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Marin Home Tours 2011
Over the weekend of April 30th, join the Marin Home Tours for a chance to step into the homes featured in the pages of Dwell and see a few of the amazing houses pushing residential architecture...
written by: Diana Budds04.09.11 -
Sneak Peek: Milan Furniture Fair '11
Next week, the Salone Internazionale del Mobile (also known as the Milan Furniture Fair) kicks off it in Italy's design capital, Milan. Celebrating its 50th year, the fair promises to best itself...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake04.08.11 -
Design in Uniform at CCA
The degree to which modernist design came to the fore of Western life—both aesthetically, in its reliance on mechanized production—at mid-century had everything to do with World War II....
written by: Aaron Britt04.06.11 -
Silent Disco at Sci-Arc
When talking about her new "Silent Disco" exhibition at Sci-Arc, Los Angeles—and more specifically Silver Lake—based architect Barbara Bestor has a lot to say. The exhibition...
written by: Diana Budds04.03.11 -
Fantastical Photographic Maps
If photography is an act of capturing reality, then artist Sohei Nishino has gone leaps and bounds further than most with his “diorama maps.” Influenced by the 18th century Japanese...
written by: Carren Jao03.29.11 -
MOCFA's "E is for Everyone"
The Museum of Craft and Folk Art in San Francisco, in honor of the 25th anniversary of Sister Corita Kent—a west coast Pop artist, teacher, and, yes, one-time Catholic nun—has...
written by: Jaime Gillin03.21.11 -
Spanish Design in "Bravos"
BRAVOS: Groundbreaking Spanish Design will debut at the American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center in Washington, DC on April 2nd and will remain on view until May 15th. Thanks to BRAVOS,...
written by: Meredith MacKenzie03.18.11 -
YBCA's "Remember the Times"
Bay Area artist Lauren DiCioccio's "Remember the Times" is currently on view at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) in San Francisco. DiCioccio's work transforms the banal objects...
written by: Meredith MacKenzie03.15.11 -
Impressions from South Africa
In an upcoming MoMA exhibition called Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now, nearly 100 prints, posters, books, and wall stencils will be on view—many for the first time in the...
written by: Diana Budds03.11.11 -
'One Thousand Doors, No Exit'
"One Thousand Doors, No Exit" is currently on view until April 2nd at the Graham Foundation in Chicago. The exhibition features two photographic series by Swiss-born artist Nicolas...
written by: Diana Budds03.09.11 -
Bertoia's Works on Paper
From March 24th to May 10th, "Harry Bertoia: Works on Paper and Furniture" will be on view at Kean University's Karl and Helen Burger Gallery. Italian-born and Michigan-educated Bertoia ...
written by: Diana Budds03.08.11 -
Upcoming Auction at LA Modern
Original Ettore Sottsass furniture and accessories that were custom designed and built for the late tech pioneer Max Palevsky will hit the auction block March 6th at LA Modern. The Memphis Group...
written by: Jennifer McKinley03.04.11 -
Brooklyn Museum's reOrder
When invited to submit a proposal for Brooklyn Museum’s newly renovated Great Hall, part of a larger redesign of the New York City–based museum’s main floor, Situ Studio looked to...
written by: Eva Meszarosphotos by: Eva Meszaros03.03.11 -
SF Creative Mornings Kicks Off
Friday morning in San Francisco saw not only torrential rain and spots of hail but the kick off of its own monthly CreativeMornings chapter. Dubbed a "free breakfast lecture series, for...
written by: Miyoko Ohtake02.28.11 -
Exploring Inner Space at SCI-Arc
In Out of Memory, currently on view at SCI-Arc's gallery in Los Angeles, architect Patrick Tighe transports visitors to another plane with an experiential installation that combines light,...
written by: Carren Jao02.26.11 -
Rayko's Plastic Camera Show
If you're in San Francisco this Friday, stop by RayKo Photo Center for the opening reception of their 4th International Juried Plastic Camera Show—featuring images by 80 different...
written by: Jaime Gillin02.25.11 -
Art and Fashion by Sonia Delaunay
Opening March 18 at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York, "Color Moves: Art and Fashion by Sonia Delaunay" will feature the work of Delaunay, a French painter and...
written by: Jaime Gillin02.22.11 -
Magda Biernat's Betel Nut Girls
I recently chatted over the phone with architectural photographer Magda Biernat, whose work photographing Betel Nut Girls of Taiwan (and the small, contained structures they work in) will be...
written by: Aaron Britt02.16.11 -
Valentine's Giveaway from PACT
As a Valentine's Day treat to our faithful readers, we're teaming up with PACT, purveyors of fine, design-minded underwear and fellow San Franciscans to give away (ooh la la) a dozen pairs of...
written by: Aaron Britt02.14.11 -
Swiss Design Talk in SF
I'll be at Swissnex San Francsicso today, February 10th, to lead a panel discussion of Swiss design to help kick off an exhibition of the winners of the 2009 Swiss Design Awards. I had a great...
written by: Aaron Britt02.10.11
