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Nov 01, 2009 / Sunday
Speed Limits
May 20–November 08 Montreal, Quebec Speed Limits addresses the pivotal role played by speed in modern life: from art to architecture and urbanism to graphics and design to economics to the material culture of the eras of industry and…
Lost in Nature – The Architecture of Jarmund / Vigsnaes
October 30–November 29 St. Louis, Missouri Contemporary Norwegian architecture is among the most vibrant in the world today. The exhibition Lost in Nature highlights selected work of the energetic, accomplished Oslo- based practice of…
Learning Modern Exhibition
September 26–January 09 Chicago, Illinois With the world on brink of economic and political disaster, László Moholy-Nagy and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe carried Bauhaus principles from Germany to Chicago in the late 1930s. This…
De La Espada Annual Sale
October 24–November 01 New York, New York Up to 70% off ex-display products, prototypes and discontinued models.
Andrew Byron, Ed Fella and Sunook Park
October 24–December 19, 12:00 PM–8:00 PM Los Angeles, California This exhibition looks at the typographic work of three Los Angeles–based artist-designer-educators, and investigates the elastic and sometimes slippery relationship of language, form and…
Marcel Breuer Traveling Exhibition - Atlanta
October 27–January 16 Atlanta, Georgia This Marcel Breuer retrospective, conceived and organized by Vitra Design Museum, presents almost all of Breuer’s major furniture pieces, as well as twelve exemplary buildings.
Kartell Lighting Sale
October 24–November 15 New York, New York All lighting products purchased from October 24 through November 15, 2009 will be discounted by 15% in the following Kartell Flagship locations: Kartell Flagship Store Boston 10 Saint James…
"From the Spoon to the City": Objects by Architects from LACMA's Collection
August 06–January 24 Los Angeles, California The exhibition will be organized into four chronological groups, based on particularly fertile moments in design history and featuring works by Frank Lloyd Wright, Marcel Breuer, Rudolph Schindler…
Michael Peterson: Evolution | Revolution
October 16–January 03 San Francisco, California Join the San Francisco Museum of Craft+Design for a preview reception for Michael Peterson: Evolution | Revolution, a collection of more than 30 distinctive wood works that showcases two decades of…
Bike Rides
September 26–January 03 Ridgefield, Connecticut Organized by Aldrich curators Richard Klein and Mónica Ramírez–Montagut, with the advice of musician, artist, and bicycle advocate David Byrne, the exhibition explores the…
Nuts and Bolts: Machine Made Man in Films from the Collection
November 01–January 02 New York, New York Nuts and Bolts: Machine Made Man in Films from the Collection was created especially for Performa 09's celebration of the centenary of Futurism, after Performa Director RoseLee Goldberg approached…
House of Cars: Innovation and the Parking Garage
October 17–July 11 Washington, District of Columbia We have all spent time in parking garages, but we rarely stop to think about what they have meant for our cities and ourselves. House of Cars: Innovation and the Parking Garage explores the unique…
Slash: Paper Under the Knife
October 07–April 04 New York, New York Slash: Paper Under the Knife showcases the remarkably diverse use of paper in a range of art forms. Slash is the third exhibition in MAD's Materials and Process series, which examines the…
The Nendo Installation
October 27–January 10 New York, New York The newest projects and prototypes from the renowned Tokyo-based design studio Nendo will be seen for the first time at the Museum of Arts and Design this November. Founded and led by Oki Sato…
Actions: What You Can Do With the City
October 16–March 13 Chicago, Illinois Actions: What You Can Do With the City presents 99 actions that instigate positive change in contemporary cities around the world. Featured are projects related to the production of food and urban…
Harrison McIntosh: A Timeless Legacy
September 12–January 09, 11:00 AM–5:00 PM Pomona, California This retrospective exhibition honors the life and ceramic artwork of Harrison McIntosh, a ceramic artist of the Pomona Valley and leader in the post-World War II Southern California crafts…
Late Night at the A&D Building
September 17–December 17 New York, New York Starting Thursday, September 17, 26 showrooms of the A&D Building will stay open on the Third Thursday of each month until 8:00pm. For more information, click the link below.
With a Single Step: Stories in the Making of America
September 22–November 11 New York, New York MOCA’s new core exhibit will bring to life the Museum’s unique historical content and birth a compelling art work by fusing itself with the architectural heart of its new home designed…
Vanity Fair Portraits: Photographs 1913-2008
September 26–January 03 Toronto, Ontario The exhibition showcases 150 portraits, including classic images from Vanity Fair’s early period and photographs featured in the magazine since its 1983 relaunch. Sitters range from Claude…
The Red Book of C.G. Jung
October 07–January 25 New York, New York This unprecedented exhibition marks the first public presentation of the preeminent psychologist C. G. Jung’s (1875-1961) famous Red Book. In the book Jung developed his principal theories of…
Lace in Translation
September 24–April 03 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Design Center (TDC) has commissioned three internationally-renowned artists and designers – whose works are often inspired by traditional lace imagery – to mine its historic Quaker…
The Art of Architecture: Foster + Partners
September 26–January 10 Dallas, Texas This is a retrospective of the work of Pritzker Prize–winning architect Norman Foster and his architectural firm, Foster + Partners. The exhibition is scheduled to coincide with the grand…
Contemporary Japanese Fashion: The Mary Baskett Collection
October 17–April 11 Washington, District of Columbia This exhibition will include approximately 40 garments from the collection of Mary Baskett, an art dealer and former curator of prints at the Cincinnati Art Museum who has been collecting and…
From Towers to Teakettles: Michael Graves Architecture and Design
August 29–January 03 Minneapolis, Minnesota This exhibition will showcase Graves's style and will also focus on the roles of context, accessibility, and total design in his work. An architectural mini-retrospective section will represent a…
Palm Springs Modern: Photographs by Julius Shulman
September 19–January 31 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania This exhibition features 100 original photographs by the renowned photographer Julius Shulman of houses designed by iconic Modernist architects, such as Richard Neutra, Albert Frey, and John…
Situated Technologies: Toward the Sentient City
September 17–November 07 New York, New York This exhibition is a critical exploration of the evolving relationship between ubiquitous computing, architecture and the city. It will imagine alternative trajectories for how various mobile…
In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960–1976
July 15–November 09 New York, New York This is an exhibition of 75 works by ten American and European artists relating to travel and the city of Amsterdam. Focusing on Conceptual art practices between 1960 and 1976, the show includes…
Ruth Asawa: Drawing in Space
September 19–February 07 Asheville, North Carolina This exhibition celebrates artist and sculptor Ruth Asawa (1926- ) and features her earliest sculptures, drawings and paintings created while studying at Black Mounain College with Josef Albers…
Not New Work
July 25–November 08 San Francisco, California San Francisco–based sculptor Vincent Fecteau culled through the museum's collection to present this exhibition of 25 rarely-seen artworks from artists such as Judy Chicago, Max Ernst, Richard…
Alexander Calder: A Balancing Act
October 15–April 11 Seattle, Washington This exhibition will feature a selection of the American sculptor's work from 1927 through to the mid-1970s. Many pieces will be from Jon and Mary Shirley's collection—many of which are…
Joaquín Torres-García: Constructing Abstraction with Wood
September 03–January 01 Houston, Texas Celebrated for his work as a modernist painter, teacher, and author, Joaquin Torres-García is also known for breaking new ground in the realm of wooden constructions or…
Design USA: Contemporary Innovation
October 16–April 04, 10:00 AM–5:00 PM New York, New York This exhibition features outstanding contemporary achievements in American architecture, landscape design, interior design, product design, communication design, corporate design, interaction…
Good Design: Stories from Herman Miller
August 20–November 08 Muskegon, Michigan This traveling exhibition showcases products designed by the renowned office furniture company, and was inspired by the recent book Herman Miller: the Purpose of Design by design scholar and…
What Was Good Design? MOMA's Message 1944-56
May 06–November 30, 10:30 AM–5:30 PM New York, New York At mid-century, The Museum of Modern Art played a leading role in the definition and dissemination of ‘Good Design,’ a concept that started taking shape in the 1930s and emerged with…
Design for a Living World
May 14–January 04, 10:00 AM–6:00 PM New York, New York Ten leading designers have been commissioned to develop new uses for sustainably grown and harvested materials in order to tell a unique story about the life-cycle of materials and the power of…
Nov 03, 2009 / Tuesday
Otto Neurath. Gypsy Urbanism
November 03–January 31 West Hollywood, California At a time when contemporary culture is dominated by mass media and we are all glued to many screens, it is fascinating to contemplate the career of little-known Austrian sociologist, Otto Neurath…
Nov 04, 2009 / Wednesday
Urban Archaeology—10% Off
November 04–November 30 New York, New York The store will offer a 10% discount off their entire inventory for the month of November. Click here for a list of showrooms.
Nov 05, 2009 / Thursday
Christopher Alexander named Laureate for the 2009 Scully Prize
November 05, 6:30 PM–8:00 PM Washington , District of Columbia Established in 1999, the Vincent Scully Prize recognizes exemplary practice, scholarship, or criticism in architecture, historic preservation, and urban design. It is named after Professor Vincent…
CHAIRS for CHAIRity
November 05, 6:00 PM–9:00 PM San Diego, California Have a seat for a worthy cause! Southern California's most respected design leaders and local celebrities have stretched their creative limits to fashion quirky, fun and fabulous chairs to be…
Architecture & Design as a Catalyst for Change
November 05–October 07, 9:00 AM–3:30 PM Carol Coletta, of CEOs for Cities, and Damon Rich, Center for Urban Pedagogy, will keynote the first-ever conference of the Association of Architecture Organizations and the Architecture + Design…
Nov 06, 2009 / Friday
Detour: Architecture and Design Along 18 National Tourist Routes in Norway
November 06–December 14 New York, New York What can rest stops, information centers, and observation decks tell visitors about a culture? The School of Constructed Environments at Parsons The New School for Design will explore this question…
17 Swedish Designers
November 06–December 19 Cleveland, Ohio The Cleveland Institute of Art will host the North American premiere of the traveling exhibition 17 Swedish Designers from November 6 through December 19, 2009 in its Reinberger Galleries. This…
Nov 07, 2009 / Saturday
Opportunity Green
November 07–November 08 Los Angeles, California This coming Saturday and Sunday, November 7 and 8, Opportunity Green will be hitting Los Angeles for its third consecutive year. The two-day conference brings together entrepreneurs and innovators…
Control | Print
November 07–December 20 New York, New York Control|Print features works by a number of international artists and designers who play with the notion of digital technology. In this first American presentation, members of the Parsons community…
Nov 08, 2009 / Sunday
It's a Mod, Mod, Mod, Mod City
November 08, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM Los Angeles, California Join the Los Angeles Conservancy and its Modern Committee as they explore 1960s non-residential gems in the South Bay area of Greater Los Angeles. This special one-time-only tour will highlight…
Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity
November 08–January 25 New York, New York This exhibition brings together over 400 works that reflect the extraordinarily broad range of the Bauhaus school's productions, including industrial design, furniture, architecture, graphics…
Nov 10, 2009 / Tuesday
Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future
November 10–January 31 New York, New York In this first-ever retrospective of the life and work of Eero Saarinen (1910—1961), never-before-seen sketches, models, photographs, furnishings will appear alongside a…
Nov 12, 2009 / Thursday
Give Me More
November 12–November 25, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM San Francisco, California Animations float across the pages of a timeless book. Banknotes prove strangely seductive. Your head is suddenly engulfed in clouds and your clothes ooze bubbles. This is the world of Give Me More…
Lepere Sample Sale
November 12–November 14 New York, New York 50 - 80% Off Original Net Price
Green Furniture Design
November 12–March 14 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Green Furniture Design focuses on the concept of sustainable design, which centers not only around a responsible use of materials and methods of manufacture but also on issues of object life span…
Nov 18, 2009 / Wednesday
Dining By Design
November 18–November 19 San Francisco, California Dining by Design in San Francisco continues to be one of the city's premier high-design charity events every autumn. This year's event takes place over two nights: the Table Hop & Taste…
Nov 19, 2009 / Thursday
LBG Nights: The Future Of Lighting
November 19, 4:00 PM–8:00 PM On November 19, 2009, Lighting By Gregory will be presenting LBG Nights: The Future Of Lighting. This one-night event will focus on the innovations in designer lighting, and will be centered around…
Nov 20, 2009 / Friday
Konstantin Grcic: Decisive Design
November 20–January 24 Chicago, Illinois This exhibition is the first in America to explore the work produced by German designer Konstantin Grcic. Grcic is known for his logical designs, driven by an honesty of materials and an…
American Clay Basic Advanced Applicator Training
November 20–November 21, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM Hauppauge, New York This workshop is two intensive days, 8:00 am – 4:00 pm, especially for experienced plasterers. It includes application techniques from basic to advanced, doing repairs, a written test and…
Nov 22, 2009 / Sunday
Marcel Wanders: Designer
November 22–June 13 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Dutch designer Marcel Wanders (born 1963) is creating a multimedia installation of personally selected objects to represent pivotal points in his career. Using shifting video images, lighting…
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