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Currently 93 total Program(s) from October 16 through October 22, 2008.

  • The Challenge of Interior Design: Professional Value
  • Marketplace Design Center  
  • Category: Lecture
  • Date: October 16, 2008
  • Time: 11:00 am
  • Location: Marketplace Design Center
    2400 Market Street, 4th Floor
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Description: Seminar presentation by Mary Knackstedt, FIIDA, acclaimed speaker, prolific author, and sought after consultant on Interior Design business practices. This is part of the Designer Workshop Series co-sponsored by Marketplace Design Center and ASID/PA East.

Admission: Free, RSVP

For More Information: Reservations: 215.561.5000 or email gcipolla [at] marketplacedc.com
There is no fee for lectures, advance reservations required

 

  • Film Screening of "Green: The New Red, White and Blue"
  • The Galleries at Moore  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 16, 2008
  • Time: 11:30am – 12:30pm
  • Location: Stewart Auditorium
    The Galleries at Moore
    20th Street and The Parkway
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Description: Screening of New York Times columnist and three-time Pulitzer Prize Winner Thomas Friedman's film about the other inconvenient truth, the unprecedented scale of changes that need to be made in the world to combat global warming. Friedman's film takes him around the country through interviews with global companies such as Wal-Mart and Google to see how America is embracing the green revolution.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.965.4027
contact: Lorie Mertes

 

  • Bamboo Dreaming
  • Scarlett Alley  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 16, 2008
  • Time: 4:00pm – 8:00pm
  • Location: Scarlett Alley
    241 Race Street
    Old City
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Description: Display and information on how bamboo is made into fiber and then designed into clothes, sheets, etc.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.592.7898

 

  • Recent Projects :: Open House
  • Moto DesignShop   Pixelcraft Inc.
  • Category: Open Studio
  • Date: October 16, 2008
  • Time: 5:00pm – 8:00pm
  • Location: Moto DesignShop / Pixelcraft Inc.
    205 North Third Street
    Old City
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Description: The design studios of Moto DesignShop (architecture and design) and PixelCraft Inc (visualization and web), invite you to visit our Old City Office and view our work over cocktails.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.592.9300

 

  • dane décor's imby design + craft fair
  • Dane Décor  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 16, 2008
  • Time: 5:00pm – 9:00pm
  • Location: Dane Décor
    315 Arch Street
    Old City
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Description: Imby = in my back yard… a curated exhibition and sale of design and craft from the Delaware Valley. The exhibition will be on display October 16-22.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.922.2104

 

  • Dolores Browne Studio Tour
  • Dolores Browne  
  • Category: Open Studio
  • Date: October 16, 2008
  • Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Location: 1728 Chestnut Street
    Unit 3
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Description: The studio of Dolores Browne, Architect displays custom furniture designed by Dolores Browne and is surrounded by famous artist chairs with a 10’ steel marionette. Shrimp, cheese, wine, and hors d'oeuvres will be served.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.665.8727

 

  • DREAM STONE: Black and White Abstract Chinese Marble
  • Liao Collection  
  • Category: Exhibition
  • Date: October 16, 2008
  • Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Location: Liao Collection
    310 N 11th Street
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Description: A modern installation of ancient Chinese objects, natural pattern of the Dali Marble in black and white with brush stroke, cloud movement, mist and rivers… and spaciousness. Join us for the opening event for this exhibition, which runs Oct 16 - Nov 30, 2008. Refreshments will be served.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.922.2229

 

  • Design for Community
  • Digitas Health   Paine's Park
  • Category: Lecture
  • Date: October 16, 2008
  • Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Location: Digitas Health
    Rittenhouse Square
    229 S. 18th Street
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Description: Paine's Park is the marquee project of Franklin's Paine Skatepark Fund and Philadelphia's next great landmark. A multi-use skatepark on a prominent 2.5 acre site neighboring the historic Benjamin Franklin Parkway, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Schuylkill River trail, Paine's Park will be a new hub for the community and a vibrant public space.

This project includes the work and input from urban designers, landscape architects, the Philadelphia City Planning Commission, local art scene participants and the community itself. On this panel, Anthony Bracali, of Friday Architects, and other key contributors to the project will discuss designing for communities. What role does urban planning and design play in the development of our communities? In an increasingly technologically driven world, how will new media and design impact our understanding of community.

Moderator: Brendan Gallagher, Digitas Health
Panelists: Anthony Bracali, Friday Architects
Jenny Jaskey, Gallery Owner
Nicholas Orso, Engineer, Skateboarder
Neil Kleinman, Dean of the College of Media and Communication at University of the Arts

Refreshments will be served.
FREE and open to the public – tell your friends!


Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.399.3357

 

  • Open Studio
  • Brown & Keener  
  • Category: Open Studio
  • Date: October 16, 2008
  • Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Location: Brown&Keener Urban Design
    1315 Walnut Street
    Suite 900
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Description: Studio tour with urban design project summaries, networking opportunities, and refreshments. Space is shared with Next American City, a non-profit Urban Affairs magazine.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.751.1133

 

  • Studio Open House
  • KBAS  
  • Category: Open Studio
  • Date: October 16, 2008
  • Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
  • Location: KBAS Studio
    408 Vine Street, No. 2B
    Old City
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Description: Please join us for a relaxing evening in our Old City loft studio as we exhibit our design work including the newest addition to our Nation’s capitol, the Pentagon Memorial. Refreshments aplenty!

Admission: Free

For More Information: Julie Beckman, jb [at] kbas-studio.com
215.923.3816

 

  • New to You: Stick and Move
  • AIGA Philadelphia  
  • Category: Lecture
  • Date: October 16, 2008
  • Time: 7:00pm
  • Location: The Ethical Society Building
    1906 South Rittenhouse Square
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Description: New To You is a lecture series focusing on local and regional professionals who inspire design and bring a sense of pride to the area design community. Stick and Move is a Philadelphia-based Brand Agency and will be speaking as part of the New To You 2008 Lecture Series.

Admission: Free

For More Information: www.philadelphia.aiga.org

 

  • SOS: US
  • DWR + Fork Restaurant   Josh Owen
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 16, 2008
  • Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
  • Location: Design Within Reach
    1710 Walnut Street
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Description: Design Within Reach and Fork Restaurant host an evening with Philadelphia product designer, Josh Owen, to premier his new SOS stool by to the U.S. market. Josh Owen will discuss his design process and the making of the SOS stool. Join us to see this great new product. Cocktails and refreshments will be served.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.735.3195
Kristen Mattioni, DWR kmattioni [at] dwr.com

 

  • A Clean Break: Pop up Neighborhood
  • Minima  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 16, 2008
  • Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
  • Location: 313 S. Broad Street, at Spruce
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Description: A vacant lot becomes a prefab neighborhood for two weeks with full-scale modern, sustainable, affordable homes designed by international architects. Curated by Minima gallery, the outdoor exhibition also features urban farming, environmentally-friendly furniture, lighting, transportation, public art and other high-design, low-waste consumer products. Visit www.acleanbreak.org for up-to-date event info. Open Oct 17-30, 11am-7pm

Admission: Free

For More Information: Eugenie Perret, eperret [at] minima.us and Elizabeth Oliver, eoliver [at] minima.us
Minima Gallery www.minima.us 215.922.2002

Sponsored in part by Minima, The University of the Arts, Gyro, and The William Penn Foundation

 

Description: Design Within Reach and Fork Restaurant host an evening with Philadelphia product designer, Josh Owen, to premier his new SOS stool by to the U.S. market. Josh Owen will discuss his design process and the making of the SOS stool. Join us to see this great new product. Cocktails and refreshments will be served.

Admission: Free

For More Information: josh [at] joshowen.com

 

  • Qb presents: [spot]
  • Qb  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 17, 2008
  • Time: 9:00am - 3:00pm
  • Location: Various spots along Walnut Street, between Broad Street and 16th Street
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Description: Philadelphia artists and designers claim the urban parking spot—an idle space between the bustling streets and sidewalks of the city. Join us on Walnut Street for a series of outdoor interventions that explore the potential dynamics of this momentary urban space. [spot] is a free and public exhibition, as part of the Center City District's (CCD) Gallery Night. This event is sponsored by CCD with additional funding from PhillyFunGuide.com and support of the Philadelphia Parking Authority.

Admission: Free

For More Information: info [at] qb3design.com

 

  • Designers Breakfast @ USArtists
  • USArtists  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 17, 2008
  • Time: 9:00am - 11:00am
  • Location: 33rd Street Armory
    3205 Lancaster Avenue
    University City
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Description: Champagne breakfast and insider's tour of USArtists: American Fine Art Show. 9:00am Continental Champagne Breakfast, 10:00am Insiders Tour.
USArtists is the premier American art event, bringing fine art dealers from across the nation to Philadelphia to exhibit and sell an extraordinarily rich and diverse assemblage of 18th- through 21st- American art. Designers, architects, and their clients will enjoy an in-depth tour and sneak peek before the show opens to the general public. Tickets include multiple-entry to the show from Friday, October 17 to Sunday, October 19.

Admission: $25 for designers and clients

For More Information: www.usartists.org

 

Description: A lunchtime recap of the Infill Philadelphia: Food Access design challenge, highlighting three designs for neighborhood food retail outlets. Learn about the design, financing, and public health challenges in bringing fresh, healthy food within reach of low-income, urban neighborhoods – and how innovative design can be part of the solution. Brown bag event.

Admission: Free, RSVP

For More Information: 215.587.9290
RSVP to Linda Dottor, linda [at] cdesignc.org

 

  • Open House
  • Philadelphia University  
  • Category: Open Studio
  • Date: October 17, 2008
  • Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm
  • Location: Philadelphia University
    Engineering and Design Institute
    4145 Station Avenue
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Description: Philadelphia University's Master of Science in Sustainable Design program invites you to an Open House event. Come see an exhibition of current student work as well as examples and displays of current research at the Engineering and Design Institute. A discussion on trends in sustainable design and construction will be included. Refreshments will be available.

Admission: Free

For More Information: Rob Fleming, flemingr [at] philau.edu
215.951.2745x2928
www.philau.edu

 

  • Nature, Form, and Spirit
  • Hazel Design  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 17, 2008
  • Time: 4:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Location: Hazel Design
    3580 Indian Queen Lane
    (Manayunk)
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Description: Exhibition of Hazel Design custom-made furniture, lighting, and interiors. Presentation, lecture, and book signing by Mira Nakashima. Food, wine, music.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.844.2375
Elizabeth Seamans, liz_indesign [at] yahoo.com

 

  • Always by Design "On-the-Boards"
  • Always by Design  
  • Category: Open Studio
  • Date: October 17, 2008
  • Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Location: Always by Design
    265 S 10th Street
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Description: Concurrent with AxD art gallery’s October artist reception, Always by Design architects and designers will be hosting an open studio. On view will be current projects at various states of design, including restaurants, libraries, and houses from Maine to Philadelphia. Also included will be a “hard-hat” mid-construction tour of sustainably-designed expansion of the award-winning studio, courtyard and gallery.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.627.6250
Edward Barnhart, architecture [at] a-x-d.com

 

  • Organic Mechanics
  • Always by Design  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 17, 2008
  • Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Location: A-X-D Gallery
    265 S 10th Street
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Description: In a search for the beauty in America’s decaying landscape of disposable cars artist Deborah Sawyer finds Nature at work even in a pile of rusting grills and fenders. Mixed media paintings, drawings, and furniture meld the line between representational and “junk-art”. For Deborah rust is merely another medium with which to create. Exhibition runs through November 8.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.627-6250

 

  • b Digi Night @ Point b Design
  • Point b Design  
  • Category: Open Studio
  • Date: October 17, 2008
  • Time: 5:00pm - 9:00pm
  • Location: Point b Design
    214 Kalos Street
    East Falls/Manayunk
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Description: Point b Design, one of this areas most technically advanced design studios, welcomes you to visit our studio and view our latest work. We are a multi-disciplinary firm consisting of architects, artists, and crafts people with expertise in designing and making objects, spaces, and buildings. They are efficient, healthy, and meaningful, and range in scale from world class architectural projects to tabletop objects. Our firm's design process focuses on the integration of highly sophisticated digital technologies thoroughly tested within our own advanced fabrication shop. Point b Design concentrates on industrial design prototyping and architectural A&D – working with new materials to develop innovative applications.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.482.4000
Jonathan Asher, jonathan [at] pointbdesign.com

 

  • Artist Talk: Eitan Mendelowitz
  • The University of the Arts  
  • Category: Lecture
  • Date: October 17, 2008
  • Time: 5:00 reception, 6:00 lecture
  • Location: The University of the Arts
    Terra Building, 211 South Broad Street, 9th Floor
    Connelly Auditorium
    Philadelphia, PA
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Description: Mendelowitz will present on embodied interaction, trans-disciplinary collaboration, and the AI Aesthetic ˜ a term he uses to describe creative works that expose the beauty inherent in the algorithmic creation of knowledge.

Assistant Professor of Computing and the Arts at Smith College, Eitan Mendelowitz has collaborated on interactive art installations exhibited internationally at SIGGRAPH, ArtFutura, and ArsElectronica. A researcher at UCLA's Center for Research in Engineering, Media and Performance (REMAP), Eitan is developing "Kolo" a ubiquitous computing framework for use in the performing and media arts. Eitan is completing his Ph.D. in computer science from UCLA and achieved a MFA (2002) from the school‚s Department of Design | Media Arts. His artwork explores the cultural implications of the algorithmic creation of meaning while exposing the wonder inherent in the generation of knowledge.

Presented by The Multimedia Department at The University of the Arts
5:00pm Refreshments and Networking
6:00pm Lecture

Admission: Free, RSVP

For More Information: RSVP to multimedia [at] uarts.edu or 215.717.6322

 

  • [spot] exhibition reception
  • Qb   Philadelphia Art Alliance
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 17, 2008
  • Time: 5:00pm - 8:30pm
  • Location: Philadelphia Art Alliance
    251 S. 18th Street
    Rittenhouse Square
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Description: Join the designers, participants, and producers of [spot] to celebrate post-event.

Philadelphia artists and designers claim the urban parking spot—an idle space between the bustling streets and sidewalks of the city. Walnut Street played host to a series of outdoor interventions that explored the potential dynamics of this momentary urban space. [spot] is a free and public exhibition (Friday, October 17 9:00am - 3:00pm), as part of the Center City District's (CCD) Gallery Night. This event is sponsored by CCD with additional funding from PhillyFunGuide.com and support of the Philadelphia Parking Authority.

Admission: Free

For More Information: info [at] qb3design.com

 

  • Good Clients = Good Design
  • Bloomfield and Associates  
  • Category: Open Studio
  • Date: October 17, 2008
  • Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Location: Bloomfield and Associates, Architects
    1550 Latimer Street
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Description: Join us for a conversation on the role of clients in creating great design. Clients and architects will be on hand for an informal look at the client architect relationship. Recently completed projects will be on display, refreshments will be served.

Admission: free

For More Information: 215.732.7311

 

  • le Corbusier
  • OLC Furniture and Lighting  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 17, 2008
  • Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
  • Location: OLC
    152 N. Third Street
    Old City
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Description: We cordially invite you to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the Le Corbusier furniture collection designed in 1928 by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand - Cassina l Maestri Collection.

OLC will present an installation of the Le Corbusier series models produced by Cassina.
The series will be represented by 15 models, including a special Limited Edition version of the LC3 armchair.

Light hors d'oeuvres and cocktails to be served.

Admission: Free

For More Information: Please RSVP to ekelly [at] olc152.com
215.923.6085

 

  • Color, the Unspoken Communicator
  • Twist   Modernism Magazine
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 17, 2008
  • Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
  • Location: Twist Home
    1134 Pine Street
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Description: Colorist and design consultant, Bill Baccini will discuss color and its theoretical and practical applications to residential interior design. He will also share inspirational ideas for transforming your home with color. Mr. Baccini is a faculty member at Philadelphia University and has many years of experience in the field of color trends and design while practicing in New York City.

Meet publisher Jennifer Strauss and art director Sierra Skidmore of Modernism Magazine – your premiere national magazine for Deco, Mid-Century, Pop and Post-Modern design. Ms. Skidmore is also owner of Skidmutro Creative and Layout, a Philadelphia based design firm.

Free promotional copies of Modernism will be available. Please join us.
Wine, light fare.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.925.1242

 

  • PRODUCT DESIGN: Surpriseutility
  • Univ. of Penn, IPD Program   Josh Owen
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 17, 2008
  • Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
  • Location: 222 Gallery
    222 Vine Street
    Old City
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Description: This exhibit presents output from the product design course in the University of Pennsylvania's Integrated Product Design concentration from Spring, 2008. The course explored intersections of functionality and performance using an experimental platform to rediscover opportunities within the built environment to create domestic products. Professor Josh Owen, Assistant: Bryce Gibson

Admission: Free

For More Information: Josh Owen contact, info [at] joshowen.com
222 Gallery

 

  • STARE: a live model installation of permanent body design
  • Richard Nicholas   Octo Studio
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 17, 2008
  • Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
  • Location: Sub Octo Gallery
    2202-10 Alter Street
    (1 block south of Washington Ave at 22nd Street)
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Description: Since the inception of DesignPhiladelphia in 2005, Richard Nicholas Hair Studio has hosted some of the top attended events. Each year we combine our expertise for fashion forward hair design with a theme, style models accordingly, and present them as a design installation/exhibition in an art gallery. Past events have included BLUE, FRIZZ, and SHOOT – all visible on YouTube. Join us this year as we STARE. Come exercise your visual curiosity and enjoy the live installation of permanent body design (tattoos). Wine and cheese reception.

Admission: Free

For More Information: www.richardnicholas.com
www.subocto.com
215.567.4790

 

  • Eco Ecco Echo
  • Bill Cromar  
  • Category: Exhibition
  • Date: October 17, 2008
  • Time: 8:00pm
  • Location: Eastern State Penitentiary
    21st and Fairmount
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Description: Eco, Ecco, Echo: a multimedia event questioning assumptions about consumption… Eco – the environment… Ecco – to see… Echo – to actively listen to what reverberates from what is seen. The pornographic forms of waste in modern industrial cultures are prophylactically remediated in an artwork designed around three elements: a mesmerizing animation, a consuming soundscape and the gift of portable art freely given to random passers-by. Collaborators include Mike Brenner, William Cromar, Yvonne Love and Gabrielle Russomagno.

Admission: Free

 

  • Hard Hat and Finished Tour of Green Affordable Philadelphia
  • Habitat Philadelphia  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 18, 2008
  • Time: 10:00am – 5:00pm
  • Location: 4200 block of Stiles Street
    West Philadelphia
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Description: Tour Philadelphia's first affordable LEED certified homes. The seven unit demonstration project is part of the LEED for Homes Pilot. Participants can tour a completed unit as well as two that will still be under construction. Project description and lecture also on site. The finished unit will be furnished with contemporary eco-friendly furniture designed by students from The University of the Arts' Industrial Design program.

Because this is an active construction site, guests must wear sturdy, closed-toe and closed-heel shoes.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.765.6000 x13

 

  • How to Create Interactive Installations with Micro-controlle
  • The Hacktory  
  • Category: Workshop
  • Date: October 18, 2008
  • Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm
  • Location: 1524 Brandywine Street
    (Spring Garden area)
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Description: This is the perfect introductory class for anyone wanting to create interactive art, or electronic projects using the popular Arduino (www.arduino.cc) open source physical computing platform. Participants will learn how to connect a variety of sensors (light, temperature, sound) to the Arduino and use them to control a motor, LEDs, and other devices. No previous electronics or programming experience is necessary. Participants will be provided a kit containing the Arduino board and various parts. Cost of kit included in event price.

Admission: Fee - visit website for detail

For More Information: 267.869.2485
contact [at] thehacktory.org

 

  • Craftadelphia!
  • Philly Etsy   Mew Gallery
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 18, 2008
  • Time: 11:00am - 4:00pm
  • Location: Mew Gallery
    906 Christian Street
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Description: Craftadelphia! is a sale featuring art, independently designed and produced items and tons of handmade goodness. Brought to you by the Philly Etsy Team and Mew Gallery, the event is held inside and outside. Additional Craftadelphia! dates are Sept 20, Oct 11, Nov 22, and Dec 6. Opening reception with refreshments.

Admission: Free to attend, $ for purchase

For More Information: www.phillyetsy.blogspot.com
www.mewgallery.org

 

  • Bikes and Bricks
  • Trophy Bikes  
  • Category: Lecture
  • Date: October 18, 2008
  • Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm
  • Location: 3131 Walnut Street
    University City
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Description: A look at urban bicycles from the 1930s to the present. Slide show and bicycle demo with Trophy Bikes owner Michael Mcgettigan. Bikes will be available for test rides after the talk. Refreshments will be served.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.222.2020

 

  • Gallery Store Talks: Michael Shannon
  • The Print Center  
  • Category: Lecture
  • Date: October 18, 2008
  • Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Location: The Print Center
    1614 Latimer Street
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Description: Collector and interior designer, Michael Shannon is the founder of Michael Shannon Designs, which handles everything from single room facelifts to complete interior renovations, always with an eye for art. Join Michael as he brings his design expertise to the Gallery Store where he will discuss taking art out of the gallery and bringing it into every room of your home.
This event is part of The Print Center's Multiple Conversations: An Ongoing Series on Print Collecting.

Admission: Free

For More Information: RSVP to Eli VandenBerg at: evandenberg [at] printcenter.org or 215.735.6090 x1

 

  • Challenge VII: dysFUNctional
  • Wood Turning Center  
  • Category: Lecture
  • Date: October 18, 2008
  • Time: 2:00pm
  • Location: Wood Turning Center
    501 Vine Street
    Old City
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Description: Challenge VII twists functional design into dysFUNctional contemporary art. Included are objects and videos that were never intended to show together. The artists designed components that work with and against each other in content, form, surface and movement - evoking humor, curiosity and suspicion. The accompanying exhibition catalog was designed to be dysFUNctional yet provoke user amusement. The cover of carpet secrets the artists’ drawings and statements, providing glimmers of their innermost thoughts.

Albert LeCoff, Executive Director provides a walk-through gallery talk Saturday, October 18 at 2 pm.

Wood Turning Center is open extended hours during Design 2008
Tuesday-Friday 10am-6pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

This exhibition will run October 3 thru January 17, 2009

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.923.8000 or info [at] woodturningcenter.org

 

  • Prefabs in the Community
  • Minima   The University of the Arts
  • Category: Lecture
  • Date: October 18, 2008
  • Time: 2:00pm -3:15pm
  • Location: The University of the Arts
    CBS Auditorium in Hamilton Hall
    320 South Broad Street (across from the exhibition lot)
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Description: Join us for presentations from two visiting architects: Geoff Warner, AIA of Alchemy Architects in St. Paul, MN; Dan Rockhill, JL Constant Distinguished Professor of Architecture and director of Studio 804 at the University of Kansas, and principal of Rockhill & Associates in Lawrence, KS. Each will discuss their unique modular programs and successes with this chosen method of construction, particularly as an affordable and environmentally-friendly solution to land vacancy and community revitalization.
Q&A will be led by PeiLin Chen, Diamond and Associates.

Part of "A Clean Break", an exhibition of modern, pre-fab architecture and high-design, low waste innovations for the urban environment.

Admission: Free, rsvp

For More Information: Please rsvp with Elizabeth Oliver, eoliver@minima.us or 215.922.2002

A Clean Break

 

  • Foster's fosters Ozwalled: Opening Reception
  • Foster's Homeware  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 18, 2008
  • Time: 3:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Location: Foster's Homeware
    399 Market Street
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Description: Foster's will premier a wall graphic installation created exclusively for DesignPhiladelphia 2008 by Ozwalled Wall Graphics of Cheyney, PA in Apt.399, our event space. We will also debut our new retail collection of wall graphics created exclusively for Foster's by Leanne Avellino-Blair and Henry Blair of Ozwalled Wall Graphics.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.925.0950

 

  • Sustainable Strategies for the Urban Infrastructure
  • Minima   The University of the Arts
  • Category: Lecture
  • Date: October 18, 2008
  • Time: 3:45pm - 5:00pm
  • Location: The University of the Arts
    CBS Auditorium in Hamilton Hall
    320 South Broad Street (across from the exhibition lot)
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Description: In addition to architecture, A Clean Break touches upon additional components identified with a sustainable city: urban food production and bicycle culture. Share the visions and experiences, the up-hill battles and successes of these Philadelphians working to make a difference. Environmental concerns may be the primary force for these efforts, but the impact on community renewal is equally compelling.
Spencer Finch – Director of Sustainable Development Programs, Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Philadelphia
Alex Doty – Executive Director, Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
Mary Seton Corboy – Founder and President, Greensgrow Farm & Nursery, Philadelphia

Part of "A Clean Break", an exhibition of modern, pre-fab architecture and high-design, low waste innovations for the urban environment.

Admission: Free

For More Information: Please rsvp with Elizabeth Oliver, eoliver@minima.us or 215.922.2002

A Clean Break

 

  • Matthias Pliessnig
  • Wexler Gallery  
  • Category: Lecture
  • Date: October 18, 2008
  • Time: 5:00 reception 5:30 talk
  • Location: Wexler Gallery
    201 North 3rd Street
    Old City
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Description: Wexler Gallery presents new work by innovative furniture artist Matthias Pliessnig. Pliessnig is a designer and builder questioning what is furniture and what is wood. An artist trying to stay "truer to the material, by utilizing the elastic possibilities of the material," Pliessnig combines boat-building techniques with furniture building techniques. Much of his work meditates on the thought that "for centuries we've been subverting wood to our will; lumber mills and furniture factories spit out rectilinear shapes that fit nicely onto trucks, but have little to do with the inherent properties of a tree."

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.923.7030

 

Description: This exhibit presents a portion of the output from sophomore industrial design studio at Philadelphia University from Spring of 2008. The course was a collaboration with Wilsonart Inc. where students were challenged to develop full-scale seating devices which explored and celebrated Wilsonart's laminate material. This exhibition reveals the process and many of the final products. Several selected projects from this course will not be on view at this exhibit but will be shown at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City in May of 2009. Professors Josh Owen and Jason Lempieri.

Admission: Free

For More Information: info [at] joshowen.com
222 Gallery

 

  • 8static
  • 8static  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 18, 2008
  • Time: 6:00pm; 7:30-11:00pm**
  • Location: Studio 34
    4522 Baltimore Avenue
    West Philadelphia
  •  

Description: 8static will gather some of the premier 8bit artists in the country for an unforgettable night of lo-fi sounds and mesmerizing pixel explosions. Five music performers, both local (Animalstyle, Cheap Dinosaurs) and from NYC (Glomag, Mark Denardo, Bit Shifter) will be joined by four visualists (noteNdo, Voltage Controlled, from NYC and Philly's own NO CARRIER and V BLANK). These artist will use their hacked game consoles and 8bit computers to fill the night with otherworldly sights and sounds. If this is your first 8bit show, it will be your chance to fall in love with the 8bit aesthetic as so many have done in recent years. If you are an 8bit fan, well, you know what you're in for! Check 8static.com for venue and other show information.
**6:00pm - Screening of "Reformat the Planet" (free);
7:30pm - 11:00pm - Performances ($8 at venue, $5 with flier or advance ticket)

Admission: $5 ahead, $8 at door**

For More Information: contact [at] thehacktory.org

 

  • Philly {heart} Design
  • MIO  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 18, 2008
  • Time: 8:00pm
  • Location: The Rotunda
    University of Pennsylvania
    4014 Walnut Street
    West Philadelphia
  •  

Description: Back by popular demand! Philly {heart} Design is an extraordinary exhibition of cutting-edge work submitted by the best of the best – students, professionals, and others in the product, graphic and interactive fields. The exhibition, curated by Jaime Salm, Isaac Salm, and Alexandra Schmidt-Ullrich, features a broad range of work in an immersive environment. The exhibition will be open October 16 – 22.

Admission: Free

For More Information: info [at] mioculture.com
215.925.9359

 

  • Designing for the Dead: The Art & Architecture of Laurel Hill Cemetery
  • Laurel Hill Cemetery & the Friends of Laurel Hill  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 19, 2008
  • Time: 1:00pm
  • Location: Laurel Hill Cemetery
    3822 Ridge Avenue
    Philadelphia, PA 19132
  •  

Description: Noted architects like John Notman, William Strickland, Frank Furness, John J. McArthur, C.C. Zantzinger, Horace Trumbauer, and Napoleon LeBrun competed fiercely for the chance to design for the dead. Join us on a walking tour of Laurel Hill Cemetery, where we will see monuments created by these early architects, as well as artists such as A. M. Calder, his son A. S. Calder, and sculptress Harriet Frishmuth, whose works grace many of Laurel Hill's memorials. The tour will examine changing tastes in grave markers over the past two centuries, from the classical obelisks and urns of the Federal period, to the richly decorated crosses of the Gothic Revival, to the massive mausoleums of the Gilded Age. The tour will be led by researcher and historian, Thomas H. Keels, author of noted texts, Philadelphia Graveyards and Cemeteries, and Forgotten Philadelphia: Lost Architecture of the Quaker City.

Admission: $10

For More Information: 215.228.8200

 

  • Art Buggy Derby 3.0
  • MAKE:Philly  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 19, 2008
  • Time: 2:00pm
  • Location: Washington Square Park
    (south side of park)
  •  

Description: The Art Buggy Derby is both an intense race of SPEED and a fierce competition of INGENUITY. It's about building the fastest buggy from recycled materials that will cruise across the finish line first. But it's also about building a buggy that creates art during the journey of the race. Art that will wow the judges after the smoke settles. This is the riddle of the Art Buggy Derby - a buggy can cross the finish line second and still win the race on account of the art it created during the race.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 718.644.2744
map: location

 

  • DIRT - clean design on 4th Street
  • Jibe Design  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 19, 2008
  • Time: 12:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Location: Jibe Design
    813 South 4th Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19147
  •  

Description: Stop by a group show of 4th Street Fabric Row design talent, with curating and exhibit design by Johnston Duffy and Jibe Design Architecture. The exhibit features advertising design, sustainable architecture, residential interiors, fashion design, and, of course, textile design. The show highlights sustainable design practices with local clothing manufacturing, local yarns, passive heating/cooling systems, and recycled furniture. Featuring Johnston Duffy Graphic Design, Stuart Goldenberg Photography, Octo
Design Group, Jibe Design Architecture, Adler’s Fabrics, Marmelstein’s Fabric, Baldwin Fabrics, Bus Stop Shoes, Wonderboy Clothing, Sophie’s Yarns, Revelations, Behind Closed Doors, and Estate Antiques. The Exhibit runs October 16-22, (Mon/Wed/Fri 9:00am – 1:00pm; Tues/Thurs 12:00pm – 7:00pm, Sat 12:00pm – 4:00pm).

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.834.9872

 

  • DIRT - clean design on 4th Street: BUS STOP
  • BUS STOP  
  • Category: Workshop
  • Date: October 19, 2008
  • Time: 12:00pm – 5:00pm
  • Location: BUS STOP
    750 South 4th Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19147
  •  

Description: BUS STOP (a women's shoe boutique) will feature a window installation and hold a workshop on sustainable, eco-friendly women's footwear, showcasing Terra Plana and Ground Hog shoe designs. Part of "DIRT - clean design on 4th Street"

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.627.2357

 

  • Swap-O-Rama Rama
  • Philadelphia Sewing Collective  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 19, 2008
  • Time: 12:00pm – 5:00pm
  • Location: Old Pine Community Center
    401 Lombard Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19144
  •  

Description: Swap-O-Rama Rama is a clothing swap and series of do-it-yourself workshops in which a community explores creative reuse through the recycling of used clothing.
** Please bring clean clothes to swap as part of admission.

Admission: $20, $10 for seniors **

For More Information: sorrphilly.wordpress.com

 

  • DIRT - clean design on 4th Street: Jewelry
  • Hand Impressions Gallery  
  • Category: Workshop
  • Date: October 19, 2008
  • Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
  • Location: Hand Impressions Gallery
    759 South 4th Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19147
  •  

Description: Designer Jennifer Blyth will present jewelry-making demonstrations on recycling old jewelry into new custom pieces. Part of "DIRT - clean design on 4th Street"

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.928.9286

 

  • DIRT - clean design on 4th Street: Illustration
  • Hand Impressions Gallery  
  • Category: Workshop
  • Date: October 19, 2008
  • Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
  • Location: Hand Impressions Gallery
    759 South 4th Street
  •  

Description: Visit our gallery for a Fashion Illustration demonstration drawn from a live model wearing fabulous 4th Street clothing designs.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.928.9286

 

  • InLiquid Outreach: 19122
  • InLiquid   Veyko Inc
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 19, 2008
  • Time: 3:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Location: Crane Arts Building
    1400 N. American Street
    South Kensington
  •  

Description: Mix, mingle, and view work by a wide variety of design professionals from the 19122 zip at this open house in the Crane Arts Building. Featuring work by Marguerite Rodgers Ltd. (interior design), Veyko Inc. (architecture design & fabrication), InLiquid (art & design network), and more. Presented as part of the North American Street Design District events.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.235.3405
mrodgersltd.com
www.inliquid.com
www.veyko.com

 

  • North American Street Design District
  • Multiple participants  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 19, 2008
  • Time: 3:00pm - 9:00pm
  • Location: 1400 to 1536 N. American Street
    South Kensington
  •  

Description: A linear series of events highlighting art, architecture and design in the burgeoning Kensington South creative community. Join Bahdeebadhu, InLiquid, Marguerite Rodgers Ltd, Veyko Inc, M.O.N.A. and others to celebrate and explore North American Street art and design, with exhibitions, installations, book signings, product launches, and all out parties as part of DesignPhiladelphia. See each event listing for specific details: "InLiquid's 19122 Outreach", "Warren Muller, Wink", and "Made on North American: Product Launch Party/Concert at M.O.N.A."

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.235.3405
www.veyko.com
mrodgersltd.com
www.inliquid.com
www.bahdeebahdu.com

 

  • Warren Muller, Wink
  • Bahdeebahdu  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 19, 2008
  • Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Location: Bahdeebahdu
    1522 N. American Street
    South Kensington
  •  

Description: Please join bahdeebahdu to celebrate the publication of our in-house Luminary's coffee table book. Taking place in our grand new studio-showroom-gallery, let us entertain, inspire and amaze you as only we know how. Book debut and party as part of the North American Street Design District events.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.627.5002

 

  • Made On North American: Product Launch Party/Concert at MONA
  • M.O.N.A.  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 19, 2008
  • Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
  • Location: 1536 N. American Street
    South Kensington
  •  

Description: Come as you are to a kick-ass live concert celebrating M.O.N.A.'s arrival in the alt-design scene. Images from the collective's decorative art installations as well as prototypical furniture & architectural products will be on hand to rock your socks off, Philly-style. Part of the North American Street Design District events.

Admission: Free

 

  • Open Studio: MID@UArts
  • MID@UArts  
  • Category: Open Studio
  • Date: October 20, 2008
  • Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Location: The University of the Arts
    333 S. Broad Street
    4th Floor - MID Studio
  •  

Description: Join the University of the Arts Master of Industrial Design program in previewing their current work and studio space. Work from a collaboration with Campbell's, the Philadelphia Green Kitchen project, and others will be on display. Discuss these with the students and faculty currently involved.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.717.6253

 

  • Open Studio
  • Cloud Gehshan  
  • Category: Open Studio
  • Date: October 20, 2008
  • Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
  • Location: Cloud Gehshan Associates
    400 Market Street
    Suite 300
  •  

Description: Cloud Gehshan Associates, one of the country's premiere environmental graphic design firms, invites you to tour our studio in Old City. Get acquainted with environmental graphic design, meet the designers and hear about our current projects. Refreshments will be served.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.829.9414 x243

 

  • Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism
  • Community Design Collaborative   Bryan Bell
  • Category: Lecture
  • Date: October 20, 2008
  • Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Location: Center for Architecture
    1218 Arch Street
  •  

Description: Join the Community Design Collaborative for the local launch of "Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism", featuring a keynote and book signing with editor Bryan Bell. Released by Metropolis Books in November 2008, Expanding Architecture features more than thirty essays exploring how design can improve daily lives and presents a new generation of creative design carried out in the service of the greater public and the greater good. By expanding the population that is currently served as well as the services offered, designers can play key roles in addressing the most critical issues – social, economic, and environmental — faced in the world today. Bryan Bell, founder and executive director of Design Corps and author of Good Deeds Good Design,
will speak on the diverse, dynamic world of architectural activism.

Co-sponsored by the Community Design Collaborative and Center for Architecture

Admission: Free RSVP

For More Information: 215.587.9290
RSVP to carryn [@] cdesignc.org

 

  • MIO Open Studio
  • MIO  
  • Category: Open Studio
  • Date: October 20, 2008
  • Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
  • Location: MIO
    446 North 12th Street
    (Corner of 12th and Hamilton)
  •  

Description: New showroom and studio tour

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.925.9359

 

  • Art for Lunch: Film Screening of "The Powers of Ten"
  • The Galleries at Moore  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 21, 2008
  • Time: 11:45am – 12:45pm
  • Location: Stewart Auditorium
    The Galleries at Moore
    20th Street and The Parkway
    Philadelphia, PA 19103
  •  

Description: Art for Lunch: Public screening of the 1977 short film by Charles and Ray Eames chronicling the relative scale of the universe in powers of ten. This nine-minute film, seen by over ten million people, is an unforgettable experience that expands the way we think about and view our world. Followed by a group discussion, moderator to be announced. This program is presented in conjunction with the October celebrations of The Powers of Ten held nationwide to promote awareness, understanding, and tolerance.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.965.4027

 

  • Open Studio: Brett Webber Architects
  • Brett Webber Architects  
  • Category: Open Studio
  • Date: October 21, 2008
  • Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Location: Brett Webber Architects
    2400 Chestnut Street
    Enter from 24th Street
  •  

Description: Brett Webber Architects, a Philadelphia-based architecture firm, invites you to attend a studio tour and presentation of our work. On display will be a selection of current and recently completed projects showcasing the diversity of our commercial and residential portfolio.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.568.9751

 

  • Terror Behind the Walls, Halloween at Eastern State Penitentiary
  • Eastern State Penitentiary  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 21, 2008
  • Time: 6:00pm - 7:00pm Behind the Scenes look
    7:00pm - 11:00pm Tours of Terror Behind the Walls
  • Location: Eastern State Penitentiary
    22nd Street and Fairmount Avenue
  •  

Description: Terror Behind the Walls, the region’s premier haunted attraction, is unveiling some behind the scenes secrets to DesignPhiladelphia. Jason Ohlsen, the site’s Exhibit and Special Events Designer, will offer a unique look at the design and construction of the event. In addition, DesignPhiladelphia participants can purchase special $13 discount tickets for that evening’s tours by using the code “DESIGN” when purchasing tickets on www.ticketmaster.com (tickets must be purchased in advance for a specific time slot).

Admission: Free/$13

For More Information: www.easternstate.org/halloween

 

  • Special Reception
  • The Clay Studio  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 21, 2008
  • Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Location: The Clay Studio
    137-139 N. Second Street
    Old City
  •  

Description: The Clay Studio – Philadelphia’s premier nonprofit ceramic arts organization – is pleased to offer three exhibitions that celebrate the use of beautifully crafted, handmade ceramic objects – both tableware and sculpture – that satisfy every homeowners’ need for form and function. Cast: Tableware. The industrial practice of slipcasting is being used in individual artists Studio practices more than ever before. This exhibition highlights the work of seven local designers. Cast: Sculpture. Many contemporary sculptors are employing the use of the slip casting technique in the creation of their work, which is presented here via the work of seven additional designers/artists. Sandi Pierantozzi exhibition will also be on display.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.925.3453
www.theclaystudio.org

 

  • The Greening of Greenfield: Creating Sustainable Landscapes
  • Community Design Collaborative  
  • Category: Workshop
  • Date: October 21, 2008
  • Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
  • Location: Center for Architecture
    1218 Arch Street
  •  

Description: Parents, teachers, and designers across Philadelphia are actively working to turn school grounds into greener places that enhance the lives of students and the surrounding community. Get a grass roots lesson from Greenfield Elementary School and others leading efforts to create sustainable landscapes for public schools.

Admission: Free RSVP

For More Information: 215.587.9290
RSVP to Linda [at] cdesignc.org

 

  • Valerie Casey: Creating the Conditions for Change
  • Bresslergroup   IDSA Philly
  • Category: Lecture
  • Date: October 21, 2008
  • Time: 6:00pm reception, 7:00 lecture
  • Location: Bresslergroup
    The Marketplace Design Center
    2400 Market St, Suite 1-2 (Lower Level)
  •  

Description: Creating the Conditions for Change:
Integrating the principles of sustainability into design practice and production.
Valerie Casey of IDEO and founder of The Designers Accord provides practical advice on integrating the principles of sustainability into design practice and production. Ms. Casey will present the progress of the Designers Accord movement and discuss how participating design firms, educational institutions, and corporations throughout the world are making change. The lecture is hosted by Philadelphia product design firm, Bresslergroup and IDSA Philly. SRS Energy's new solar roofing system will also be showcased.

Please join us for:
6:00pm cocktail reception / studio tour
7:00pm lecture

www.designersaccord.org
www.bresslergroup.com
www.idsaphilly.com
www.srsenergy.com

Admission: Free

For More Information: Contact Desiree Ruiz at 215.209.3048 or druiz [at] bresslergroup.com

 

  • Open Studio
  • Ballinger  
  • Category: Open Studio
  • Date: October 21, 2008
  • Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
  • Location: Ballinger
    833 Chestnut Street
    Suite 1400
  •  

Description: Ballinger invites you to take part in an office tour and view a display of work with emphasis on sustainable projects.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.446.0386

 

  • Down To Earth-Evolving Design in the 21st Century
  • The Academy of Natural Science  
  • Category: Lecture
  • Date: October 21, 2008
  • Time: 6pm Exhibition 6:30 Discussion
  • Location: The Academy of Natural Science
    1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
  •  

Description: Our planet is ever changing, ever evolving. The way we live from; the buildings we work in and the clothes we wear to the gadgets we use, effect not only us individually but also our worldly environment both contextually and physically. Featuring several contemporary renowned designers and thinkers, this discussion will investigate the evolution of design in the 21st Century with topics including Green Design and Sustainability, the integration of design disciples, and the recent trends towards the creation of efficient, functional, environmentally friendly, cutting edge Design.

Panelists include:, Mark Alan Hughes Director of Sustainability City of Philadelphia – Moderator, Robert Fleming Architect, LEED AP, Debra Rubin IIDA, and Genevieve Dion, Program Director of Fashion at Drexel University.

Sponsored by Association for the Advancement and Integration of Design and Town Square: Science for Citizens

Admission: Free

For More Information: aid.creative [at] gmail.com
aid-creative.org
www.ansp.org

 

  • Gary Brechin
  • Drexel Westphal College  
  • Category: Lecture
  • Date: October 21, 2008
  • Time: 6:30pm
  • Location: The Mandell Theater
    Drexel University
    33rd and Chestnut Streets
    University City

  •  

Description: Dr. Gary Brechin will offer the fall lecture in the 2008-09 Farajollah & Maryam Badie Arfaa Lecture Series. Dr. Brechin is the co-founder of the “Living New Deal Project” which is a collaborative effort attempting to document the often forgotten engineering and architectural achievements of Depression-relief agencies. In addition to its primary mission of recording history, Brechin expects the Living New Deal Project will raise critical issues of civic responsibility and productive governance in America today. As a writer, researcher, advocate and television producer, Brechin has been a powerful critic of the environmental degradation of the American West.

Admission: Free

For More Information: Allen Sabinson, allensabinson [at] drexel.edu, 215.895.1621

 

  • SO RE FA, presented by Arcadia Boutique
  • Arcadia Boutique  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 21, 2008
  • Time: 7:00 pm show, reception
  • Location: Arcadia Boutique
    819 N. 2nd Street
    Northern Liberties
  •  

Description: The second annual Socially Responsible Fashion show So Re Fa: a fashion event presenting innovative sustainable clothing constructed of new eco materials, recycled and re-purposed, or fair trade garments. This event promotes an awareness of sustainable practices and lifestyle, featuring guest design speakers Anna Bario of Rust Belt and Kathryn Darcy of Toggery. So Re Fa showcases fashions from national designers such as Edun, Loyale, and Stewart Brown, as well as local award winning eco- designers. Following the show there will be a cocktail party and raffle for prizes from Anthropologie, Bubble Room products and more. Show begins at 7:00 pm, with a cocktail party following the event.

Admission: Free RSVP

For More Information: RSVP to info [at] arcadiaboutique.com
For more info: sorefa [at] gmail.com
www.sorefa.org

 

  • Official DesignPhiladelphia Closing Reception
  • Innovation Philadelphia  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 22, 2008
  • Time: 5:30pm – 7:30pm
  • Location: Center for Architecture
    1218 Arch Street
  •  

Description: Celebrate the success of DesignPhiladelphia 2008 with Innovation Philadelphia!

As the closing reception for this year's events, Innovation Philadelphia is turning the table on the traditional job fair. Design entrepreneurs and freelancers will have the opportunity to showcase their talent and portfolios for business professionals to preview and contract their services.

Join Innovation Philadelphia, one of this year's Champion Sponsors, for the final day of DesignPhiladelphia 2008.


Admission: Free pre-registration required

For More Information: Pre-register to attend at www.innovationphiladelphia.com

 

  • CALDERWOOD 2 – Design 1960-1980… The (almost) Grand Opening
  • Calderwood Gallery  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 22, 2008
  • Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
  • Location: Calderwood 2
    631 North Broad Street (across from Osteria)
  •  

Description: Join us for the (almost) Grand Opening of Calderwood 2 – Design 1960-1980. Furniture, objects, accessories and lighting that blew the lid off conventional and replaced it with innovation in design and execution. The period-themed reception will be a tribute to the renaissance of imagination and creativity of the 60s, and 70s. Did someone say quiche? Was that a pig-in-a-blanket that just went by? Care for a glass of Tang or some Gatorade? Dust off your platform shoes. Iron your mini-dress. Get out your black eyeliner. Come in style. Be there or be square. Located across the street from Marc Vetri’s highly acclaimed restaurant Osteria and the chic Lofts at 640, Calderwood 2 adds to the revitalization of North Broad Street. Look for a (finally) grand opening in a few more months. Design in the time of mod.pop.op.fab.glam. Brought to you by The Calderwoods.

Admission: Free

For More Information: Rsvp 215.546.5357
www.calderwoodgallery.com

 

  • User-Centered Design: Keeping It Real
  • PhillyCHI  
  • Category: Lecture
  • Date: October 22, 2008
  • Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Location: University of Pennsylvania
    Huntsman Hall, Room 255
    3730 Walnut Street
    Location Map
  •  

Description: User-Centered Design: Keeping It Real
Join us as our panelists discuss why great design isn't just about design. It's about people.

ABOUT THE DISCUSSION
As design professionals, we strive to create great products and great experiences, both physical and virtual, for the general public or niche markets. But many times – the cynic would say most of the time – we miss the mark. The world is full of things that are difficult and frustrating to use. And that's because designers make assumptions about how users think and do things.

Great design is user-centric design.

User-centered design (UCD) is an approach that places the user at the center of the design process from the beginning. By understanding real people's needs and behaviors during the conception and refinement of a design, we can ensure that a new product succeeds.

This discussion will include perspectives on user-centered design from professionals who create experiences in the fields of architecture, interactive design, and product design. Each panelist will present examples and strategies relevant to practitioners of user-centric design in any discipline.

Those interested in architecture, graphic design, human factors, information architecture, interaction design, product design, usability, and user experience will find the discussion highly informative and challenging.

ABOUT THE PANELISTS
Steve Cleff, Account Planner, Avenue A | Razorfish Philadelphia
Steve manages the Account Planning practice in the Philadelphia office of Avenue A | Razorfish, one of the world's largest interactive agencies. In this role, his responsibility is to gain the consumer insights that inspire innovation. Always seeking to balance business goals and consumer needs, Steve's strengths are understanding consumer motivations, how they affect consumer behavior, and how his clients can take advantage. Steve has worked in Interactive Marketing since 1995, in all aspects from upfront strategy to end-stage development.

Zoey Juhng, Design Director, Bresslergroup
Zoey carries an unique mix of consultancy, corporate and small business experience. She carries a keen understanding of consumer insights, product strategy, industrial design and manufacturing. With her experience, she is able to strategically customize Bresslergroup's capabilities with the needs of clients. Winning numerous IDEA, ID Magazine, Good Design, Appliance Design and Medical Excellence awards, she has a proven track record of translating winning innovations into profitable business solutions.

Formerly of Kaz, Inc. Zoey managed the design and innovation process for seasonal and pharmacy consumer product markets. Developing products for brands such as Braun, Vicks, Enviracaire and Honeywell, she led the design team and worked closely with her marketing and engineering counterparts to launch new product innovations. Zoey is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and is actively involved in IDSA. She has also taught as an Industrial Design professor at Philadelphia University.

Michael Summers, Senior Director, Usability, gsi interactive
Michael leads the user research practice at gsi interactive and runs gsi interactive's state-of-the-art eyetracking lab.

Prior to gsi interactive, Summers held key user research roles at Nielsen Norman Group, Scient, and USWeb/CKS. Most recently, Summers built his own successful user research consultancy where he conducted user research studies throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia for clients like Time Warner-AOL, Avenue A/Razorfish, AT&T, AstraZeneca, Digitas, and the National Council on Aging.

Summers holds a masters from Syracuse University, and has been invited to speak about how user research improves products to the American Center for Design (ACD), the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), the Association for Computing Machinery's special interest group in Computer-Human Interaction (SIG-CHI), and the Usability Professional's Association (UPA). Along with several journal publications, Summers also has co-authored a university textbook called "Creating Websites that Work".

Maria Keares Wyant, RA, Wyant Architecture
Maria manages design development and construction documentation for many of Wyant Architecture's projects. Having spent numerous years on the development of award-winning educational and institutional projects, she brings an in-depth knowledge of building systems and materials to the firm's design process. She approaches each project with clarity of intent and meticulous attention to detail, thoughtfully manipulating space, texture, color and light to strengthen and refine project goals. Maria holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Carnegie Mellon University. She is NCARB certified, and is a registered architect in the state of Pennsylvania.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR
Dave Cooksey, PhillyCHI Chair
Dave is a Strategy Lead in Taxonomy & User Insights at gsi interactive, a division of GSI Commerce, a turnkey e-commerce provider located in King of Prussia, PA. Dave's work is informed by masters degrees in information systems (Drexel University) and social science (University of Illinois).

Admission: Free, rsvp

For More Information: Please rsvp byy Monday, October 20th
phillyCHI [at] gmail.com

 

  • 2008 Philadelphia Emerging Architecture Prize
  • AIA @ Art Alliance  
  • Category: Event
  • Date: October 22, 2008
  • Time: 7:00pm
  • Location: Philadelphia Art Alliance
    251 South 18th Street
    Rittenhouse Square
  •  

Description: The inaugural Philadelphia Emerging Architecture Prize, presented by the Philadelphia Center for Architecture and the Philadelphia Art Alliance, will showcase the talents and design work of emerging architects and architectural firms from the Philadelphia region. Winners will be selected through a juried portfolio submission. Selected firms will present a lecture on their work at the Art Alliance. This will be followed by a round table discussion including all winning firms. An exhibition of winning firms’ work will also be displayed at the Center for Architecture and the Art Alliance. Eligibility details, submission requirements and deadlines are available at www.designphiladelphia.org

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.545.7180

 

  • SMIT
  • SMIT   Minima
  • Category: Lecture
  • Date: October 22, 2008
  • Time: 7:00pm
  • Location: The University of the Arts
    CBS Auditorium in Hamilton Hall
    320 South Broad Street (across from the exhibition lot)
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Description: Join us for a presentation from Teresita Cochran, Samuel Cochran and Ben Howes, the principles of Sustainably Minded Interactive Technology, LLC, of their expanding system of photovoltaic and piezoelectric technology called GROW. See Exhibitions.

Part of "A Clean Break", an exhibition of modern, pre-fab architecture and high-design, low waste innovations for the urban environment.

Admission: Free, rsvp

For More Information: Please rsvp with Elizabeth Oliver, eoliver@minima.us or 215.922.2002

A Clean Break

 

  • Philly (Heart) Design
  • MIO  
  • Category: Exhibition
  • Date: Ongoing
  • Time: call for hours
  • Location: The Rotunda
    University of Pennsylvania
    4014 Walnut Street
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Description: Ongoing October 16 -22, 2008. An exhibition of cutting-edge work submitted by students, professionals, and others in the product, graphic, and interactive design fields. The exhibition, curated by Jaime Salm, Isaac Salm, and Alexandra Schmidt-Ullrich, features a broad range of work in an immersive environment.

Admission: Free

For More Information: info [at] mioculture.com
215.925.9359

 

  • A Clean Break: Pop up Neighborhood
  • Minima  
  • Category: Exhibition
  • Date: Ongoing
  • Time: Mon- Sun 11:00am - 7:00pm
  • Location: 313 S. Broad Street, at Spruce
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Description: Exhibition dates: October 17-30, 2008. A vacant lot becomes a prefab neighborhood for two weeks with full-scale modern, sustainable, affordable homes designed by international architects. Curated by Minima gallery, the outdoor exhibition also features urban farming, environmentally-friendly furniture, lighting, transportation, public art and other high-design, low-waste consumer products. Visit www.acleanbreak.org for up-to-date event info.

Admission: Free

For More Information: Eugenie Perret, eperret [at] minima.us and Elizabeth Oliver, eoliver [at] minima.us
Minima www.minima.us 215.922.2002
www.acleanbreak.org
Sponsored in part by Minima, The University of the Arts, Gyro, and The William Penn Foundation

 

  • Challenge VII: dysFUNctional
  • Wood Turning Center  
  • Category: Exhibition
  • Date: Ongoing
  • Time: Tues-Fri 10-6, Sat 10-5
  • Location: Wood Turning Center
    501 Vine Street
    Old City
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Description: Challenge VII twists functional design into dysFUNctional contemporary art. Included are objects and videos that were never intended to show together. The artists designed components that work with and against each other in content, form, surface and movement - evoking humor, curiosity and suspicion. The accompanying exhibition catalog was designed to be dysFUNctional yet provoke user amusement. The cover of carpet secrets the artists’ drawings and statements, providing glimmers of their innermost thoughts.

Albert LeCoff, Executive Director provides a walk-through gallery talk Saturday, October 18 at 2 pm.

This exhibition will run October 3 thru January 17, 2009

Wood Turning Center is open extended hours during Design 2008
Tuesday-Friday 10am-6pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.923.8000 or info [at] woodturningcenter.org

 

  • DREAM STONE: Black and White Abstract Chinese Marble
  • Liao Collection  
  • Category: Exhibition
  • Date: Ongoing
  • Time: Call for Hours
  • Location: Liao Collection
    310 N 11th Street
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Description: A modern installation of ancient Chinese objects, natural pattern of the Dali Marble in black and white with brush stroke, cloud movement, mist and rivers… and spaciousness. Call for gallery hours. Ongoing: October 16 - November 30, 2008

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.922.2229

 

  • Daniel Eatock: Extra Medium
  • Arcadia University  
  • Category: Exhibition
  • Date: Ongoing
  • Time: Call for Hours
  • Location: Arcadia University Art Gallery
    450 South Easton Road
    Glenside, PA 19038
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Description: Ongoing Sept 18 - Oct 26, 2008. The work of London-based Daniel Eatock (b.1975) constitutes an inventive response to the everyday shaped by a keen sensitivity to formal and conceptual coincidence. Trained as a designer with clients that include the BBC and the Walker Art Center, Eatock strives to avoid subjective composition while reorienting the given values of readymade objects, standards, and procedures. Unforeseen approaches to familiar problems (such as domestic storage & display, stationery, and website design), join more eccentric challenges, such as his ongoing attempts to draw a perfect freehand circle, sustain a helium balloon in constant equilibrium, or carry a glass of seawater from Brighton to London via public transport. These and other works—many realized specifically for this exhibition—consistently combine wry humor with a serial, reductive logic to create contingent forms of order amidst the chaos of contemporary life. "Extra Medium" is Eatock's first individual exhibition in the United States and coincides with the publication of Imprint, a new monograph from Princeton Architectural Press.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.572.2131

 

  • Eye/Hand/Touch
  • Snyderman Gallery  
  • Category: Exhibition
  • Date: Ongoing
  • Time: 10am - 6pm Tues-Sat
  • Location: Snyderman Gallery
    303 Cherry Street
    Old City
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Description: Joyce J. Scott’s performances, lectures and exhibitions have played an important role in creating visibility for artists of color in the United States and Europe for more than 45 years. For that reason, Snyderman-Works Galleries is honored to present her first-ever solo exhibition in Philadelphia. The installation at Snyderman-Works Galleries will occupy most of the 3000 square foot main exhibition space. A forceful combination of historian, narrator and maker, nothing is off limits for Scott. She uses an unexpectedly heterogeneous array of materials - beadwork, hand-blown glass, appropriated African sculptures and masks, found objects- skillfully combining them into narrative sculptures. Beaded figures and heads perch on the edge of objects, investing them with a seemingly totemic role. The imagery is fierce in its energy as it is rich in color and texture, but so exquisitely made as if to say that at the end of adversity there can be ethereal beauty.

Solo exhibit by Joyce Scott, through November 15, 2008. Full color catalogue available.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.238.9576

 

  • AIA Awards for Design Excellence 08
  • AIA  
  • Category: Exhibition
  • Date: Ongoing
  • Time: Mon-Sat 9:30am - 7pm;
    Sun 12-6
  • Location: 1616 Chestnut Street
    The Rotunda at The Shops at Liberty Place
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Description: Ongoing October 13-26, 2008. A Celebration of Design will present the award winners for the 2008 AIA Awards for Design Excellence. AIA Philadelphia's Awards program recognizes significant achievements by member architecture firms in planning, design and execution of architectural projects, and promotes the public appreciation of design quality.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.569.3186

 

  • Judith Hoyt: Constructions & Jewelry
  • Works Gallery  
  • Category: Exhibition
  • Date: Ongoing
  • Time: Tues-Sat 10am-6pm
  • Location: Works Gallery
    303 Cherry Street
    Old City
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Description: Encaustic paintings and sculpture with found materials, created by Judith Hoyt, will be on display at the Works Gallery, in conjunction with DesignPhiladelphia. This exhibition will run October 3 through November 15, 2008.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.922.7775

 

  • Next Steps: An Eco Shoe Show
  • Grow Design  
  • Category: Exhibition
  • Date: Ongoing
  • Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm Mon-Sat
  • Location: Rittenhouse Sports Specialties
    1729 Chestnut Street
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Description: Ongoing October 16 - 22, 2008. A Sustainable Footwear Exhibition showcasing new eco-design developments in footwear materials, production, and use.

Admission: Free

For More Information: www.grow-design.com

 

  • Calder Jewelry
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art  
  • Category: Exhibition
  • Date: Ongoing
  • Time: Tuesday-Sunday 10:00am - 5:00pm
  • Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Description: Ongoing July 12 - Nov 2, 2008. Throughout Alexander Calder's life, the artist produced more than 1,800 jewelry works of art, each made entirely of hand. This is the first exhibition devoted exclusively to his unique body of jewelry work, and consists of approximately one hundred objects, including necklaces, bracelets, brooches, earrings, and tiaras.

Admission: $7.00

For More Information: www.philamuseum.org

 

  • Charrette: Architecture for Humanity
  • Drexel Westphal   Open Architecture Network
  • Category: Exhibition
  • Date: Ongoing
  • Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm Mon-Sat
  • Location: Center for Architecture
    1218 Arch Street
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Description: In April 2008 Drexel’s Dept of Architecture & Interiors organized a Design Charrette for multi-disciplinary teams of students to address humanitarian problems. Cameron Sinclair, co-founder of Architecture for Humanity, gave a public lecture in the Arfaa Lecture Series and, over the following four days, led this charrette. The 13 teams of students responded to these humanitarian architectural challenges – Sustainable Portable Classrooms in Louisiana and Philadelphia, A Sport Acupuncture/ Archery Center, Bhutan, and a Sport Acupuncture/Futsal Center, San Paolo, Brazil. More information can be seen at http://www.drexel.edu/westphal/architecture , and the finished projects can be seen on the Open Architecture Network website at http://openarchitecturenetwork.org/drexel

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.569.3186
Allen Sabinson, allensabinson [at] drexel.edu, 215.895.1621

 

  • DogHaus 2008 Designer Show Home
  • Multiple Participants  
  • Category: Exhibition
  • Date: Ongoing
  • Time: October 11 – November 9
  • Location: 8860 Norwood Avenue (Chestnut Hill)
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Description: Since its inception in 2003, DogHaus has become one of Philadelphia’s largest and most anticipated annual design homes uniting designers and animal lovers in an effort to help abused and neglected animals in the state of Pennsylvania. This year’s DogHaus will transform over 25 spaces of the Edgcumbe House in the heart of Chestnut Hill into an innovative yet livable showcase of design talent. Participating designers include August Interiors LLC; Burke Brothers Landscape Design/Build; Gregory Oliveri for Blue Lotus Gallery; LUXE HOME; Carrie Leskowitz Interiors; Chuck Soldano; Chris McCloud for Design 6 with Sarah Todd; David Brothers Landscape Services; Dwight Anthony Shirley; Eneida Cardona Photograhy; Fury Design Inc.; Laurel Hill Gardens; Louis Navarrete of Flourish; Lynne Rohlfing; M.O.N.A.; Michael Shannon Designs; Morrie Breyer of Breyer Studio; Rahr McNamara Home; Rebecca Paul Residential Design; Renee Norris Jones; RJ Thornburg of bahdeebahdu; Roger S Wright Furniture Ltd; BE Monograms and TDI Design.
Paint Sponsor: Benjamin Moore Paints; Martin, Banks, Pond, Lehocky & Wilson; Hellyer Berman Lewis, Inc.: Architecutre & Interior Design; Legg Mason Investment Counsel; John Capoferri Properties; Anthropologie.

Admission: $25 / Ticket price includes ca

For More Information: 215.426.6304 x227
www.spcadoghaus.org

 

  • Mary McFadden: Goddesses
  • The Galleries at Moore  
  • Category: Exhibition
  • Date: Ongoing
  • Time: Tues-Fri 11am-7pm;
    Sat 11am-5pm
  • Location: Goldie Paley Gallery
    The Galleries at Moore
    20th Street and The Parkway
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Description: Ongoing: August 28 - December 6, 2008. Inspired by the art and culture of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Celtic, Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, Indian and African civilizations, renowned fashion designer Mary McFadden has assembled a pantheon of creations for the adornment of the feminine form. Gowns and clothing ensembles and jewelry spanning the designer's thirty-five year career, as well as McFadden's personal collection of textiles, are featured in this exhibition organized by Moore College of Art & Design in celebration of the College's 160th Anniversary.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.965.4027

 

  • Wool as Art - Contemporary Felts by Mehmet Girgic
  • Gallery 51  
  • Category: Exhibition
  • Date: Ongoing
  • Time: Tues-Fri 11-6; Sat 12-6
  • Location: Gallery 51
    51 N. 2nd Street
    Old City
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Description: This exhibition will showcase the very graphic, new work by Turkey's premier feltmaker, internationally recognized wool-master, Mehmet Girgic. Mr. Girgic uses unspun, naturally dyed wool for his art felts, created and rolled entirely by hand, in the ancient, traditional manner - with no machines or chemical intervention. Exhibition runs October 15 through November 30, 2008.

Admission: Free

For More Information: 215.413.3191

 

  • The Distribution of Information
  • City Paper   University of the Arts
  • Category: Exhibition
  • Date: Ongoing
  • Time: Various times - visit website for exact locations
  • Location: Throughout Philadelphia - visit website for exact locations
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Description: City Paper and University of the Arts students team up to reimagine "information distribution." Honor boxes throughout the city will be the center of this redesign and will be installed around the city during DesignPhiladelphia.

Admission: Free