6:30-9pm – Party
Philippe Starck’s new lighting for FLOS.
Moss, 150 Greene Street (at Houston)
By invitation only.

Left Edge: Fresh California Design
5-10pm
Opening reception.
Built, 22 Howard Street (between Crosby and Lafayette Streets)
212-226-1466
www.builtinc.com

Abitare Il Tempo
5:30-7:30pm
Italian cocktail hour to promote Abitare Il Tempo, a forthcoming interior design and décor trade show in Verona, Italy.
Interiology, 476 Broome Street (between Greene and Wooster Streets)
212-226-4707
www.interiology-ny.com

Bside 2005 _ The Back Lot Opening Night Party
6pm-2am
A co-operative exhibition featuring an international panel of architects and designers. Sponsored by _Quinze & Milan.
Crudo Bar, 54 Clinton Street (between Rivington and Stanton Streets)
212-253-5629

Luna Party
6-9pm
Wine and cheese party to celebrate launching of Luna table and chairs.
De La Espada, 33 Greene Street (at Grand Street)
212-625-1039
www.delaespada.com

Cocktail Party
6-9pm
FontanaArte, 64 North Moore Street (between Greenwich and Hudson Streets)
212-334-3226
www.fontanaarte.com

Cocktail Reception
6-9pm
Valcucine, 66 Crosby Street (between Broome and Spring Streets)
212-253-5969
www.valcucinena.com

Poltrona Frau Worldwide
6–10pm
Poltrona Frau, 145 Wooster Street
RSVP: 212-777-7592, [email protected]
www.poltronafrau.it

ICFF Opening Night Party
7–9 pm
Presented by GLM with Bernhardt Design. Reservations and tickets are required; tickets are $50. The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden, The Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street
212-708-9400; 914-421-3206 for reservations
www.icff.com

Una Piccola Peep Show
7-9pm
Ingo Maurer, 89 Grand Street
212-965-8817
www.ingo-maurer.com

Press Reception
7-9pm
re:place is launching a new art service that provides custom fine art for commercial interiors.
611 Broadway #613b (between Bleecker & Houston)
RSVP: 212-343-8986

Opening Night Reception
7-10pm
Cappellini, 152 Wooster Street
212-620-7953
www.cappellini.it

Value Meal
8-10 pm
Opening reception, hosted by The Center for Architecture – AIA, New York Chapter
The Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place (between Bleecker and West 3rd Streets)
212-683-0023
www.aiany.org

Luna Project
8-11pm
A self-contained, interior living environment designed exclusively for Dune by CKR. By invitation only.
The Skylight (ACE Gallery), 275 Hudson Street
212-367-3730
www.claesson-koivisto-rune.se
www.dune-ny.com

Marcel Wanders and moooi
8-11pm
Products by Dutch design firm moooi; its creative director, Marcel Wanders; and Atelier van Lieshout. Co-sponsored by Heineken and Skyy Vodka.
Design Withing Reach – Soho, 142 Wooster St. (at Prince St.)
RSVP: [email protected]