October 7th
If Walls Could Talk: Adding Historic Character to Today’s Interiors
October 7th, 11:00am - 1:00pm
Marketplace Design Center, Grand Hall 4th Floor
2400 Market Street
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Take an armchair tour of Historic New England, currently celebrating its centennial year. Carol Bruce & Peter Gittleman’s Historic New England is a unique resource including 36 restored historic properties and decorative objects, particularly wallpaper, ranging from classic to contemporary from the 17th-20th centuries as seen in the Waterhouse Wallhangings. Learn methods of specifying period-appropriate décor when working with clients creating historically inspired interiors. Christopher Norman Reception to follow at 12:00pm at Brunschwig & Fils, Suite 201.
Free and open to the public
RSVP 215.561.5000 or RSVP@marketplacedc.com
Tags: history, interior design
Tags: history, interior design
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IDA – Interior Design Awards
October 7th, 11:00am - 3:00pm
Liberty Place
16th and Chestnut Street
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Showcase of entries and winners for the IDA Awards (Interior Design Awards) will be on display in the Rotunda of Liberty Place October 2nd-9th with a Meet the Designer event on Thursday October 7th, 11am – 3pm.
Free and open to the public
Tags: awards, design, interior design
Tags: awards, design, interior design
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Building a Design Business in the Modern Landscape
October 7th, 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Marketplace Design Center, Grand Hall 4th Floor
2400 Market Street
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Join Christiane LeMieux, DwellStudio Founder and Creative Director, as she explains how she built the DwellStudio brand of modern family furnishings and how the last year has changed the entire design business landscape, plus how designers can get ahead in today’s digital age. Reception to follow at 2:30pm in Robert Allen and Beacon Hill Fabrics, Suite 224
Free, RSVP 215.561.5000 or RSVP@marketplacedc.com
www.marketplacedc.com
Tags: design, interior design
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NextFab Studio Lighting Design Challenge – Day 1
October 7th, 5:00pm - 9:00pm
NextFab Studio
3711 Market Street
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Teams of up to two members will show up with an idea for a lighting source, design it and produce the prototype components using NextFab’s rapid prototyping equipment. Staff will be available throughout the event to help with file setup and machine operation. The design teams will assemble their lamps and put them on display for public viewing at NextFab Studio during DesignPhiladelphia. The winner will be determined by a public vote and will receive a free two-month membership.
For more details and design requirements contact NextFab, RSVP required.
Cost: $50 per team, 5 team limit.
Tags: competition, interactive design, lighting design
Tags: competition, interactive design, lighting design
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DesignPhiladelphia Kickoff (Part One)
October 7th, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
west elm
1330 Chestnut Street
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InLiquid and modern furnishings retailer, west elm, will feature artist Sarah Zwerling, on display at west elm from August 2 through the end of October, 2010. Reception October 7, from 5:30 – 7:30 pm. This exhibition features an array of digital collages each based on a photograph that captures an emotional connection to a specific place. Hours 11 – 7 pm, Monday – Saturday, and noon – 6 pm Sunday. For more information, call 215-731-0184.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: featured, multimedia, photography
Tags: featured, multimedia, photography
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Lager Raabe Skafte Landscape Architects Open Studio
October 7th, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Lager Raabe Skafte Landscape Architects
230 S. Broad Street Suite 604
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Visit the open studio at Lager Raabe Skafte Landscape Architects to see what is currently on the boards and in the ground, meet our creative staff, and tour the office. LRSLA is working on several exciting streetscape, park, academic, and civic projects in and around Philadelphia. Plan to stop by for an evening of excellent visual stimulation, a chance to network with colleagues, and light refreshments.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: Architecture, landscape design
Tags: Architecture, landscape design
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The Sustainable Business Network in partnership with Sustainable Fashion Designers Present Fashion Forward Part I: Sustainable Textile Design and Manufacturing in Philadelphia
October 7th, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
CBS Auditorium University of the Arts
Broad Street and Pine Street
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Expert Panel sponsored in part by Philadelphia Fashion Week. Hear local favorites in the Philadelphia textile and accessory industries discuss the challenges and advantages of incorporating sustainable, organic and fair-trade practices into their work. Learn what the City is doing to heighten visibility for designers who choose to create and manufacture in Philadelphia and find out what local buyers are looking for when stocking their shelves with eco-chic items. This is a must-attend event for anyone interested in designing, making and buying sustainable threads.
Admission fees: $20 Sustainable Designers Members, $25 non-members.
Open to the public
Tags: fashion, sustainability, textile art
Tags: fashion, sustainability, textile art
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Birds, Boats, Battles, Buildings & Beer
October 7th, 6pm - 8pm
Metcalfe Architecture & Design, Suite 503
211 North 13th Street
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Enjoy happy hour conversation with architects and designers, skyline views from our loft studio, and photographic and video displays of our newest architectural and museum exhibit design projects, including a tree canopy walk high above the forest floor, an Audubon museum, a mid-century kit house renovation, a yurt summer camp, museum exhibits about the most famous ferry of all, women’s equality, a Civil War road show, and more. Or just come for the beer.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: Architecture, history, multimedia, photography
Tags: Architecture, history, multimedia, photography
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2010 Philadelphia Emerging Architects Prize and LIFE+ Exhibition Opening
October 7th, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Center for Architecture
1218 Arch Street
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The Philadelphia Emerging Architecture Prize (PEAPrize) recognizes architects and firms producing high-quality architectural design and thinking, encouraging the exchange of ideas among emerging architects who might otherwise not have a wide forum to share their work. The bi-annual Prize is awarded to a select group of architects/firms as chosen through a juried portfolio submission. Philadelphia area architects that have been registered 10 years or fewer are eligible to be considered for the Prize. PEAPrize winners will be announced publicly prior to the exhibition opening.
peaprize.blogspot.com
Also opening is LIFE+, an exhibit featuring objects designed by students in Philadelphia University’s department of Industrial Design in collaboration with CH Briggs. Inspired by the flexibility and design possibilities of DuPont™ Corian® solid surfaces, the objects exhibited represent a curriculum based focus on materiality, beauty and the all department theme, transgenerational design, and provides onlookers with the real world view of design meets fabrication. Interact with LIFE+ exhibiting October 7- November 18, 2010.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: Architecture, competition, design
Tags: Architecture, competition, design
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West Philly Hybrid X Team
October 7th, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
The Design Lot
313 South Broad Street
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High school students from Philadelphia’s inner city, the West Philly Hybrid X Team, are bringing their vision and energy to the GE Ecomagination competition, a $200 million innovation experiment. The competition challenged businesses, entrepreneurs, innovators, and students to share their best ideas on how to build the next generation power grid. See the cars in person during the DesignPhiladelphia Kick-Off Party, Part Two.
Free and open to the public
Tags: competition, industrial design
Tags: competition, industrial design
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In collaboration with North Bowl Lounge ‘n Lanes and two.one.five magazine, Fishtank PHL presents: Deconstructed Tools
October 7th, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
North Bowl Lounge ‘n Lanes - Mezzanine Level
909 North 2nd Street
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Deconstructed Tools is a multidisciplinary exhibition choosing individuals to focus on the tool they value most in their craft —a painter’s brush, a carpenter’s hammer, a photographer’s eye. Individuals will conceptually deconstruct their tool and further focus in on a single aspect that defines its essence. In turn, the design process and related tool will transform into the design itself.
Free, and open to the public.
Tags: carpentry, design, photography
Tags: carpentry, design, photography
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DesignPhiladelphia Kick-Off Party (Part Two)
October 7th, 7:30pm - 10:00pm
The Design Lot
313 South Broad Street
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The party continues! Come to The Design Lot, across from the Kimmel Center, for the blow-out event celebrating the start of DesignPhiladelphia’s sixth year. Music, beverages and uber-cool installations are waiting for you. Everyone is welcome.
The Design Lot will be open October 7 thru October 17, 11:00 am to 6:00 pm daily. It is the place to get more DesignPhiladelphia information, explore the installations by day, and meet other design champions.
Free and open to the public
Tags: design
Tags: design
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Illuminating Graffiti
October 7th, 8:00pm - 10:00pm
The Design Lot
313 S. Broad St.
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This project features several graffiti artists in different locations who will work collaboratively in Philadelphia through digital projection. The use of technology stretches the possibilities for graffiti’s social and collaborative spirit as well as redefines graffiti’s temporary nature. The public will have the opportunity to watch the expression unfold, understand it better, and experiment with led light graffiti, furthering The Hacktory’s mission to inspire new mediums and experiences through the use of technology in the arts. This event is co-sponsored by University of the Arts College of Media and Communication.
Free and open to the public
Tags: installation, multimedia, technology
Tags: installation, multimedia, technology
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October 8th
INPUT_OUTPUT: Adaptive Materials and Mediated Environments
October 8th, 8:00am - 7:00pm
Temple University Main Campus, Tyler School of Art Bldg
1927 N. 12th Street
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INPUT_OUTPUT will address the convergence of several fundamental advancements in the ways that materials are conceived, evaluated, and experienced within design. The emergence of ultra-performing materials, parametric modeling, and digital fabrication techniques establish an interconnected network of material inputs that has stimulated the development of materials, assemblies, and systems with adaptive environmental behaviors. Through contemporary research, design projects, and theoretical positions, it will frame the evolving context for adaptive materials within the built environment.
$150, RSVP to inputoutput [at] temple [dot] edu
Open to the public
Tags: Architecture, digital, new
Tags: Architecture, digital, new
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Gourmet Typography Workshop (2 sessions)
October 8th, 9:00am - 4:00pm
Moore College of Art and Design, Media Room
20th Street and the Ben Franklin Parkway
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Session One (9am – 12pm) teaches the fundamental typographic skills and aesthetics necessary for every designer. Learn to see and understand type and type designs like you’ve never seen before with a stimulating hands-on exercise, what makes a good typeface, the most common type crimes, and getting the most out of your software (typographically speaking).
Session Two (1-4pm) teaches the advanced typographic skills and aesthetics every designer needs to know. Learn the hidden secrets of OpenType fonts, how to fine-tune your type, tracking, word spacing tips and tricks, as well as custom kerning. Take control of your type instead of letting it control you!
http://www.moore.edu/
Cost: AIGA member / Non-member: 1 session: $150/ $200; 1 session group rate: $125/ $175; both sessions: $250/$350; group rate: $225/$325 person. To qualify for a group rate, at least three people must register at the same time.
RSVP: YES, www.aigaphilly.org
Tags: design, graphic design, typography
Tags: design, graphic design, typography
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NextFab Studio Lighting Design Challenge – Day 2
October 8th, 5:00pm - 9:00pm
NextFab Studio
3711 Market Street
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Teams of up to two members will show up with an idea for a lighting source, design it and produce the prototype components using NextFab’s rapid prototyping equipment. Staff will be available throughout the event to help with file setup and machine operation. The design teams will assemble their lamps and put them on display for public viewing at NextFab Studio during DesignPhiladelphia. The winner will be determined by a public vote and will receive a free two-month membership.
For more details and design requirements contact NextFab, RSVP required.
Cost: $50 per team, 5 team limit.
Tags: competition, interactive design, lighting design
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Roman Remix: Repurposing Sacred Spaces
October 8th, 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Third St Gallery on Second St
58 North 2nd St
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Architect, artist and Tyler School of Art faculty member John James Pron, AIA hosts an artist’s reception celebrating his month-long gallery show of rendered collages that expressively interpret the creative re-use of Rome’s many exquisite but underutilized churches and piazzas. Tailoring his designs to an urban population now more secular than Catholic and more culturally diverse than ethnic Italian, Pron seeks to balance an important architectural heritage with surging social change.
www.3rdstreetgallery.com
Free and open to the public.
Tags: Architecture, repurposing
Tags: Architecture, repurposing
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Making It: Alumni Works ‘05-’10
October 8th, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
The Caplan Center, Terra Building 17th Floor, University of the Arts
211 S. Broad Street
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Making It: Alumni Works ‘05-’10 is a juried exhibition of works in multiple media exploring the act of making by University of the Arts alumni from the Classes of 2005-10. The jury will include notable members of the Philadelphia art and design community as well as distinguished University of the Arts faculty and alumni. Work will be on exhibit October 8 – 23, 2010.
Free and open to the public.
www.uarts.edu
Tags: craft, graphic design, industrial design, multimedia
Tags: craft, graphic design, industrial design, multimedia
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Passing Evidence: Opening Reception
October 8th, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
AxD Gallery
265 South 10th Street
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Versatility and sustainability are on full display in this exhibition. Working with media as diverse as shadows cast on walls to natural oils stained on paper, designers Christine Stoughton and Nancy Sophy harness the fragile chemistry of essential materials and light to a joyous, enduring human spirit of form-making. Passing Evidence continues through November 6.
Free and open to the public
AxD Gallery
Tags: new, sustainability
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Ultimate Connection
October 8th, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Minima
118 North 3rd Street
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October 8th – November 6th
Minima’s exhibition will highlight the connection between craft and industry.
Production techniques include traditional methods, craftsmanship as well as innovative technological methods, especially conceived to guarantee that each single product has unique aesthetics and functional qualities. The key is choosing the highest quality materials, sourcing the best craftsmen and manufacturers in the world.
Free and open to the public.
For more info, call: 215-922-2002
Tags: industrial design, product design
Tags: industrial design, product design
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Thrash Factories: Opening Reception
October 8th, 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Sk8lamp Gallery
306 East Girard Avenue
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Trashed skateboards are the inspiration and the raw material for furniture, lighting, jewelry, and an array of other functional, re-manufactured products. The show will feature exciting new product premiers from Victor Perez of sk8lamps.com, Lynn Weiler of sevenplydesigns.com, and Jason Podlaski of deckstool.com.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: furniture design, jewelry, lighting design, product design, repurposing, skateboarding
Tags: furniture design, jewelry, lighting design, product design, repurposing, skateboarding
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The Art Institute of Philadelphia – Kevin O’Callaghan
October 8th, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
The Art Institute of Philadelphia
1622 Chestnut Street
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Find inspiration in a multi-media extravaganza from Kevin O’Callaghan, award-winning 3-D designer and educator. O’Callaghan has designed everything from the largest rococo frame in the world (which hangs in Times Square) to MTV’s prestigious Movie Award. Kevin will discuss and sign copies of his new book, Monumental: The Reimagined World of Kevin O’Callaghan (Abrams; October 2010), available for purchase at the event from Joseph Fox Bookshop. (215.563.4184)
Free and open to the public.
Tags: 3-D design, Book Signing, multimedia
Tags: 3-D design, Book Signing, multimedia
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Whiskey Tasting
October 8th, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Hudson Beach Glass
26 S. Strawberry Street
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Please join us at our glassblowing studio and gallery for a one-of-a-kind whiskey tasting. Enjoy four different whiskeys using the glasses we make in our studio on Strawberry Street. During the tasting an expert will explain the nuances of the different spirits while Sean Gilvey, the co-owner of Hudson Beach Glass Philadelphia, will be in the hot shop demonstrating how he makes the glasses. The price of the ticket includes a glass to take home (a $40 value).
$40 fee, Open to the public
Tags: craft, design, new
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Designers of the Future
October 8th, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
The Millesime Store
1001-13 North 2nd Street
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Millesime, in conjunction with DesignPhiladelphia, invites you to an evening of exhilaration and creative movements. Observe compelling, handcrafted works of art produced by emerging students from the profound design school, CHAD located in the heart of Philadelphia.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: craft, design, featured
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The Absinthe Drinkers Concert
October 8th, 8:00pm - 9:00pm
AxD Gallery
265 South 10th Street
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As an added treat, after the opening reception for Passing Evidence: Christine Stoughton & Nancy Sophy AxD Gallery presents a special concert. The Absinthe Drinkers spawn catchy, original pop/funk/rock/whatever songs from works of literature ancient and modern. The Drinkers have funkified Baudelaire, punkified Shakespeare, and rockified a number of modern writers. October 8th will mark the first time The Drinkers have played AxD since their hit 2007 Fringe Festival show, Songs From Under the Bed.
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October 9th
Food and Design
October 9th, 10:00am – 2:00pm
Teknika Design Group
225 Race Street
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Teknika Design Group and Whole Foods Market in Callowhill will create a variety of food and drink delicacies. Recipes and samples will be available. Teknika’s Creative Director and designer will be on hand for consultations on how to make your kitchen space work for you. Our experts in kitchen design can help you create your dream kitchen within your budget.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: food design, kitchen design
Tags: food design, kitchen design
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A Classic Car Fun Run
October 9th, 10:00am - 10:30am
Parade starts at Broad St. & Washington Ave, ends at 3rd & Arch
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A Classic Car Parade starting from Broad St. & Washington Ave., going around City Hall and ending at 3rd & Arch Streets.
Free and open to the public.
www.minima.us
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Driven Design
October 9th, 11:00am - 5:00pm
Minima
Arch Street and 2nd Street
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A Classic Car Show on Arch St. from 2nd to 4th St.
A celebration of the classic car – an emblem of individualism, personal expression and the symbol of the twentieth century. A look at the automobile as an industrial design object, focusing on evolutionary changes of key models and types. Only one example of each model will be shown.
Free and open to the public.
www.minima.us
Tags: automobiles, history, industrial design
Tags: automobiles, history, industrial design
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The Philadelphia Open Studio Tours
October 9th, 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Visit The Philadelphia Open Studio Tours Website
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The Philadelphia Open Studio Tours is the largest tour of visual artist studios and creative workspaces in the region and the only event of its kind in the city. This free public festival offers a unique opportunity to engage with artists and designers at the source of the creative process: their studios. Featuring web, graphic, industrial, and furniture designers; printmakers; textile artists; video artists, and more. The Open Studio Tours is a program of The Center for Emerging Visual Artists.
Events held at Artist Studios East of Broad Street: Port Richmond, Kensington, Fishtown, Northern Liberties, Old City, Center City East, South Street, Queen Village, Bella Vista, and South Philly.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: featured, furniture design, graphic design, industrial design, multimedia, printmaking, textiles, web design
Tags: featured, furniture design, graphic design, industrial design, multimedia, printmaking, textiles, web design
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Underground Philadelphia: Subways, Railways & Stations Walking Tour
October 9th, 3:00pm
30th Street Station
2900 John F Kennedy Blvd
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Explore Center City’s transit system and its three main stations – 30th Street, Suburban and Market East – on this guided walking tour. You’ll become acquainted with the underground concourse system, the Market Street and Broad Street subway lines, the Subway-Surface lines, the Commuter Rail Tunnel and its regional rail lines, and the former Reading Terminal, now part of the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Meet at the Angel statue, main concourse near the east entrance
RSVP required. Cost: $10, tour fee includes a token; climbing stairs required. Buy tickets here.
Preservation Alliance
Tags: Architecture, history, new
Tags: Architecture, history, new
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The Art of the Martini in Glass
October 9th, 3:00pm - 6:00pm
More Than Old
144-146 North 3rd Street
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An exhibition of martini glasses, vintage to hand blown contemporary. Additional barware will be on exhibition. Orangetinis and light refreshments will be served on Oct 9 from 3-6 pm.
Free and open to the public.
www.morethanold.com
Tags: craft, glassblowing
Tags: craft, glassblowing
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Anthony Tammaro: Super Unnatural
October 9th, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Wexler Gallery
201 North 3rd Street
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Wexler Gallery presents an exhibition of innovative tabletop vessel forms by cutting-edge designer Anthony Tammaro. Tammaro˙s most recent body of work explores the concepts of mass consumption, mass production, and the tabletop vessel in the historical sense. Taking advantage of a number of technological advances which have developed over the past decade, the designer will produce a series of various plastic vessels, produced with a low-tech rotomolding processes. The Tabletop Vessel Series will question the relationship between craft-based production practices and the typical modern mass production process of throwaway plastic consumer products, exploring a number of aesthetic and conceptual avenues.
Free and open to the public
Tags: design, new
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Theatre of Design
October 9th, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Biello Martin Studio
148 North 3rd Street
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Theatre of Design brings together three Philadelphia artist/designers with international roots – Italian American sculptor/decorative artist Michael Biello, Italian architect/designer Carlo Fiammenghi, and Colombian architect/designer Antonio Sofan in a playfully delicious installation at the Biello Martin Studio in Old City. The artists along with composer Dan Martin will play off the Italian words for supper (cena) and scene (scena) by creating a collaborative “dinner scene” complete with live performance and music.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: Architecture, live performance, music, sculpture
Tags: Architecture, live performance, music, sculpture
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Thrash Factories: Open Studio
October 9th, 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Sk8lamp Gallery
306 East Girard Avenue
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Trashed skateboards are the inspiration and the raw material for furniture, lighting, jewelry, and an array of other functional, re-manufactured products. The show will feature exciting new product premiers from Victor Perez of sk8lamps.com, Lynn Weiler of sevenplydesigns.com, and Jason Podlaski of deckstool.com.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: furniture design, jewelry, lighting design, product design, repurposing, skateboarding
Tags: furniture design, jewelry, lighting design, product design, repurposing, skateboarding
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The Philadelphia Underground Video Installation
October 9th, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Broad Street Underground Concourse - enter at Dilworth Plaza
near City Hall
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Discover the magic of The Philadelphia Underground. Video installations by Ricardo Rivera, Peter Parker Brodhead, Adam Carrigan, David Kessler, Diedra Krieger, and Danielle Lessovitz. The Philadelphia Underground was conceived and curated by Marianne Bernstein.
Opening Party Saturday, Oct. 9th 7pm-10pm
Exhibition runs Friday, Oct. 8 – Monday, Oct. 11, 6pm-10pm
FREE and open to the public
Participate in Diedra Krieger’s installation MoVid by sending your iphone videos taken on your daily subway commutes!
Diedra Krieger : videosubway [at] gmail [dot] com
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Tags: video broadcast, video installations
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8static’s 2nd Anniversary Party
October 9th, 7:00pm - 11:30pm
Studio 34
4522 Baltimore Avenue
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8static is Philadelphia’s premier monthly chip music event, started two years ago during DesignPhiladelphia. Come out and celebrate our second anniversary! Artists from around the world will be present, performing live 8-bit music and video on a variety of classic computers and consoles. Featuring live sets by Receptors (Virginia), La Belle Indifference (Denmark), Party Time: Hexcellent (Texas), Cheap Dinosaurs, SKGB, and NO CARRIER (Philadelphia).
Admission fee: $8
Tags: live performance, multimedia, music
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October 10th
At Home
October 10th, 11:00am to 4:00pm
Jibe Design
813 S. 4th Street
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You may consider “home” to be a cat, a garden, your husband, or your childhood town. Goldenberg Photography and Jibe Design Architecture join forces to explore the darker side of “home”. Goldenberg stages intricate vignettes in a model dream home designed by Jibe. Through a series of large format photographs, architecture and narrative combine to explore the sleeping mind’s dream of “home”. View the luscious photographs at a gallery exhibit at Jibe Design’s office.
Free and open to the public
Tags: Architecture, photography
Tags: Architecture, photography
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The Philadelphia Open Studio Tours
October 10th, 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Visit the Philadelphia Open Studio Tours Website
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The Philadelphia Open Studio Tours is the largest tour of visual artist studios and creative workspaces in the region and the only event of its kind in the city. This free public festival offers a unique opportunity to engage with artists and designers at the source of the creative process: their studios. Featuring web, graphic, industrial, and furniture designers; printmakers; textile artists; video artists, and more. The Open Studio Tours is a program of The Center for Emerging Visual Artists.
Events held at Artist Studios East of Broad Street: Port Richmond, Kensington, Fishtown, Northern Liberties, Old City, Center City East, South Street, Queen Village, Bella Vista, and South Philly.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: furniture design, graphic design, industrial design, multimedia, printmaking, textiles, web design
Tags: furniture design, graphic design, industrial design, multimedia, printmaking, textiles, web design
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Carolyn Verdi Boutique Trunk Show
October 10th, 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Carolyn Verdi Boutique
918 Pine Street
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Featuring: K. LOUISE DESIGNS: One of a kind jewelry designs inspired by nature, landscapes & various cultures of the world. JANZIBAR HANDBAGS: Re-cycled fabrics, restyled into fabulous handbags. ZEBRA STRIPE DESIGNS: Naturally beautiful beautiful handmade jewelry to appeal to everyone’s taste. This is one of two trunk shows at Carolyn Verdi Boutique.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: fashion, jewelry
Tags: fashion, jewelry
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Reese Palley Speaks CONCRETE
October 10th, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Center for Architecture
1218 Arch Street
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Reese Palley will be telling stories uncovered in researching his book, Concrete: A Seven Thousand Year History. Concrete’s history, it turns out, is not dull and heavy as one might expect. The story of concrete down the ages is a tale rife with human drama. From a High Priest of the Pharaohs to Picasso, the high priest of modern art, concrete is revealed as the most ubiquitous and socially impactful of all of man’s inventions. Lecture begins at 3pm. Book signing 2-5 pm.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: Book Signing, featured, history, Lecture
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Blade
October 10th, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Stupid Easy Art Gallery, 2nd Floor
307 Market Street
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For the first time ever, Scissor Candy presents Blade, a unique and inviting experience introducing the craft of hair cutting and styling as an art form. In a gallery setting, vibrant photography and videos of these artisan scissor-wielders™ at work will adorn the walls, opening the concept of hair as sculpture. Viewers will have an experience like no other. Come be inspired.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: hair styling, live performance
Tags: hair styling, live performance
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In Flight
October 10th, 6:00pm - 10:00pm
803 S. 4th Street
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Join Octo Design Group and Skai Blue Media as they team up to collaborate as part of DesignPhiladelphia 2010. On October 10th, the two organizations will host an exhibit highlighting the effects of the BP oil spill. In the weeks prior to the event, Skai Blue Media will host four weekend workshops where, for $1, attendees can create an origami bird or another animal affected by the spill. All proceeds will be donated to animal rescue organizations along the Golf Coast. Each animal will be strung along the wall for the night of the event and a short film showing the devastation the spill has caused will be broadcast across the paper creations. We ask for your support as part of DesignPhiladelphia’s week long arts initiative.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: current events, multimedia, News, video broadcast
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October 12th
Thrash Factories: Open Studio
October 12th, 12:00pm - 8:00pm
Sk8lamp Gallery
306 East Girard Avenue
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Trashed skateboards are the inspiration and the raw material for furniture, lighting, jewelry, and an array of other functional, re-manufactured products. The show will feature exciting new product premiers from Victor Perez of sk8lamps.com, Lynn Weiler of sevenplydesigns.com, and Jason Podlaski of deckstool.com.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: furniture design, jewelry, lighting design, product design, repurposing, skateboarding
Tags: furniture design, jewelry, lighting design, product design, repurposing, skateboarding
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Design: The Key to Business Innovation
October 12th, 5:30pm
Center for Architecture
1218 Arch Street
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Harold Hambrose, principal of Electronic Ink is speaking as part of the DuPont™ Corian® Dialogues on Design series.
Transforming business – it’s how companies stay alive and industries grow. Lately, industry has come to realize that the struggle for efficiency – for simply improving what is – will not lead to real innovation or transformation. Forward-thinking organizations are making a genuine commitment to Design. By integrating designers and design processes into their business and technology models, industry can explore entirely new strategies and methods. They can put their best efforts not into what is, but rather into what will be.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: business, design, featured, Lecture, technology
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Glassphemy! Public Preview Reception
October 12th, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Crane Arts Building Courtyard
1400 North American Street
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Macro-Sea’s Glassphemy! is a 20-by-30-foot steel structure lined with bulletproof glass. Bottles are thrown at a friend (or enemy) standing in safety behind a clear wall—it’s a “multi-sensory recycling center”. The Community Design Collaborative and InLiquid are proud to bring Glassphemy! back home to Philadelphia, where it was conceived, for a limited engagement.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: environmental graphic design, installation, interactive design
Tags: environmental graphic design, installation, interactive design
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Designers’ Accord Town Hall Meeting
October 12th, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Terra Hall 5th Floor - Industrial Design Department
211 South Broad Street
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The discussion about sustainability has been in full swing for quite awhile. How do we move past talk and towards action? Join together with designers throughout the city to develop and begin exploring an action plan. Start responding to the questions raised around the responsibilities of designers in society.
http://id-uarts.wordpress.com
Free and open to the public.
Tags: industrial design, sustainability
Tags: industrial design, sustainability
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Open House
October 12th, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Cloud Gehshan Associates Studio, Suite 300
400 Market Street
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Award-winning environmental graphic design firm Cloud Gehshan Associates undertakes projects in identity and placebranding, interpretive and interactive communication, and signage and wayfinding. Principals Virginia Gehshan and Jerome Cloud are the Society of Environmental Graphic Design’s 2010 Fellows. CGA invites you to tour their studio in Old City. Get acquainted with environmental graphic design, meet the designers and learn about current projects. Refreshments will be served.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: environmental graphic design, interactive design
Tags: environmental graphic design, interactive design
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Brown & Keener and friends – Open Studio
October 12th, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
The Philadelphia Building, Suite 900 (9th floor)
1315 Walnut Street
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A collaborative workspace comprised of Brown & Keener Urban Design, a transportation planning office of IBI Group, and sustainable housing developer Right-Sized-Homes is hosting an Open Studio. Join us for refreshments and an evening to network and view projects ranging in scale from downtown plans to a single home rehab. Brown & Keener is a multi-disciplinary urban design firm, specializing in helping public agencies and civic organizations develop planning, design, and implementation strategies.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: urban design
Tags: urban design
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History of Modern Design: Author presentation and booksigning
October 12th, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Drexel University, Nesbitt Hall
33rd Street and Market Street
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Drexel University’s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design hosts a presentation and book signing for Professor and author David Raizman’s History of Modern Design 2e, launching this newly expanded and revised edition of his successful introduction to design history.
Free and open to the public.
www.pages.drexel.edu/~raizmand/
Tags: Book Signing, history, modern design
Tags: Book Signing, history, modern design
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October 13th
The History of English Design
October 13th, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Marketplace Design Center, Grand Hall 4th Floor
2400 Market Street
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Join us in welcoming Paul Colley, CEO of Sanderson USA with special introduction by Dara Caponigro, Editor-in-Chief, VERANDA. One of the UK’s most decorated and beloved brands, Sanderson celebrates 150 years of English Design in 2010. Sanderson has played an integral part in the interior design business, influencing everything from manufacturing and design, to how the product is eventually sold to the public. Reception to follow at 12:00pm in the JW Showroom, Suite 304
Free, RSVP 215.561.5000 or RSVP@marketplacedc.com
www.marketplacedc.com
Tags: design, interior design
Tags: design, interior design
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Thrash Factories: Open Studio
October 13th, 12:00pm - 8:00pm
Sk8lamp Gallery
306 East Girard Avenue
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Trashed skateboards are the inspiration and the raw material for furniture, lighting, jewelry, and an array of other functional, re-manufactured products. The show will feature exciting new product premiers from Victor Perez of sk8lamps.com, Lynn Weiler of sevenplydesigns.com, and Jason Podlaski of deckstool.com.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: furniture design, jewelry, lighting design, product design, repurposing, skateboarding
Tags: furniture design, jewelry, lighting design, product design, repurposing, skateboarding
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John Paul Caponigro: Canon Explorer of Light (Lecture)
October 13th, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
CBS Auditorium, Hamilton Hall, The University of the Arts, Corner of Broad and Pine
320 South Broad Street
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Photographer John Paul Caponigro will lecture on his own work, exploring one’s own creative vision, advanced digital imaging techniques, and embracing and building community in the arts. Caponigro is a Canon Explorer of Light, an elite group of leading photographers and imagemakers. This event is sponsored by Canon and free to the public.
www.uarts.edu
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Ford/Forlano Jewelry Trunk Show & Exhibition
October 13th, 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Marketplace Design Center, Suite 106
2400 Market Street
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Grange Furniture will host an exclusive Ford/Forlano jewelry trunk show and art exhibition in the showroom. Steven Ford and David Forlano’s prints are influenced by atmosphere while the jewelry collection resonates with nature. The art exhibition will remain on display through November 30th.
Free and open to the public
Information: 215-557-0118
www.marketplacedc.com
Tags: craft, jewelry
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Big Bellies Launch
October 13th, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
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Scavenger hunt and dedication for Big Belly creature wraps created by students in the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program’s Big Picture Program under the artistic direction of Ben Woodward and Thom Lessner.
Location To Be Determined.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: design, scavenger hunt, urban design
Tags: design, scavenger hunt, urban design
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Dana *David Jewelry Trunk Show : Bold Modern Timeless
October 13th, 4:00pm - 8:00pm
Old City
241 Race Street
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Dana, a former graphic designer, creates pieces of balanced design combined with classic elegance and attention to detail. This season Dana continues to use her high style reworking gold to make modern everyday statements in affordable luxury. Stacking Rings, perfect hoops, scribble bangles, serenity pendants and graffiti icon studs. Handcrafted in 18K Gold with Diamonds. Join us for Bubbly & Baubles and meet Dana Melnick
SCARLETT ALLEY is the way to gift, bringing NEW to Old City since 1993. A neighborhood gem offering wonderfully designed goodies for home and body.Voted” Best of Philly” 2009 for Jewelry
215-592-7898
Free and open to the public
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Andropogon Associates Open House
October 13th, 4:30pm to 7:00pm
Andropogon Associates
10 Shurs Lane
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Join us for open studio tours of three noted Manayunk design firms – Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates (VSBA), Andropogon Associates, and Re:Vision Architecture. VSBA is internationally known for innovative architecture and planning. Andropogon, a pioneering ecological planning and design firm located in a readapted textile mill, will exhibit their transformative landscapes. Re:Vision, the firm behind many of the region’s green building firsts, will highlight the firm’s architecture and green facilities.
Free and open to the public
Tags: Architecture, landscape architecture
Tags: Architecture, landscape architecture
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Re:Vision Architecture Open House
October 13th, 4:30pm to 7:00pm
Re:Vision Architecture
133 Grape Street
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Join us for open studio tours of three noted Manayunk design firms – Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates (VSBA), Andropogon Associates, and Re:Vision Architecture. VSBA is internationally known for innovative architecture and planning. Andropogon, a pioneering ecological planning and design firm located in a readapted textile mill, will exhibit their transformative landscapes. Re:Vision, the firm behind many of the region’s green building firsts, will highlight the firm’s architecture and green facilities.
Free and open to the public
Tags: Architecture, design, featured, sustainability
Tags: Architecture, design, featured, sustainability
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Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates Open House
October 13th, 4:30pm to 7:00pm
Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates
4236 Main Street
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Join us for open studio tours of three noted Manayunk design firms – Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates (VSBA), Andropogon Associates, and Re:Vision Architecture. VSBA is internationally known for innovative architecture and planning. Andropogon, a pioneering ecological planning and design firm located in a readapted textile mill, will exhibit their transformative landscapes. Re:Vision, the firm behind many of the region’s green building firsts, will highlight the firm’s architecture and green facilities.
Free and open to the public
Tags: Architecture, design, urban planning
Tags: Architecture, design, urban planning
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Re(New)Purpose
October 13th, 5:00pm - 7:00pm, 7:30pm - 10:30pm
Front & Palmer
1750 North Front Street
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RECYCLE, REUSE, REFURBISH, REPURPOSE, RECLAIM, REJUVENATE, RETHINK, RE-IMAGINE
An exhibit highlighting examples of recasting the old in the modern world. Design, lighting and art, photography, furniture, and fabric arts. Participants include: Front & Palmer/Feast Your Eyes Catering, bahdeebahdu Groundwork, Geoffrey Ansel Agrons, and Suzie Morris.
Exhibit runs from 5:00pm – 7:00pm and the post-exhibit buffet runs from 7:30pm – 10:30pm.
Free admission to the exhibit. After exhibit buffet dinner (BYOB) is $58 per person, RSVP required. For dinner RSVP and pre-payment: info [at] frontandpalmer [dot] com
Tags: fabric design, furniture design, photography, repurposing, textiles
Tags: fabric design, furniture design, photography, repurposing, textiles
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Comcast’s Ralph’s Cafe Tour and Daroff Design Inc’s Open Studio
October 13th, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Comcast Center and Daroff Design's Offices, Ralph's Cafe
2121 Market Street
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Join us for a tour of Ralph’s Cafe located in the Comcast Center with lead designer, Karen Daroff of Daroff Design. Please stop by our office and talk personally with Karen Daroff and other senior designers about our current projects and approach to design.
Free, RSVP required
Tags: design
Tags: design
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Dialogues on Design: Todd Bracher–Revealing the Designer’s Mind
October 13th, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Marketplace Design Center
2400 Market Street
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As part of the DuPont™ Corian® Dialogues on Design series, internationally renowned furnishings designer Todd Bracher talks about the method he uses to pare objects down to their essence, research forms and materials, and create designs based on a philosophy of user experience. Reception in the Corian® studio to follow.
Free and open to the public
For more information, call 215-254-7301
Tags: design, furniture design, industrial design
Tags: design, furniture design, industrial design
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Ligne Roset Presents: Tricks of the Design Trade Revealed
October 13th, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Ligne Roset
4131 Main St Manayunk
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Let our Designers teach you how to make small spaces seem larger, how to accessorize a room, and much more! Offering 5 complimentary in-home consultations during the event! Enjoy French wine and cheeses.
www.rosetphilly.com
Free and open to the public
Tags: design, interior design
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SA VA: Native Gypsy
October 13th, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Sansom Street between 17th and 18th Streets
1700 Sansom Street
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SA VA fall collection fashion show and community street fair.
Free and open to the public
Tags: fashion
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Jump/Start Fashion Show
October 13th, 6:00pm
Moore College of Art and Design, Great Hall
20th and the Ben Franklin Parkway
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Conceptual fashion show featuring Moore’s fashion design juniors and seniors.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: fashion
Tags: fashion
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Carolyn Verdi Boutique Trunk Show
October 13th, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Carolyn Verdi Boutique
918 Pine Street
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Featuring: PATRICK MICHAEL ACCESSORIES: Exclusive, up-cycled handmade accessories made of discontinued designer textiles. TOOL: Artist made jewelry, drenched with natural stones, with a “funky” twist of vintage chandelier crystals. MARIASCATI BAGS: Elegantly designed, European inspired messenger bags.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: craft, fashion, jewelry, textiles
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Carte Blanche Launch
October 13th, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
DuPont™ Corian® Design Studio, Suite 403
2400 Market Street
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Please join DuPont™ Corian® and French design magazine Intramuros for a Wednesday evening Carte Blanche launch event with visiting designer Todd Bracher. Carte Blanche, an exhibition celebrating the 25th anniversary of Intramuros, the designers who have been featured on the cover of the magazine, and the versatility of DuPont™ Corian®, will be on display October 7-October 29.
For more information on Carte Blanche or the DuPont™ Corian® Design Studio, please call 215-254-7301 or visit carteblanche.corian.com
Free and open to the public
Tags: design
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The Eclectic Aesthetic
October 13th, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Hello Home
1004 Pine Street
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Hello Home is thrilled to host an intimate panel discussion on the way real people design their spaces – eclectically, creatively, resourcefully. Everyone deserves good design and inspiring results can be achieved with a little knowledge, creativity and imagination. Join shop owner J. Lamancuso, Apartment Therapy’s Kristen Lubbe and freelance author Caroline Tiger as they share their insight, experience and design secrets. Feel empowered to transform your own home, on your own terms!
Find us on Facebook – Hello Home / Hello World
Free and open to the public.
Tags: interior design
Tags: interior design
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October 14th
Dialogues on Design: Alina Wheeler Workshop Who are you? Who needs to know?
October 14th, 8:30am - 10:30am
Center for Architecture
1218 Arch Street
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As part of the DuPont™ Corian® Dialogues on Design series Alina Wheeler, international author and branding therapist, is presenting this workshop.
Designing the future is your livelihood. In the blur between business and life, and work and play, your own core purpose frequently becomes a forgotten priority. In this interactive session, Wheeler will jumpstart you into rethinking and revitalizing brand you. Apply your creativity and insights to achieve clarity and a personal strategic plan. It’s time to do for yourself what you have always done for others.
Free and open to the public
Tags: design, education, environmental graphic design, information design
Tags: design, education, environmental graphic design, information design
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Tour of the Charter High School for Architecture + Design
October 14th, 10:00am - 11:30am
Charter High School for Architecture + Design
105 South 7th Street
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Curious students, engaged faculty, and a compelling mission. The Charter High School for Architecture + Design is a learning community committed to providing an innovative program of study that integrates the design process with a strong liberal arts education. Founded by the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in 1999, CHAD is a thoughtful academic environment that engenders a love of learning, intellectual curiosity, and new ways of seeing, while preparing students for higher education.
Free, RSVP required.
Tags: Architecture, design, education
Tags: Architecture, design, education
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Facebookphobia: Overcoming the Fear of Social Networking
October 14th, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Marketplace Design Center, Grand Hall 4th Floor
2400 Market Street
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Facebookphobia: Overcoming the Fear of Social Networking and Learning How to Use It to Make Your Design Business More Successful. Brad Ford brings Facebook into focus specifically for the design professional in this presentation. Learn the secrets to building a successful practice and the best ways to grow your business in a changing economic climate. Brad Ford Interior Design was established in 1998 with an emphasis on residential spaces. Additionally, Ford maintains a very successful blog www.designtherapy.com. Reception to follow at 12:00pm at Schumacher, Suite 326
Free and open to the public, RSVP to 215.561.5000 or RSVP@marketplacedc.com
www.marketplacedc.com
Tags: design, information design
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Pindler & Pindler presents “Crewel – Fresh Interpretations of an Ancient Technique”
October 14th, 2:00pm
Suite 211, Pindler Showroom
2400 Market St. Suite 211
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Please join us in the Pindler & Pindler Showroom for a presentation by Rand Kehler on the history of crewel embroideries, as we introduce our latest crewel additions to the Signature Exclusive Newport Mansions Collection. Don’t forget to ask about our drawing when you stop in.
Free and open to the public
Tags: design, fabric design, interior design, textiles
Tags: design, fabric design, interior design, textiles
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Construction Tour
October 14th, 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Lenfest Hall, Curtis Institute of Music: INTECH Field Office
1618 Latimer Street
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Tour Lenfest Hall, a new nine-story building at Curtis Institute of Music containing student residences, practice rooms, dining facilities, and performance spaces. Designed by Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, this new building incorporates the historic facades of the adjacent properties and is pursuing LEED Silver Certification. Wear long pants and closed-toe shoes; hard hats will be provided on site.
www.intechconstruction.com
Free and open to the public, RSVP required
Tags: Architecture, construction
Tags: Architecture, construction
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Citywide Storefront Challenge Awards Event
October 14th, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Philadelphia Center for Architecture
1218 Arch Street
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The City of Philadelphia Commerce Department and the Community Design Collaborative are partnering to acknowledge and award attractive and distinctive storefronts. This event will recognize investments by business and property owners, throughout Philadelphia, that prove Good Design is Good Business! Join us and mingle with designers, businesses, and community & economic development professionals. Refreshments will be served.
Nominations for Storefront Challenge Awards are due Sept. 10th. For more information, email karen.fegely [at] phila [dot] gov
Free and open to the public
Tags: design, urban design
Tags: design, urban design
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Visual Voice: Neighborhood Led Design
October 14th, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
The Art Gallery at City Hall, room 116
1400 Market Street
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People come together, neighborhoods connect, design discourse creates a Visual Voice.
Urban Studio is creating a city-wide series of charrettes to create design responses for shared needs. This work will be exhibited in Philadelphia’s City Hall and will be the context for a panel discussion exploring neighborhood-led, grass roots design. The panel will be followed by an opening reception for the exhibition, which runs October 7-29.
Free and open to the public
Tags: design, education, urban design
Tags: design, education, urban design
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SMP Open Studio
October 14th, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
SMP Architects Office, 2nd Floor
1600 Walnut Street
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Join SMP Architects for an open studio tour. See in-progress work, drawings and photographs of recently completed projects including: Kensington High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, the Sustainable Urban Science Center at Germantown Friends School, Tiadaghton Resource Center, Nature Inn at Bald Eagle State Park, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and a Residence Hall at PSU Harrisburg. SMP Architects is a Philadelphia firm with nationally recognized expertise in sustainable design.
Free and open to the public
Tags: Architecture, photography, urban design
Tags: Architecture, photography, urban design
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Open House
October 14th, 5:00pm - 9:00pm
MODA botanica
339 South 13th Street
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Drop in and visit the showroom and studio of floral and event designers MODA botanica, winners of “Best In Show” at the 2009 and 2010 Philadelphia International Flower Show, and get a chance to view unique floral installations, chat with the designers and browse our extensive floral design library. Light refreshments will be available.
Free and open to the public
Tags: floral design, landscape design
Tags: floral design, landscape design
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Design Double Feature
October 14th, 5:00pm - 9:15pm
Bossone Research Center, Mitchell Auditorium
3128 Market Street
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presented by Drexel University Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
d&m kiosk: 5:00 – 8:00 {featuring hand crafted items created by students, faculty, staff, and alumin of Westphal}
Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design
A Documentary by Faythe Levine
screening 6:00pm -7:15pm
“Handmade Nation documents the new wave of art, craft and design that is capturing the attention of the nation. It is the feature film debut of director, author, artist and curator Faythe Levine. Levine traveled to 15 cities and covered more than 19,000 miles to interview artists, crafters, makers, curators and community members.”
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The Visual Language of Herbert Matter
A Documentary by Reto Caduff
screening 7:45pm -9:15pm
“The Visual Language of Herbert Matter is a revealing look at the fascinating life story of the highly influential mid-century modern design master. Known as a quintessential designer’s designer, Swiss born Herbert Matter is largely credited with expanding the use of photography as a design tool and bringing the semantics of fine art into the realm of applied arts.”
Free and open to the public
Tags: craft, design, handmade, making, video broadcast
Tags: craft, design, handmade, making, video broadcast
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FBI Studio Tour: Philly’s Phinest Phloss
October 14th, 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Floss Barber Inc., Suite 310 (Studio Office)
1420 Locust Street
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Floss Barber Inc. would like to open their doors to DesignPhiladelphia and the public! You are invited to take a tour of our studio complex through the glass doors of creativity, on the third floor of the Academy House Building. You will get to see the cork- floored home base of Floss and her studio team’s design venue. With their unlimited access to luxurious textiles, unique carpet supplies, and a library full of all those design pieces that have set our projects apart. Come explore our space, ask questions, and perhaps get a sneak peak of some current projects like the SugarHouse Casino!
Free and open to the public.
Tags: design, textiles
Tags: design, textiles
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A Short, Natural History of Six Creative Ideas
October 14th, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Digitas Health, The Wanamaker Building at 13th & Market
100 Penn Square East, 11th Floor South
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Where do creative ideas come from? How are they turned into reality? And how quickly can they be explained? Join us for an unpredictable and enlightening evening as we explore the unexpected thinking behind six creative ideas by design professionals from a vast variety of industries. Each idea will be presented “Pecha Kucha”-style — 20 PowerPoint slides, each shown for 20 seconds so that speakers have exactly six minutes and 40 seconds to explain their ideas.
Free and open to the public.
For more info:
call 215 982 5893
enardello [at] digitashealth [dot] com
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RISD/Philadelphia Pop-Up Gallery
October 14th, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
TBD
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Blink and you’ll miss it! For one night only, RISD/Philadelphia will take over a storefront and fill it with creative energy. The RISD/Philadelphia Pop-Up Gallery is an exhibition of work by local Rhode Island School of Design alumni, showcasing a range of media.
In true pop-up fashion, the location of the gallery will be announced closer to the event date. Please check out our website for more information, or contact laila [at] properrugs [dot] com
Free and open to the public
Tags: design, furniture design, industrial design, product design
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Open Studio
October 14th, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Erdy McHenry Architecture
915 North Orianna Street
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Erdy McHenry Architecture is an award-winning firm located in the heart of Northern Liberties. Erdy McHenry invites you to tour our studio, view on-going work, and meet our staff over refreshments.
Free and open to the public
Tags: Architecture
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The Sustainable Business Network in partnership with Sustainable Fashion Designers Present Fashion Forward Part 2: Design in Action
October 14th, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
CBS Auditorium University of the Arts
320 South Broad Street
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The National Association of Sustainable Fashion Designers + Grid Magazine in Partnership with Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia
The fashion market is rapidly expanding with sustainable options. This panel will feature designers that are working in the trenches to create a more sustainable fashion industry. Our panel will share real life stories of how they have overcome obstacles and stuck with their values to create impact. Attendees will learn what it takes to get started and grow your fashion enterprise. Early registrants will receive a free booklet on sustainable fashion resources from Grid magazine and Sustainable Designers. There will be an industry social immediately after the panel.
Admission Fees: $20 Sustainable Designers Members, $25 Non-members
Tags: fashion, sustainability
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Glassphemy! Second Thursday Reception
October 14th, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Crane Arts Building Greenspace
1400 North American Street
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Macro-Sea’s Glassphemy! is a 20-by-30-foot steel structure lined with bulletproof glass. Bottles are thrown at a friend (or enemy) standing in safety behind a clear wall—it’s a “multi-sensory recycling center”. The Community Design Collaborative and InLiquid are proud to bring Glassphemy! back home to Philadelphia, where it was conceived, for a limited engagement. More info at www.inliquid.org
Free and open to the public
Tags: environmental graphic design, sustainability
Tags: environmental graphic design, sustainability
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Ellen Lupton: Presentation and Book Signing
October 14th, 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Art Institute of Philadelphia
1622 Chestnut Street
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Please join Joseph Fox Bookshop and The Art Institute of Philadelphia with Ellen Lupton to “launch” Thinking with Type, 2nd Revised and Expanded Edition: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students (Princeton Architectural Press, 2010. Ellen Lupton is a writer, curator, graphic designer, and Director of the Graphic Design Master of Fine Arts program at MICA. Books will be available at the Art Institute for purchase and signing from Joseph Fox Bookshop.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: featured, graphic design
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Terror Behind the Walls
October 14th, 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Eastern State Penitentiary
2027 Fairmount Ave
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Terror Behind the Walls, ranked the No. 1 Haunted House in America (AOL CityGuide), is located inside the massive castle-like walls of Eastern State Penitentiary. The event crew will open the backstage areas for a unique behind the scenes look. Come see how a local industrial designer transformed the National Historic Landmark into an immersive, theme park quality haunted experience. For more information about the facility or the attraction visit: www.easternstate.org
RSVP required:e-mail jo [at] easternstate [dot] org
Backstage Tour free
Tickets to tour the Haunted Prison follow the backstage tour are discounted to $10 and can be purchased at the box office when you arrive.
Tags: history, industrial design, urban design
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Screening of Red Gold, documentary by filmmakers Ben Knight & Travis Rummel
October 14th, 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Bario-Neal storefront at the corner of 6th & Bainbridge, Ground Floor
700 South 6th Street
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Screening will be at the Bario-Neal Jewelry storefront and studio space. Bario-Neal jewelry is handcrafted in Philadelphia with reclaimed precious metals; ethically-sourced stones; and low-impact, environmentally conscious practices. “Red Gold” is a 55-minute documentary film about the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska. It is as much a celebration of salmon and the people of Bristol Bay as it is a look at mining development. The documentary took home top honors at the May 2008 Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride, Colorado, winning the Audience Award and the Festival Director’s Award.
Free and open to the public.
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COMMONWEALTH LECTURE SERIES: The Institutional Joining of Art, Craft, and Design by David McFadden
October 14th, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Philadelphia Art Alliance
251 South 18th St.
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The Philadelphia Art Alliance is pleased to welcome David McFadden, Chief Curator at the Museum of Art and Design in New York City, for a lecture and presentation that kicks off PAA’s newest programming series. Continuing with PAA’s mission of the advancement and appreciation of contemporary craft and design, The Commonwealth Series will explore the current issues pertaining to the modern Craft movement.
$5 admission fee, free for PAA Members and Students w/ ID. Open to the public
Tags: craft, industrial design
Tags: craft, industrial design
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October 15th
Roundtable Discussion and book launch for URBAN VOIDS: grounds for change
October 15th, 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Center for Architecture
1218 Arch Street
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How can competitions impact professional practice? How can the city’s ecology inform urban design? Join us for round-table conversation with finalists from the international ideas competition URBAN VOIDS and other designers which celebrates the launching of the new publication: Urban Voids: grounds for change.
Tags: urban design
Tags: urban design
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“Urban Topiary” by Pre-Post
October 15th, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Near Crane Arts
Corner of Germantown Avenue and Thompson Street
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Reception for Flats at Girard Pointe Percent for Art Project
“Urban Topiary,” designed by Pre-Post, a young, innovative firm from Brooklyn, NY, will be a living sculpture; composed of 125 digitally fabricated CNC bent aluminum tubes, the sculpture will be the armature for trumpet vines that grow up and around it. Commissioned in partnership with InLiquid and Interface Studio Architects as a Percent for Art Program project. The Flats at Girard Pointe are being developed by CRL2 Associates and JDT International Inc.
More information is at www.inliquid.com
Free and open to the public.
Tags: craft, design, sculpture
Tags: craft, design, sculpture
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Closing Reception – Energy Efficiency: Bringing Light to Life
October 15th, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Artemide
232 North 2nd Street
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Artemide is pleased to host the Closing Reception of Energy Efficiency: Bringing Light to Life. Discover the newest introductions of LED designs, featuring Egle by Michel Boucquillon and Tolomeo Classic My White Light by Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina. Experience interactive installations while enjoying wine and hors d’oeuvres.
Free and open to the public.
philadelphia [at] artemide [dot] us
(215) 733-9877
Tags: interactive design, lighting design
Tags: interactive design, lighting design
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Virtual Public Art Project
October 15th, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Esther Klein Gallery
3600 Market Street
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The Esther Klein Gallery at Breadboard will host a reception for The Virtual Public Art Project (VPAP) exhibition. VPAP is an Augmented Reality (AR) platform for the public display of digital works of art. VPAP is the first mobile AR outdoor art experience ever, and maximizes public reception of AR art through compatibility with both iPhone 3GS and Android phones.
Augmented reality is a view of the physical real-world environment merged with virtual computer-generated imagery in real-time. VPAP merges the real-world physical environment of public spaces around the world with site-specific virtual sculptures that can only be viewed in-the-round using the iPhone 3GS and Android phones when one is at the sculpture’s real-world location.
Free and open to the public
Tags: multimedia
Tags: multimedia
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Philly Works
October 15th, 6:00pm - 11:00pm
The University of Pennsylvania School of Design: Meyerson Hall
210 South 34th Street
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Philly Works is a survey of design, craft, fabrication, and manufacturing in the Philadelphia region – showcasing the abundance of production methods in the city to create and inspire innovative work and cultivate creative networks.
Philly Works is producing a printed publication, an exhibit, and an online database for 2010. The exhibit and catalog will include prototypes, products, and production techniques; documentation of design work from all disciplines; and documentation of local production spaces. Exhibition October 7 – 16, 2010
Free and open to the public
Tags: craft, fashion, featured, graphic design, industrial design, product design
Tags: craft, fashion, featured, graphic design, industrial design, product design
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Light Drift
October 15th, 6:30pm - 1:00am
Schuylkill River Bank
Between Market Street and Chestnut Street
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“Light Drift,” a temporary interactive public artwork in light produced by artist Meejin Yoon and the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, will be installed along the Schuylkill Banks and in the Schuylkill River between Market and Chestnut Streets from October 15-17, 2010. Opening Reception Friday October 15, 7:00pm
Free and open to the public.
Tags: installation, lighting design
Tags: installation, lighting design
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Designers of the Future
October 15th, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
The Millesime Store
1001-13 North 2nd Street
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Millesime, in conjunction with DesignPhiladelphia, invites you to an evening of exhilaration and creative movements. Observe compelling, handcrafted works of art produced by emerging students from the profound design school, CHAD located in the heart of Philadelphia.
Free and open to the public
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“be like water”
October 15th, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Sky Box Gallery
2424 York Street in Fishtown
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“be like water” is a site-specific installation by Aurora Robson, a Brooklyn-based artist known predominately for her large-scale work transforming thousands of plastic bottles — intercepted from the waste stream — into ephemeral uplifting designs. Robson is a 2009 recipient of the Pollock Krasner Grant and the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, and recently featured in Art in America October 2009. This exhibition was made possible with support from the City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy. Curated by Eileen Tognini. The exhibition will run October 16 – November 7.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: environmental, installation, sustainability
Tags: environmental, installation, sustainability
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Ongoing
mobilememe Philly
12:00am - 11:59pm
Throughout Philadelphia - Accessible via iPhone and Android mobile devices.
Philadelphia
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Mobile media game to uncover design gems of our city! Using the ici mobile app platform, mobilememe Philly will deliver location-specific information on notable design – including visuals and even video – to users of mobile devices as they traverse the city during DesignPhiladelphia. Based on location, visitors will get a map and proximity-sorted list of nearby notable design, which will provide details, history, and backstory — offering impromptu, interactive design encounters on the go.
www.icihere.com
Free and open to the public.
Tags: interactive design
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DesignLab 2010: Commonwealth Proper + Emily Bowser
September 4 - October 16, 11:00am - 7:00pm
The Galleries at Moore: Window on Race
20th Street and the Ben Franklin Parkway
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The second in the DesignLab 2010 series features Commonwealth Proper, a burgeoning Philadelphia-based menswear company founded by designer Craig Arthur von Schroeder, focusing on fitted shirts handmade locally to provide clients with intelligent, lifestyle-enhancing garments and the artistic response of Philadelphia artist Emily Bowser, whose large scale sculptural works incorporate pop related imagery through the application of repetition, excess and multiplicity. Presented with support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
Free and open to the public
www.thegalleriesatmoore.org
Tags: fashion, installation
Tags: fashion, installation
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Set Pieces, Curated by Virgil Marti from the collection of the PMA
September 15, 2010 - February 13, 2011 - 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Institute of Contemporary Art
118 S. 36th Street
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Set Pieces restages objects and art works from the collections of the PMA. Curated by Katherine Stein Saches CW’69 and Keith L. Sachs W’67 Guest Curator Virgil Marti, a Philadelphia-based artist, the selection taps treasure from the museum’s storage. Reflecting the artist’s own immersive sculptural environments that cross art and decor, Marti draws especially on decorative arts and sculpture. The installation is informed by favorite films and those cinematic moments that highlight the unique capability of film to stitch together random incidents. The result is a series of tableaux of objects that might not meet up outside this unconventional display of art objects.
Free and open to the public.
www.icaphila.org
Tags: history, installation, sculpture
Tags: history, installation, sculpture
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Robert Allen/Art Institute Fashion Design Competition
September 20 - October 9, 8:00am - 8:00pm
Marketplace Design Center
2400 Market Street
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Art Institute of Philadelphia’s advanced draping students show their talent by interpreting current fashion trends and colors using Robert Allen Beacon Hill’s designer textiles to create cocktail dresses. All competition entries and the winning dress will be on display at the Marketplace Design Center. Winning dress was selected and premiered at the inaugural Interior Design Awards Gala October 1st by event Co-Chair/Robert Allen showroom manager Andrea Wilson.
Free and open to the public
Tags: fashion, textiles
Tags: fashion, textiles
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More About Me: Photography by Betsy Schneider
Sept. 24 - Oct. 22, 10:00am - 8:00pm
Gallery 1401 of Photography, 14th Floor (Corner of Broad and Walnut)
211 South Broad Street
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Photography Exhibition: Betsy Schneider – More About Me With a keen eye for color and composition, Betsy Schneider will draw from two portfolios of color work: intimate and playful portraits of her children, and evocative landscapes of the American West.
Monday – Friday: 10 am – 8 pm
Saturday: 10 am – 4 pm Sunday: 12 – 4 pm
Free and open to the public.
www.uarts.edu
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Traveling Light: Photography by Anna Tomczak
Sept. 24 - Oct. 22, 10:00am to 8:00pm
Sol Mednick Gallery of Photography
211 South Broad Street, 15th Floor, (Corner of Broad & Walnut)
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Photography Exhibition: Anna Tomczak – Traveling Light
The rich textures of orchids, antique documents, and nude flesh compose the photographs of Anna Tomczak, bringing to mind paintings of the Dutch masters. Tomczak worked with a rare 20×24 Polaroid camera, and makes transfers onto watercolor paper, making the materials of her still lifes all the more vivid.
Monday – Friday: 10 am – 8 pm
Saturday: 10 am – 4 pm Sunday: 12 – 4 pm
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Fashion Design and Storybook Time
October 1 - 31
Please Touch Museum
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Invite your children to the wonderful world of fashion through the Fashion Design portion of the Design Exploration Creativity Kit created by educator Carla Bednar for The Design Center at Philadelphia University. We encourage our visitors to see their favorite storybook characters in a new light by redesigning their wardrobe. Learn to wrap Madeline in a sari or dress up Corduroy in a kilt. This child directed, open ended and process driven activity explores self-expression and creative ingenuity. We hope you will be inspired to design away with us during DesignPhiladelphia!
Admission: $15
www.pleasetouchmuseum.org
Tags: education, fashion, for children
Tags: education, fashion, for children
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The Artfront Partnership
October 1 - 30, 9:00am - 7:00pm
Shops of Liberty Place
16th Street and Chestnut Street
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The Artfront Partnership has commissioned two artists to transform storefronts into creative spaces at the Shops of Liberty Place.
Susan White uses the eccentricity of the sharply curved window to her advantage by structuring a vortex of text within the space. John Wind explores the duality of ubiquitous shopping bags, highlighting both formal attributes and rich symbolism.
By integrating the resources of art and business, a new dynamic is brought to a serendipitous public encounter.
Tags: design, urban design
Tags: design, urban design
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Anthony Tammaro – Vessel Forms
October 1 - 30
Wexler Gallery
201 North 3rd Street
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Wexler Gallery presents an exhibition of innovative tabletop vessel forms by cutting-edge designer Anthony Tammaro. Tammaro˙s most recent body of work explores the concepts of mass consumption, mass production, and the tabletop vessel in the historical sense. Taking advantage of a number of technological advances which have developed over the past decade, the artist will produce a series of various plastic vessels, produced with a low-tech rotomolding processes. The Tabletop Vessel Series will question the relationship between craft-based production practices and the typical modern mass production process of throwaway plastic consumer products, exploring a number of aesthetic and conceptual avenues.
Free and open to the public
Tags: craft, design, sustainability
Tags: craft, design, sustainability
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2010 Philadelphia Fashion Week
October 6-9, 6:00pm - 10:00pm
23rd St Armory
22 South 23rd Street
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The 2nd Annual Philadelphia Fashion Week has been lengthened by one day and will showcase the collections of area students as well as emerging, local, national, and international designers. Retailers will set up pop-up shops to offer attendees the opportunity to take some runway-ready looks home.
$75 – visit website for additional pricing information.
Open to the public
Tags: fashion
Tags: fashion
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LIFE+
Oct. 7- Nov. 18, Mon-Sat 10:00am - 6:00pm, Sun 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Center for Architecture
1218 Arch Street
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Monday – Saturday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sundays: 12 – 5 p.m.
CH Briggs, one of the largest distributors of specialty building products, in collaboration with Philadelphia University’s (Phila U) department of Industrial Design is showcasing the student exhibition LIFE+. Inspired by the flexibility and design possibilities of DuPont TM Corian® solid surfaces, twenty two of the most experienced and talented students in Phila U’s Industrial Design program were inspired to design, create and perform with Corian®. The objects exhibited represent a curriculum based focus on materiality, beauty and the all department theme, transgenerational design, and provides onlookers with the real world view of design meets fabrication. Interact with LIFE+ exhibiting October 7- November 18, 2010.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: craft, fabric design, industrial design, textiles
Tags: craft, fabric design, industrial design, textiles
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Carte Blanche
October 7 - 29, 9:00am - 5:00pm
DuPont™ Corian® Design Studio, Suite 403
2400 Market Street
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DuPont™ Corian® and French design magazine Intramuros present Carte Blanche, an exhibition celebrating the 25th anniversary of Intramuros, the designers who have been featured on the cover of the magazine, and the versatility of DuPont™ Corian®. The exhibition will be open Mon-Fri at the DuPont™ Corian® Design Studio in Philadelphia’s Marketplace Design Center.
For more information on Carte Blanche or the DuPont™ Corian® Design Studio, please call 215-254-7301 or visit carteblanche.corian.com
Free and open to the public
Tags: design
Tags: design
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Infill Philadelphia: Industrial Sites Exhibit
October 7 - 17, 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Crane Arts Building, First Floor
1400 North American Street
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Presented by Community Design Collaborative, the exhibit illustrates the role that design can play in re-integrating older industrial sites back into urban neighborhoods and features the three Philadelphia sites examined in the Infill Philadelphia: Industrial Sites Design Challenge. The concepts are as inventive as they are practical—including concepts for repurposing an underutilized industrial site, creating an industrial/residential mixed-use community, and merging industrial use with public space.
www.infillphiladelphia.org
Free and open to the public
Tags: industrial design, sustainability, urban design
Tags: industrial design, sustainability, urban design
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Judith Leiber: Art of the Handbag
11:00am - 7:00pm
The Galleries at Moore: Window on Race
20th Street and the Ben Franklin Parkway
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Handbags by luxury handbag designer Judith Leiber including a selection of her renowned minaudiare–small, crystal encrusted handbags–each considered a unique work of art. In the world of high fashion handbags in the 1950s and 60s, Leiber was known as the only person who could design and make a handbag from conception to magnificent finished product. Exhibition opens September 11.
Free and open to the public
Tags: craft, design, fashion
Tags: craft, design, fashion
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Marketplace Design Center Sample Sale
9:00am - 5:00pm
Marketplace Design Center
2400 Market Street
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Sample Sale will take place in participating showrooms. (See Concierge for list.) Sale will take place during business hours, 9am-5pm, Monday thru Friday.
Free and open to the public
www.marketplacedc.com
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Visual Voice: Neighborhood Led Design
October 7 - 29, 10:00am - 4:00pm
The Art Gallery at City Hall, Room 116
Broad Street and Market Street
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Urban Studio is creating a city-wide series of charrettes to create design responses for shared needs. This work will be exhibited in Philadelphia’s Art Gallery at City Hall during October. Add to the dialogue by visiting the work and sharing your responses within the exhibition.
Free and open to the public
Tags: urban design
Tags: urban design
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Wearable Architectonic Sculpture [Totems] by Marilyn Arnold Palley
10:00am - 6:00pm
Joan Shepp
1616 Walnut Street
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“My work, as is any artist’s, is defined by the exclusion of unnecessary elements and constraining the elements retained into a rigorous and disciplined structure that speaks to the spirit. Searching the world for natural and manmade objects excites my interest. When this happens with a stone or object, I see the finished sculpture and its emotional content in my mind’s eye.” The Totems, Ebony & Ice series, each a unique wearable unisex sculpture are available at Joan Shepp at 1616 Walnut St. and artist studio by appointment at www.MarilynArnoldPalley.com
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Art in the Age Presents Peg & Awl Featuring the Work of Darla Jackson
11:00am - 7:00pm
The Art in the Age Store
116 North 3rd Street
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Art in the Age is proud to present an exhibition showcasing the works of Walter and Margaux Kent, founders of Peg & Awl, known for their one of a kind pieces created using reclaimed materials of the 19th century. Displayed, as a back-woods apothecary the Art in the Age Gallery will come alive with original hand-made furnishings, enhanced by the infamous ‘While You Were Out’ animal sculptures of Darla Jackson.
Free and open to the public
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Old City Windows
October 7-17
Streets throughout the Old City District of Philadelphia
200 Arch Street
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Old City Business Collective is inviting everyone to Old City for an exciting exhibit of windows and storefronts on display. “Old City Windows” is part of a contest sponsored by the OCBC as part of the DesignPhiladelphia celebration in October. Stroll the historic blocks of Old City filled with window displays designed by students, recent graduates, professionals, and artists in various fields of design. For a sneak preview, window tours will commence on Friday, October 1st -open to public voting. Visit the OCBC website for more information about participants, parties, and more.
Free and open to the public
Tags: design, urban design
Tags: design, urban design
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Museum Without Walls: AUDIO
October 7 - 17, anytime
35 locations along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and Kelly Drive
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Experience Museum Without Walls: AUDIO, an interactive audio experience for Philadelphia˙s preeminent collection of outdoor sculpture. This innovative program invites passersby to experience public art and urban design in a new light, through professionally produced audio segments revealing the untold histories of sculptures along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and Kelly Drive. Free maps available online or in the Welcome Center in LOVE Park.
CALL: 215.399.9000
DOWNLOAD: app from the iTunes Store
Tags: history, sculpture, urban design
Tags: history, sculpture, urban design
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Philly Works
October 7 - 16, 10:00am - 5:00pm
The University of Pennsylvania School of Design: Meyerson Hall
210 South 34th Street
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Philly Works is a survey of design, craft, fabrication, and manufacturing in the Philadelphia region – showcasing the abundance of production methods in the city to create and inspire innovative work and cultivate creative networks.
Philly Works is producing a printed publication, an exhibit, and an online database for 2010. The exhibit and catalog will include prototypes, products, and production techniques; documentation of design work from all disciplines; and documentation of local production spaces. Opening: October 15, 6:00pm – 11:00pm.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: craft, fashion, graphic design, industrial design, installation, product design
Tags: craft, fashion, graphic design, industrial design, installation, product design
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IDA – Interior Design Awards
October 11 - 29
Marketplace Design Center, 1st Floor
2400 Market Street
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Region-wide interior design competition entries and winners will be on display on the 1st floor of the Marketplace Design Center showcasing the abundance of Philadelphia residential and commercial talent.
Free and open to the public
Tags: interior design
Tags: interior design
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Phaberge
October 7 - 17
All around Philadelphia (more specific locations to be determined)
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Will you find your fortune where you least expect it? Phaberge is an excavation of the treasures hidden away right in front of you. It’s an invitation to experience the contrast between having and not having, between wanting and needing. Inspired by the decadence of the 50 Imperial Faberge Eggs, 50 paper-mache have been hand-made and scattered throughout Philadelphia. Visit the website to learn about the eggs’ locations, their unique surprises, and potential riches hidden within.
Free and open to the public.
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Asian Influences
October 7 - 17
Snyderman-Works Gallery
303 Cherry Street
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Modern design often draws inspiration from and re-examines diverse cultural material. Asian Influences is a presentation by Korean-influenced Philadelphia furniture designer Gary Magakis, and Japanese-influenced ceramic artist Bennett Bean, who also translates his designs into contemporary rugs loomed in Nepal. Snyderman-Works Galleries will combine these three components to create a series of contemporary environments.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: craft, furniture design, interior design
Tags: craft, furniture design, interior design
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Andrew Jevremovic + Val Cushing
Oct. 7-17, 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Sub Octo Gallery
2202-10 Alter Street
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A special exhibition and sale of one-of-a-kind domestic designs, featuring hand-crafted, sculptural wood and metal furnishings by Philadelphia artist/designer Andrew Jevremovic, creator of Kraftwork Bar and other commercial venues in Philadelphia and New York, paired with the sensuous, organic pottery of renowned ceramic artist Val Cushing. Together the two artisans create a classically functional environment as powerful as any contemporary sculpture installation.
Free and open to the public.
All work will be on display and available for sale at Sub Octo Gallery. An opening reception will be held Saturday, October 16, 2010 from 6-9 pm at the gallery.
Tags: craft, furniture design, installation, sculpture
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Latest Crewel Additions to the Signature Exclusive Newport Mansions Collection
October 7 - 17, 9:00am - 5:00pm
Suite 211, Pindler Showroom
2400 Market Street
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Please join us in the Pindler & Pindler showroom to view the latest additions to our Signature Exclusive product assortment. We will be highlighting our licensed Signature Exclusive Newport Mansions Collection, influenced by the beautiful setting and spectacular historic Mansions of Newport, Rhode Island. Don’t forget to ask about our drawing when you stop in.
Free and Open to the public
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Ghost Shapes
11:00am - 6:00pm
Egan Day Jewelry
260 South 16th Street
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Egan Day˙s installation of the prints by Sarah Zwerling, which are also featured at west elm during DesignPhiladelphia, will give viewers a further opportunity to enjoy the refinement and beautiful reserve of this artist˙s work. Working in the liminal space between technology and the everyday world, Zwerling produces images of trees and birds and buildings that resonate quietly under the viewer˙s eye. Expect profound effects when these images are combined with the sensuous minimalism of the jewelry on display in this art-friendly space.
Free and open to the public
Tags: craft, design, jewelry, printmaking
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2010 Philadelphia Emerging Architects Prize
October 7 – November 18, Mon-Sat 10:00am - 6:00pm, Sun 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Center for Architecture
1218 Arch Street
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The Philadelphia Emerging Architecture Prize (PEAPrize) recognizes architects and firms producing high-quality architectural design and thinking, encouraging the exchange of ideas among emerging architects who might otherwise not have a wide forum to share their work. The bi-annual Prize is awarded to a select group of architects/firms as chosen through a juried portfolio submission. Philadelphia area architects that have been registered 10 years or fewer are eligible to be considered for the Prize.
Free and open to the public
Tags: Architecture
Tags: Architecture
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FABLASTIC: Upcycled
Oct. 9 - 15, 4:00pm - 7:00pm; Oct. 16 - 17, 12:00pm - 5:00pm
TBA
TBA
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The ordinary plastic bag. A ubiquitous part of everyday life. An icon of convenience. An environmental scourge. Did you know that between 500 billion and 1 trillion plastic bags are used worldwide each year but only 1% is recycled? The rest end up in our oceans and landfills where they take hundreds of years to decompose. It doesn’t have to end this way. Join MYX: Multicultural Youth eXchange and Minima as we explore the intersection of design and environmental responsibility by weaving plastic bags into original works of art.
Bring all your discarded plastic bags to our site!
Workshop location please check our websites
Free and open to the public.
Tags: environmental graphic design, repurposing, sustainability
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“be like water”
Oct 16 - Nov 7, Tues - Sat 12:00pm - 5:00pm
Sky Box Gallery
2424 York Street in Fishtown
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“be like water” is a site-specific installation by Aurora Robson, a Brooklyn-based artist known predominately for her large-scale work transforming thousands of plastic bottles — intercepted from the waste stream — into ephemeral uplifting designs. Robson is a 2009 recipient of the Pollock Krasner Grant and the New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, and recently featured in Art in America October 2009. This exhibition was made possible with support from the City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy. Curated by Eileen Tognini.
Free and open to the public
Tags: installation, sustainability
Tags: installation, sustainability
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Energy Efficiency: Bringing Light to Life
October 11-15, 11:00am - 6:00pm
Artemide Philadelphia
232 North 2nd Street
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Artemide is pleased to present an in-store exhibition exploring energy efficient illumination in interior spaces. Lighting by world-renowned designers such as Ross Lovegrove, Naoto Fukusawa, Neil Poulton, and Richard Sapper utilize LED and Fluorescent technologies and recyclable materials. The installations are designed to educate and inspire – energy efficiency can also be beautiful.
An exclusive table lamp will be gifted to each visitor that makes a lighting purchase (minimum purchase required, supplies limited).
Free and open to the public
philadelphia [at] artemide [dot] us
(215) 733-9877
Tags: interactive design, lighting design
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Starry Sky
Oct. 11-17, 6:30pm - 10:00pm
In plaza in front of Café Cret at Three Parkway Plaza
16th and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
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Philips Lighting, in partnership with the City Center District, will conduct a demonstration of a new energy efficient and innovative LED urban outdoor lighting. The “Starry Sky” prototype, recently demonstrated in Holland, is a cable mounted light that will be hung on four poles 25-feet high. The manufacturer, Philips, will conduct members of the design community through an invited focus group process to comment on the design and quality of the light. Philips will also collect local input. Information on the product and how you can participate in the discussion will be available at the Café Cret at Three Parkway Plaza.
Free and open to the public.
Tags: design, discussion, lighting design, product design, urban design
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Woven
Oct. 12 - 17, 12:00pm - 6:00pm
Crane Arts Building
400 N. American Street
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Visionary artists Ann Conte and Jeanne Wiley present the “Woven Car,” an old rusted MG Midget that was given a new life and identity with recycled and overstock design materials. The interior of the car was transformed with sustainable DuPont™ Corian® seats, window shield frame and floor mats, while pale gold seatbelts were woven to create a checkerboard pattern around the body of the car.
Free and open to the public
Tags: automobiles, craft, design, installation, mixed media, textiles
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MORIHATA Pop Up Shop
October 13 - 17, 11:30am - 5:30pm
Morihata
429 N. 13th Street, Suite 1A
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Modern & Green Japanese products wholesaler will re-open to public for 5-day Only Pop-Up Shop during Design Philadelphia. Represented products are Yoko Yano Jewelry, Chikuno Cube; Bamboo Charcoal Air Freshener, Sumi Charcoal; Kishu Bichotan air freshener, Tabi-Socks; split toe socks, seisuke88; hand bags with Japanese vintage prints, and Yoshii Towel; superior water absorption, fast-drying & processed in environmentally friendly methods.
Free and open to the public.
October 13-17
You can also purchase our products at our online store www.rikumo.com.
Tags: industrial design, product design
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Selections from Jumpstart Fashion Show
October 13 - January 1, 11:00am - 7:00pm
The Galleries at Moore: Window on Race
20th Street and the Ben Franklin Parkway
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The exhibition features a selection of preparatory sketches, photographs, and fashions created for the 13th incarnation of Jumpstart, Moore’s themed fashion show that kicks off the school year.
Free and open to the public
www.thegalleriesatmoore.org
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Light Drift
October 15 - 17
Schuylkill River Bank
Between Market Street and Chestnut Street
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“Light Drift,” a temporary interactive public artwork in light produced by artist Meejin Yoon and the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, will be installed along the Schuylkill Banks and in the Schuylkill River between Market and Chestnut Streets from
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Philadelphia Art Hotel Artists at Pterodactyl
Oct. 7 - 17, 11:00am - 6:00pm
Pterodactyl Creative Project Space, 5th Floor
3237 Amber Street
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The Philadelphia Art Hotel, a local artist residency program that promotes contemporary art, presents 2 of their fantastic resident artists, Carrie Hott and Renee van der Stelt.
Free and open to the public.
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