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100 chairs from the collection of the Vitra Design Museum ... Design museums are stuffed with them, and so are design history books, magazines and auction catalogues ... Another factor is that the world's great design museums have also had a predilection toward furniture, which is rooted in their history. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
N.Y. college students become museum guides Aug 2, 2007
College students design museum tours - US and Canada - MSNBC.com ... College students design museum tours. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Under (or Near) The Boardwalk Jul 20, 2007
headline the seventh annual hipster's delight (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Meet the IDEA Jury Jul 20, 2007
Prior to that she was the curatorial director of Cooper Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, also in New York City ... Under his leadership, Aveda was awarded the 2004 National Design Award for Corporate Achievement from the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum ... In 2003 and 2006 Antenna was a finalist for the National Design Award in Product Design from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. (BusinessWeek)
This "Green" Bag Is Way Too Cool Jul 19, 2007
The latest editions were up for sale July 18 a blue version at Whole Foods supermarkets in the New York metropolitan area and a green and gray style at The Design Museum in London. Meanwhile, Hindmarch has been forced to move sales of some of the bags online to avoid ugly incidents at stores in Southeast Asia. (CBS News)
5 compete to design museum Jul 19, 2007
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Johnson Fain Designs Museum Tower in Dallas Arts District, an Architecturally Significant Zone Jul 17, 2007
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Scott Johnson, FAIA, design partner of Johnson Fain, a leading architecture, planning and interiors firm based in Los Angeles, has been selected to design Museum Tower in Dallas, Texas, a 42-story condominium building in the heart of the Dallas Arts District among a quartet of architecturally significant buildings. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Lisbon: A slice of European culture at a budget price Jul 15, 2007
On the western extreme is Belm, where old meets new with its Belm Tower, a UNESCO World Heritage Site that was an offshore watchtower to protect the city's harbor (or as some of the locals say, "to keep an eye on the Spaniards"), and the ultra-modern Cultural Center of Belm, which holds art exhibitions and the location of the Design Museum. Also in Belm is the Mosteiro dos Jeronimos, a grand monastery that took 70 years to complete, mostly financed through the spice trade and currently the... (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Hungry for more than art Jul 8, 2007
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum has a secluded lawn with looming trees, gardens, and tables on the periphery for enjoying lunch from the tiny cafe where no sandwich or salad costs more than $10 ... Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum 91st Street at 5th Avenue. (Boston Globe)
Playing with furniture Jul 2, 2007
Vitra now works with designers on furniture and objects, and commissions architects to contribute to its architectural treasure chest at Weil-am-Rhein, which already has a conference center by the Japanese architect Tadao Ando, a design museum by Gehry and a fire station by Hadid ... Other designers used the project as a chance to experiment with the changing role that furniture plays in our lives, a theme that some have also explored in MyHome, the latest exhibition at the neighboring Vitra... (International Herald Tribune)
Porsche's best of the best ... Jun 29, 2007
Porsche's 911 Targa 4 has received a 'Best of the Best' award for excellent design from the Red Dot Design Museum of the North-Rhine Westfalian Design Centre ... As an award-winner, the 911 Targa 4 will be showcased in the special 'Design on Stage Winners Red Dot Award: Product Design 2007' display in the Essen Red Dot Design Museum at the Zollverein Coal Mine, one of the worlds cultural heritages, from June 26-July 23. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Media Advisory - Astronomical "Star Wars" exhibit bold & first-ever for Canada Jun 28, 2007
ABOUT THE DX: The Design Exchange (DX) is Canada's design museum, with a mission to engage and educate Canadians about the value of design. It recognizes Canadian design and innovation as key elements in the cultural and economic fabric of our lives. (Canada Newswire)
An idea to get young people on board Jun 20, 2007
The jigsaw, sniffs London's Design Museum founder Stephen Bayley , is "a puerile mess, an artistic flop, and a commercial scandal." The IOC loves it, though, and the organizers, who spent nearly $800,000 creating the logo, are undaunted. "It's vital that we reach out to those young people in a language that they understand and in technology that's familiar to them," says committee chief Sebastian Coe. (Boston Globe)
Luigi Colani: Translating Nature Jun 18, 2007
One of the most influential designers of the past half-century, Luigi Colani, is the subject of an exhibition at the Design Museum in London. With a career spanning almost six decades, Colani has applied his unique design style to produce cars, trucks, boats, aircraft, ceramics and consumer goods, as well as creating futuristic concepts for as-yet unrealized transport systems and architecture. (BusinessWeek)
Anyone for Fun 'n' games Jun 14, 2007
The AP reports this obligatory quote from London's Design Museum founder, Stephen Bayley, who said the logo was "a puerile mess, an artistic flop and a commercial scandal." We are pretty sure we have used those previous 10 words in that order before. Bite is worse than bark: Bjorn Borg was severely bitten in the leg by a German shepherd while trying to stop a dogfight, forcing the former Swedish tennis great to withdraw from his first grass-court match in 26 years. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
London chiefs defend controversial logo Jun 7, 2007
London's Design Museum founder Stephen Bayley said the logo was a puerile mess, an artistic flop and a commercial scandal. . (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
* Animated London 2012 logo pulled over epilepsy fears Jun 7, 2007
London's Design Museum founder Stephen Bayley said the logo was "a puerile mess, an artistic flop and a commercial scandal.". Chief organizer Sebastian Coe said the graffiti-style design was created to draw the attention of young people. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Olympic logo gets thumbs down Jun 5, 2007
Stephen Bayley, art critic and founder of the London Design Museum, described the logo in The Guardian newspaper as a "puerile mess, an artistic flop and a commercial scandal". The symbol cost around 400,000 ($A954,000) and took one year for design company Wolff Olins to think up. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Edgy symbol or artistic flop - Olympic logo unveiled Jun 5, 2007
Stephen Bayley, founder of the Design Museum, described it as feeble, a "puerile mess, an artistic flop and a commercial scandal", while message boards condemned it as a "broken swastika". Created by the brand consultants Wolff Ollins, the logo emerged after eight months of consumer-testing by focus groups. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Place your bets for when Atlantis will launch Jun 1, 2007 * Style supremoIsabella Blowdies of cancer May 10, 2007 Isabella Blow, 48; fashion editor had one-of-a-kind style May 9, 2007 Fashion icon Isabella Blow dies May 8, 2007 Obituary: Isabella Blow May 8, 2007 Jefferson AwardPresented to John Peterson May 7, 2007 London firm named to design museum May 3, 2007 In Berlin, art among the ruins May 2, 2007 Alice Rawsthorn Apr 30, 2007 From Katrina Wreckage to Workshop Apr 27, 2007 Copenhagen's Bredgade Street Apr 21, 2007 When there's no sense of possessiveness or ownership in the artistic process, great things happen. Apr 17, 2007 Design calender: Key design events of 2007-8 Apr 16, 2007 20 Great designer villas Apr 8, 2007 Smithsonian scrambles to change course Apr 5, 2007 UK museum to explore the surreal feel Mar 31, 2007 The Road to Ruin: How Grand Theft Auto Hit the Skids Mar 31, 2007 Diverse lifestyles of Islamic communities on display at National Museum Mar 28, 2007 For Gehry, an oddly tame design Mar 24, 2007 Dylan, Damien and Billy, Kaaba Cube, Moody Sax, Crazy Rain: Global Arts Mar 23, 2007 Slater Mill welcomes CEO with party Mar 20, 2007 * Design that is skin deep Mar 15, 2007 National Museum ties up with German design museum to share expertise Mar 12, 2007 Jenna Bush steps from party scene toward philanthropy Mar 9, 2007 Bush twin set to become an author (Jennifer Harper) Mar 7, 2007 Oh, that little black dress Mar 2, 2007 * Come into my world WH|i Feb 23, 2007 The A-Z of alternative breaks Feb 17, 2007 High-brow museums showcase celebrities Feb 7, 2007 Going down to the crossroads Jan 22, 2007 For the record Jan 4, 2007 Big on art: Seoul's major exhibitions for 2007 Jan 2, 2007 Notes from the Wunderground, and more Jan 1, 2007
NY Times-- The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum is who are trying to help the world's poor. Carrying water, which girls and women must balance on their heads in heavy cans, is alleviated by the Q-Drum, which holds 20 gallons and rolls like a tire on a string. (USA Today -- Tech)
Isbella Blow: A truly original style icon May 10, 2007
In 2002, an exhibition entitled When Philip Met Isabella at London's Design Museum celebrated the collaboration with the milliner. Blow was still working with Treacy on developing the show at the time of her death. (Independent)
" Treacy lived for two years in her mother-in-law's basement flat, and she commissioned his first wedding hat, for her wedding to the artist Detmar Blow in 1989. In 2002 her vast collection of his hats, including one that moved every time she spoke and one with 100 veils made for the funeral of a cousin so that the veiling would absorb the tears, became the subject of an exhibition at the London Design Museum, and a book, When Philip Met Isabella. She was also admirer, muse and freelance... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Her collection of hats by Treacy was exhibited in "When Philip Met Isabella" at the Design Museum in London in 2002. "There was an armorial quality to her clothes, perhaps a defensive quality," Bowles said. (Los Angeles Times)
"Treacy lived for two years in her mother-in-law's basement flat, and she commissioned his first wedding hat, for her wedding to the artist Detmar Blow in 1989. In 2002 her vast collection of his hats, including one that moved every time she spoke and one with 100 veils made for the funeral of a cousin so that the veiling would absorb the tears, became the subject of an exhibition at the London Design Museum, and a book, When Philip Met Isabella.She was also admirer, muse and freelance publicist... (Guardian Unlimited)
"Towards the end of her life, Isabella had become as recognisable as the designers and young artists she championed. The Design Museum held an exhibition in 2002 entitled When Philip Met Isabella, celebrating the relationship between Treacy and his muse. In 2004, she had a cameo appearance in the film The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou.She is survived by Detmar and a considerable hat collection.Geordie Greig writes: Izzie Blow never did dull. She was an original who always dealt in surprises.... (Guardian Unlimited)
" Through its flagship program called the 1% Solution, Public Architecture has encouraged design professionals nationwide to do more and better pro bono work. As a rule, any project Public Architecture takes on is prototypical, Peterson said. For instance, its latest project will call attention to the plight of day laborers, who have traditionally stood at street corners, gas stations and parking lots waiting for potential employers. A prototype of a Day Laborer Station is being displayed at the... (San Francisco Chronicle)
MIAMI SCIENCE MUSEUM. In a close vote, a team of architects was selected to design the new $275 million home of the Miami Science Museum in Bicentennial Park. (The Miami Herald)
The more than 30,000 square meters of space Vattenfall has rented out include nightclubs like Berghain - where true Saturday-night club devotees dance into Sunday afternoon - and the former Vitra Design Museum. "The scene here thrives on things that aren't finished," said Hans-Achim Grube, an author of books on industrial re-use and the Vattenfall manager charged with finding new tenants. (International Herald Tribune)
The Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York is exploring this phenomenon in "Design for the Other 90%," an exhibition opening Friday. It is hard to think of a more important or inspiring issue for a design museum to address right now. (International Herald Tribune)
"The furniture you touch it and you feel New Orleans," says Palleroni, whose first three prototypes a minimalist pew, table, and set of nesting boxes will be on display starting May 4 at the "Design for the Other 90%" exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City. The initial goal of the is to create a network of workshops where residents can both make furniture and gain basic carpentry skills. (Time.com)
Design buffs will appreciate the Danish Design Museum, which is a few blocks past the Amalienborg Palace ... Or, stop for coffee in the caf; inside the Danish Design Museum. (Suite101.com)
In the opulent Upper East Side mansion that houses the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, a 6-by-4-foot rabbit coated entirely in chalkboard paint looks brilliantly out of place in the stodgy, wood-paneled hall. Visitors are happy to scribble their musings on its curvaceous slate-black surface, but are left to wonder: Is it a toy. (FastCompany)
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Provoking Magic: The Lighting of Ingo Maurer -- September 14 to 27 January 2008. Retrospective of the work of Ingo Maurer, the ingenious German lighting designer. (International Herald Tribune)
It resembles a design museum, with its striking wooden walls, angular shapes and decks that lead to the private beach and turquoise sea, but inside thick rugs, plants, huge windows and low cream sofas soften the look. The charming port of Portisco is just a stroll away, but you may be content with the villa's rolling lawns, pool and sheltered sun terrace. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
The external committee's report raised questions about specific institutions, like the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York. "We remain concerned about the museum's future viability even with additional space and increased levels of funding, given the modest size of audience, limited programs, and scope of collection," the report said. (International Herald Tribune)
The V&A is Britain's leading design museum, and the exhibition traces surrealism's influence in fashion, film, architecture, theatre, interior design and advertising. Surrealism emerged in the 1920s as a subversive artistic movement out to challenge accepted ideas and - influenced by Sigmund Freud - liberate the unconscious. (Ninemsn)
We admired record labels, obviously, and clothing companies, which were obsessed with details and with an integrity between design, product, and marketing, Dan told the Design Museum of London in 2003. Rockstar wouldnt just sell games it would sell a lifestyle. (Wired News)
This diversity is a key focus of the travelling exhibition by Vitra Design Museum in Germany ... Alexander von Vegesack, Director, Vitra Design Museum, Germany, said: "Even in the smallest village you would find a hammam (traditional Arab bath-house). It is very important. It is not only about cleaning your body but also about relaxing your body, caring for yourself.". (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)
or the 1989 Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Reim, Germany. Neither work is perfect, but their imperfections are important. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
The shows supplement a three-month exhibition from Vitra Design Museum in Germany that looks at domestic culture in the Arab world. Through May 21 at the National Museum, 93 Stamford Road, Singapore. (Bloomberg -- Germany)
Other aims include the hiring of a full time development director, establishing a live blacksmith site, starting educational programs including one now in the discussion stage with Rhode Island School of Design Museum, and hiring someone who can run the water-powered turbine, for which former Sen. Lincoln Chafee secured federal funding, that five or seven years from now will run the lights and other power at the mill. (Pawtucket Times, RI)
Curated by Ellen Lupton, a researcher at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum of the Smithsonian Institute, the exhibit originally opened in New York in 2002 under the title Skin: Surface, Substance and Design. As with the earlier exhibit, Second Skin uses installations, video, lighting, architecture, interior design, biotechnology, photography and clothing, to show the influence skin has had on contemporary design. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
SINGAPORE: Singapore's National Museum is collaborating with a major European design museum to enhance its ability to design and hold exhibitions ... "We have to find a certain way to introduce our exhibitions also here in Asia - the way we compose the exhibition, the way we try to explain a subject. So working with an institution in Singapore will help us. It also helps us to understand young people or the industry in Asia towards design," said Alexander Von Vegesack, Director, Vitra Design... (Channel NewsAsia, Singapore)
Barbara works at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City. She previously worked for the Baylor College of Medicine pediatric AIDS program in Africa. (Houston Chronicle)
Miss Bush will complete her UNICEF internship in June; her twin sister, Barbara, continues to work at Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in Manhattan. News of the book attracted substantial world press coverage. (Washington Times)
It is one of a number of exhibitions in this country, including one recently at the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, that have paid homage to the little black dress. Spanning 100 years of haute and not-so-haute couture, the DeKalb exhibition uses garments from each decade to tell the story of how the simple dress became intertwined with the history of the women who wore it. (FOX59, IN)
Stephen Bayley, a cultural commentator who set up London's Design Museum and has worked at the V and A, said he feared the exhibitions were "a capitulation to the cult of celebrity.". "You can make excellent things popular but it's not the same as saying popular things are excellent," he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Check out the work of Poul Henningsen and Arne Jacobsen at the national art and design museum Kunstindustrimuseet (Bredgade 68, 00 45 33 18 5656, ) and then start your own collection by shopping at the city's design emporia. Moderna 10 (Ravensborggade 10a), Kolmorgen (Bredgade 10, kolmorgen. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
Stephen Bayley, a cultural commentator who set up London's Design Museum and has worked at the Victoria and Albert, said he feared the exhibitions were "a capitulation to the cult of celebrity." Mr. Bayley also described as "ruinous" government policies that he said "reward number chasing," and he took issue with a reported comment by one of the Victoria and Albert's trustees that it should not be a place for elitism. "She's very, very seriously wrong -- it's exactly the V and A's place to be... (Washington Times)
Last year, Gluckman's firm received a national American Institute of Architects Honor Award in architecture for the Museo Picasso Malaga in Malaga, Spain, and in 2005, the architect won a National Design Award from the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. After Donaldson's departure, his successor firm, Heritage Architecture & Planning, oversaw restoration and repainting of the baggage building's exterior and coordinated alterations and historically accurate replacement parts with Gluckman's... (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The underwater robot will be displayed at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City through July 29. Correction: Because of incomplete information supplied by Inverness Medical Innovations Inc., about Procter & Gamble Co. creating a joint partnership with Inverness incorrectly referred to how the Waltham firm had been investing profits from its commercial business. (Boston Globe)
"Van Gogh to Picasso: Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art" at Hangaram Design Museum (through March 28, gogh ... Other major exhibitions to be held in the first half of this year include Hangaram Design Museum's special exhibition of Musee d'Orsay in April, Gallery Ssamzie's "Paik Nam-june and his Fluxus friends" scheduled for later this month and two shows on Italian master sculptor Marino Marini (1901-1980) at the National Museum of Art, Deoksugung and at Sun Gallery in February. (Korea Herald, Korea)
The Rhode Island School of Design Museum offered another countercultural alternative with "Wunderground: Providence, 1995 to the Present," which traced the evolution of a bohemian community centered around Fort Thunder, an artist-occupied old factory building. The show's wall-to-wall display of hand made posters advertising art exhibitions, rock shows, and theatrical events so vividly conjured the trippy atmosphere of the Fort Thunder scene, I wished I'd been part of it. (Boston Globe)
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