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Through February 11, 2010The Cooper Union, New York, NY
What is the path of creativity in the 21st century? Rites of Passage: 1995-2009, an exhibition at 41 Cooper Gallery, located in Cooper Union’s new academic building, explores the routes taken by recent alumni of The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Many of the 37 works, which are teeming with imagination and invention, were created expressly for the exhibition and include first time collaborations between artists and engineers. The full spectrum of contemporary practices are represented, including sound, text, architectural intervention, performance, video, photography, drawing, painting and sculpture. http://cooper.edu
February 11, 2010—March 14, 2010Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, NY
Quicktake: Rodarte, a fashion installation, will be on view at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum from Feb. 11, 2010 through March 14, 2010. Founded in 2005 by Kate and Laura Mulleavy, Rodarte is widely acclaimed for its daring and conceptual collections. The exhibit offers a glimpse into the Mulleavys’ unique process and inspiration at an important point in their career. Rodarte’s creations feature complex manipulation of materials and other meticulous techniques evocative of haute couture through an American lens. http://www.cooperhewitt.org February 13, 2010—August 15, 2010National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.
From Great Diamond Island, Maine, to Boston’s Beacon Street, and from cottages on Cape Cod to mansions in Newport, the houses featured in this exhibition remind us that the architecture of New England is a touchstone of American architecture. Drawing Toward Home features 100 drawings from renowned architectural offices such as McKim, Mead & White, Peabody & Stearns, and Little & Browne, among others. The illustrations span two centuries and depict changing styles and design trends. http://www.nbm.org Through February 20, 2010Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY
This is the first American exhibition to investigate the sustainable practices of American fashion designers, many of whom are based in New York City. The exhibition is organized around three main themes: Reduce, Revalue and Rethink, expanding
on the traditional ecological mantra Reduce,Reuse, Recycle by acknowledging the importance of aesthetics within fashion design. http://www.pratt.edu/exhibitions March 2, 2010Cooper-Hewitt, New York, NY
Chip Kidd, National Design Award winner in 2007 for communications design, speaks with Milton Glaser, National Design Award winner in 2004 for lifetime achievement, on work, ideas, and loving New York. http://events.cooperhewitt.org/?date=2010-03 Through March 5, 2010New York, NY
In celebration of the launch of new graduate programs in fashion at Parsons The New School for Design, the school will present Workwear, an exhibition and symposium that explore the legacy of work wear as a uniform for success in New York. The exhibition will be on view February 8 through March 5 at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons, with a symposium featuring leading fashion critics, designers and scholars on February 13. http://www.newschool.edu/sjdc Through March 7, 2010Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA
New Trajectories: Convergent Flux, Korea
is the first cross-disciplinary exhibition on Korean Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning and Design mounted in the United States. It will draw from the emerging and hybridized condition in contemporary Korean society that has offered dynamic territory for experimentation. Twenty-five projects that exemplify the rising distinction seen in Korean design will be displayed in relationship to the contemporary issues that inform the work. http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/events March 11, 2010Falvey Hall, Brown Center, Baltimore, MD
6-7:30 pm
Debating how the issues of social justice and advocacy will impact the way artists conceive and execute their visual environment, a panel of top designers and editors looks at the future of design practice. Panelists include Emily Pilloton, founder, and Matthew Miller, project manager, of Project H Design, a non-profit dedicated to bringing product design to those who need it most; John Bielenberg, founder of Project M, an immersion program created to inspire young graphic designers, writers, photographers, and other creative people to do work that can make a difference; and Julie Lasky, editor of Design Observer’s Change Observer department, which covers socially aware design. Baltimore-based architecture and design writer Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson will moderate the discussion. This free panel is a part of the Design Revolution Road Show, an initiative of Project H Design. It’s presented by MICA’s Center for Design Thinking and co-sponsored by D:center Baltimore and Urbanite magazine. http://designrevolutionroadshow.com/ Through March 13, 2010The Cooper Union, New York, NY
Through a selection of work spanning the past five decades, Tony Candido presents his idea of the interplay between humanity and the contemporary environment and what the future of architecture could be. After studying under Mies van der Rohe and working with I.M. Pei, Candido decided in 1957 to work independently in his painting studio, where he continues today. The exhibition focuses on his calligraphic brush and ink paintings and drawings, which have been an important part of his output since 1967. http://www.cooper.edu/ Through March 28, 2010Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Memory (2008), a new major site-specific sculpture installation by leading international artist Anish Kapoor, will be on view at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum from October 21, 2009, to March 28, 2010, as part of the Deutsche Bank Series at the Guggenheim. Anish Kapoor: Memory is the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation’s first collaboration with the artist, who is celebrated for his expansive and profound aesthetic vision. http://www.guggenheim.org/ Through March 31, 2010China Prophecy: Shanghai explores 21st-century skyscraper city of Shanghai and is the third in a cycle of three related exhibitions entitled FUTURE CITY: 20 | 21 that juxtaposes a retrospective of American visions of the skyscraper city of the future from the early 20th century with an exploration of Chinese cities today, pursuing the parallel conditions of rapid modernization and urbanization. The Skyscraper Museum, NYC. http://www.skyscraper.org/EXHIBITIONS/CHINA_PROPHECY/china_prophecy.htm Through April 3, 2010The Design Center at Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA
This exhibition explores the intersection of luxurious hand-craftsmanship with modern mass production. The Canadian artist Cal Lane and the European designers Tord Boontje and Demakersvan have created installations specifically for the venue’s unique and intimate space—a 1950s-era, Hollywood-style ranch house situated on the edge of Fairmount Park. http://www.laceinstranslation.com Through April 3, 2010Scandinavia House: The Nordic Center in America, New York, NY
SNØHETTA: architecture - landscapes - interiors offers insights into the design and construction of the architectural firm’s most important works. This exhibition includes films, photographs, drawings, models, and interactive learning devices. It also presents a comprehensive selection of Snøhetta’s innovative designs using various media including films, photographs, computer visualizations, drawings, models, and an interactive multi-touch table. Through diverse means of demonstration, the installation provides a glimpse into the working methods and visions of the architects at Snøhetta, and a preview of some of their future work. http://www.scandinaviahouse.org/ Through April 4, 2010 Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, NY
Design USA celebrates the accomplishments of the winners honored during the first ten years of the prestigious National Design Awards. The exhibition features outstanding contemporary achievements in American architecture, landscape design, interior design, product design, communication design, corporate design, interaction design, and fashion. Developed in collaboration with the renowned firm 2x4, Design USA focuses on innovation through the lens of technology, material, method, craft and transformation. http://www.cooperhewitt.org/exhibitions/Design-USA/ Through April 8, 2010The Drawing Center, New York, NY
This exhibition explores the role of drawing in the work of the pioneering composer Iannis Xenakis (1922—2001). Educated at the Athens Polytechnic Institute in Greece, Xenakis was also an engineer and architect, and created revolutionary designs working with Le Corbusier. This is the first North American museum exhibition dedicated to the artist’s works on paper, and is comprised of over 60 documents, including rarely-seen hand-rendered and computer-generated musical scores, architectural drawings, and pre-compositional sketches. http://www.drawingcenter.org Through April 11, 2010Philadelphia, PA
This international festival celebrates the role of print as a vital force in contemporary art. Philagrafika 2010 will showcase the work of more than 300 artists and will unite 88 Philadelphia art institutions, including Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Moore College of Art & Design, The Print Center, and Temple Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Temple University.
Philagrafika 2010 is the first presentation of what will become a recurring event in Philadelphia, highlighting print in contemporary artistic practice. http://www.philagrafika2010.org Through April 11, 2010Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.
The Hirshhorn possesses one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive collections of work by Josef Albers. Innovation and Inspiration presents more than sixty works spanning the artist’s 50-year career, many of which are on view for the first time. Supplementing the installation are key objects on loan from the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation. http://hirshhorn.si.edu/exhibitions/view.asp?key=21&subkey=444 April 14, 2010—April 15, 2010Boston, MA
This is the premier convention and trade show and one of the only professional events in the country dedicated to the residential design and construction industry. Developed by the Boston Society of Architects/AIA, RDC offers workshops, special events, live demonstrations, panel discussions, and networking opportunities designed specifically for professionals working on residential and other small-scale projects. For more information on RDC 2010, call 800-544-1898 or visit http://www.rdcboston.com Through April 18, 2010The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
This exhibition features architectural projects, furniture, paintings, and sculpture by the Atlanta-based architect and artist John Portman. The fifteen completed and current architectural projects span five decades of national and international developments. The projects are presented with large-scale photographs, design plans, elevations, text, articles, and, in some cases, architectural models. The exhibition also features furniture, paintings, and sculpture by Portman—most never before publicly exhibited. http://www.portmanusa.com; http://www.high.org/ April 19, 2010—August 1, 2010Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.
In Block B (2008), a motionless camera watches night and day as dramas unfold on the various floors of a massive apartment complex in Malaysia. The architecture of the site and Chong’s static, formal cinematography offer a striking counterpoint to the vivid, unpredictable narratives. Block B suggests issues related to surveillance and voyeurism, but it also compellingly evokes the context, texture, and dramatic elements that comprise the fabric of daily life. http://hirshhorn.si.edu/exhibitions/view.asp?key=21&subkey=436 April 21, 2010Bard Graduate Center, New York, NY
There is no Japanese company whose advertising design better represents the aesthetic of cosmopolitan chic seen throughout the visual sphere in the early twentieth century than Shiseido. The Shiseido cosmetics company opened its western-style pharmaceutical business in the Ginza in Tokyo in 1872 and a few decades later, under the banner of its stylish camellia logo and signature designs, emerged as one of the leading cosmetics manufacturers in Japan, a position it still holds over a century later. http://www.bgc.bard.edu/news/events/weisenfeld-cosmetics.html April 22, 2010—December 31, 2010Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, NY
New York-based designer Ted Muehling will serve as the tenth guest curator of the ‘Selects’ exhibition series. Muehling will curate an exhibition of works drawn from the museum’s recent acquisition of 160 rare examples of glass from J. & L. Lobmeyr of Vienna, Austria. The collection dates from 1835 to the present day, spanning virtually the entire history of the firm since its founding. http://www.cooperhewitt.org/ Through April 29, 2010Parsons The New School for Design, New York, NY
This exhibition explores how artists use narrative to process and explain important social and political events. It features work by an international group of artists, including Cao Fei, Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller with filmmaker Mike Figgis, Omer Fast, Mounir Fatmi, Ryan Gander,and Lamia Joreige, among others.
http://www.newschool.edu/johnsondesigncenter May 14, 2010—January 11, 2011In this fourth exhibition in the series, the National Design Triennial will explore the work of designers addressing human and environmental problems across many fields of the design practice, from architecture and products to fashion, graphics, new media, and landscapes. Cooper-Hewitt curators will present the experimental projects and emerging ideas for the period between 2006 and 2009. http://www.cooperhewitt.org/EXHIBITIONS/triennial/why-design-now.asp; http://www.cooperhewitt.org/ May 15, 2010—May 18, 2010New York, NY
The 22nd annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair will convert New York City’s Jacob K. Javits Convention Center into a worldwide wonder for design disciples. http://www.icff.com May 15, 2010—January 9, 2011Cooper-Hewitt, New York, NY
This spring the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, will present the fourth exhibition in its National Design Triennial series. Why Design Now? will explore the work of designers addressing human and environmental problems across many fields of design, from architecture and product design to fashion, graphics, new media, and landscape design. http://www.cooperhewitt.org/ Through May 20, 2010Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
A pioneer of California ceramics known for her colossal clay statues, Viola Frey has been called a visual anthropologist and an urban archaeologist. Bigger, Better, More: The Art of Viola Frey features the artist’s monumental ceramic figures, bricolage sculptures, paintings, and works on paper. http://www.madmuseum.org Through June 13, 2010Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
The visionary and revolutionary Dutch designer Marcel Wanders is creating a dreamlike multimedia installation of objects personally selected by the artist to represent pivotal points in his extraordinary career. Using shifting video images, lighting, and sound to illuminate the development of his boldly inventive body of work, Wanders provides the visitor with a unique visual and sensory experience dramatizing the evolution of his designs over the past twenty years. http://www.philamuseum.org/ June 23, 2010—September 19, 2010Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
The fourth installment of the Centenary Project, which documents the history of craft in the twentieth century, this exhibition examines the birth of the studio craft movement between 1945 and 1970. Craft Revolution features the seminal artists who explored new territory, breaking down hierarchies between art, craft, and design during a period of social, political, and cultural revolution. http://www.madmuseum.org October 6, 2010—January 16, 2011Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
This exhibition will feature approximately 80 vessels, furniture, sculptures, paintings, and installations by an international roster of artists and designers, including Alex Arrechia, Sandford Biggers, Francis Cape, Donald Judd, Sherrie Levine, George Nakashima, Sarah Oppenheimer, Martin Puryear, and Richard Woods. http://www.madmuseum.org |
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