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January 26, 2009It’s Easy Being, Building, Buying & Selling Green—An Interview with Clodagh @ New York International Gift FairThis lively one-on-one interview with Clodagh, “green movement” pioneer and internationally acclaimed design leader, and Susan Szenasy, editor in chief of Metropolis explores how one woman’s passion for great green projects and products guides her commitment to product and inter ior design. Clodagh oversees three distinct – and award-winning – divisions: Clodagh Signature, the product design group for her many licensees; Clodagh Collection, an on-premises showroom highlighting both Clodagh-designed and carefully edited home furnishings and accessories from all over the world; and Clodagh Design, her architectural and interior design practice. As an added bonus, Clodagh’s second book, Your Home, Your Sanctuary , an essential sourcebook for achieving harmony at home, will be available for purchase and signing following the seminar. 12:00 p.m.–1:30 pm, Javits Center, NYC. http://www.nyigf.com DEADLINE: January 30, 2009 (Submission)2009 Metropolis Next Generation® Design Competition: Fix our Energy AddictionRising energy costs present new design problems. Redesign the broken models of the 20th century. Challenge our patterns of living and working in a fuel-hungry world…come up with solutions that connect us, make us more efficient, more humane. Ask yourself… How would I bring work closer to home? Can a product help eliminate long commutes? What can I do to revitalize old ideas such as living above the store? What kind of interiors or furnishings does a telecommuter really need? Or follow your own dreams…what calls out for a major redesign? Focus on one area that needs fixing—products, interiors, buildings and landscape, communication systems, or anything else you can imagine—and develop your idea fully. Win $10,000! Open to all designers in practice 10 years or less. For more information, go to: http://www.metropolismag.com/nextgen/ 
Through January 11, 2009Gilbert & GeorgeThe final venue of an international tour of the first retrospective in more than twenty years of art by the internationally acclaimed artists Gilbert & George. The exhibition comprises more than ninety pictures produced since 1970, among them more than a dozen that will be seen only in the Brooklyn presentation. The artists’ art, which is sometimes seen as controversial and provocative, considers the entire cosmology of human experience and explores such themes as faith and religion, sexuality, race and identity, urban life, terrorism, superstition, AIDS-related loss, aging, and death. Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY http://www.brooklynmuseum.org Through January 11, 2009The Gatherers: Greening Our Urban SpheresAn exhibition that brings together a diverse group of practitioners who combine art with cultural activism to explore questions of how we ensure sustainability for our growing urban populations. Since our relationship with nature varies so much from one culture or locale to the next, this exhibit provides an opportunity to explore not only the differences, but also the similarities, of their attempts to green our urban spaces. In doing so, it touches upon a broad range of interlinking matters, from environmental issues to urban spatial justice, through interactive programs, urban interventions and public dialogue. Yerba Buena Center For the Arts, San Francisco, CA. http://www.ybca.org 
Through January 9, 2009Shanghai TransformingThis exhibit explores the vast changes taking place in China’s most populous city. With photos and graphs, the exhibition provides a portrait of a city that offers unprecedented opportunities to architects and urban planners. In contrast to new construction in the established cities of Europe and America, Shanghai’s new architecture and infrastructure challenges traditional spatial and social relationships. The exhibition asks us to consider the future of China—and of our rapidly urbanizing planet. Architect and urban planner Iker Gil is curator of the exhibition. Photography is the work of Juan de Dios Pérez. Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago, IL. http://www.architecture.org Through January 11, 2009Toying With Imagination: A Plastic Camera ExhibitionIn a time when digital cameras and Photoshop reign supreme, the Akron Art Museum is paying homage to the simple plastic camera. This fall the museum challenged Northeast Ohio visitors and local artists to submit photographs rivaling some of the iconic photographers featured in the museum’s collection. There was a catch– all photographs had to be taken with a plastic camera. Plastic cameras can range from a toy Barbie camera marketed to children to the trendy Diana lomographic camera, which was first manufactured in the 1960s. Far from simple, these cameras are capable of creating stunning images. Photographers can tweak the film, manipulating the color and number of exposures, a feat even easy enough for novices. Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH http://www.AkronArtMuseum.org. 
Through January 9, 2009Finnish Summer HomesFor some 150 years, Finnish architects have regarded the design of their own summer residence or weekend studio as one of their most important works. For them, the summer house is not only a place to spend leisure time but a chance to realize their own architectural ideals and objectives. The summer houses are experimental houses, which give the architect the opportunity to study a specific technical or structural aspect while developing spatial concepts. The American Institute of Architects, San Francisco, CA. http://www.aiasf.org/Programs/Gallery.htm Through January 13, 2009Wrapped In Pride: Kente ClothThe cloth called kente, made by the Asante peoples of Ghana and the Ewe peoples of Ghana and Togo, is the best known of all African textiles. Kente’s renown has spread internationally, so that it is now one of the most admired of all fabrics. Besides its well-known use as spectacular apparel, kente also appears in many other important forms of regalia among the Asante and Ewe, including drums, shields, umbrellas, and fans. Over the past forty years the cloth has been transformed into hats, ties, bags, and many other accessories worn and used on both sides of the Atlantic. Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT. http://www.umfa.utah.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 January 9, 20098Q-Rate: School8 curators worked with 8 artists, and they collectively explored on the theme of “school” in response to the site and location of 8Q which was once the Catholic High School. The artists each created exciting and sometimes unconventional new works for the exhibition including installations, new media, sound works, and street-inspired art. Singapore Art Museum http://www.singart.com/ 
DEADLINE: January 7, 2009 (Submission)Nature in Neighborhoods Restoration and Enhancement GrantsTo date, Metro Council has awarded $1.23 million dollars to support 42 non-profit community groups, schools, businesses and local government agencies responsible for 64 projects in the region. Because some recipients were required to have matching funds, the total value of the grants awarded thus far is $4.6 million and counting. These grassroot, community-minded projects create new connections and improvements to neighborhoods, natural areas, backyards and beyond. This program engages citizens of all ages and backgrounds in the restoration and enhancement of their natural surroundings and helps keep nature in all our communities for this generation and those to come. Projects must be within the Portland area metropolitan service district boundary. For more information, go to: http://www.oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id=24982 DEADLINE: January 12, 2009 (Submission)GE Edison AwardOpen to lighting professionals who creatively employ significant use of GE light sources (lamps and/or LEDs) in a lighting design project completed during the 2008 calendar year (from 01 January 2008 through 31 December 2008). A panel of lighting professionals, including one representative from GE, will judge qualifying entries using a point scale based on the following criteria: Functional excellence; Architectural compatibility; Effective use of state-of-the-art lighting products and techniques; Appropriate color, form and texture revelation; Energy effectiveness; Cost effectiveness; and Additional features. http://www.gelighting.com/na/business_lighting/edison_award/ 
Through October 15, 2008Design Hotels™ Future Forum: Human DesignThe fifth annual Future Forum connects leading talent in the design, art and architecture communities with great minds from the hospitality industry. Hoteliers, developers, journalists, investors, architects, designers, restaurateurs and consultants come together to broaden their perspective on the ever-expanding hospitality world. This year’s forum explores the relationship between human beings and design. This expansive topic will be discussed within the context of two design developments: Design appeals to the human wish for identity, uniqueness, status and luxury (“Design as Art”), but it also strives to be sustainable and address the needs and problems that afflict our society as a whole (“Conscious Design”). Berlin, Germany January 7, 2009Building Biographies, Architecture in Scotland 2006-2008The one-day symposium looks at recent developments in Scotland within the broader European context, and features buildings in Austria (Vorarlberg), Norway, and Switzerland (Graubunden,) alongside recently completed developments on Scotland. Speakers from all of the three international practices featured in the book and associated exhibition - Andreas Cukrowicz of Cukrowicz Nachbaur, (Austria) Børre Skodvin of Jenson & Skodvin (Norway) and Timon Reichle of Gion A. Caminada (Switzerland) – join with Neil Gillespie of Reiach & Hall and Talbot Sweetapple of MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple, whose commitment to regional identity and work in Halifax Nova Scotia has been an inspiration to many of the practices working in field of geographically responsive architecture today. The symposium will be chaired by Gordon Murray of gm +ad architects. The Lighthouse, Glasgow, Scotland.
March 29, 2009—March 31, 20092009 Environments for Aging ConferenceA comprehensive three-day experience, during which attendees and presenters will explore and share new ideas for creating attractive and functional living environments that meet the unique needs of the aging population. This conference is for architects, owners, developers, facilities managers, design professionals, product manufacturers, and government officials, working in the environments for aging industry. Boston Copley Marriot, Boston, MA. |
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