Events / Design / December 2009

november 2009 january 2010

Living in the Lowlands

Living in the Lowlands - The domestic scene in the Nai collection

until thursday december 31 2009
NAI Rotterdam - Netherlands Architecture Institute
Gallery 2
T : +31(0)10-4401200
Museumpark 25
3015 CB Rotterdam
The Netherlands

info@nai.nl

press@nai.nl
www.nai.nl

The NAI has one of the world's most important collections of archives of architecture, interiors, landscape architecture and urban planning. The permanent exhibition Living in the Lowlands reveals the collection's wealth of drawings, models and photographs.


The exhibition Living in the Lowlands in Gallery 2. Photo: Ralph Kämena.

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Connections

Connections

until thursday december 31 2009
Design Museum Gent
T : +32 (0)9 267 99 99
Jan Breydelstraat 5
BE-9000 Gent
Belgium

museum.design@gent.be
design.museum.gent.be

A cheeky selection of 100 textile objects from the proprietary collection.


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Design Living World

Design for a living world

may 14 2009 -> january 04 2010
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
T : +1 (0)212.849.8400
2 East 91st Street
NY 10128 New York
United States

Press contact
T : +1 212 849 8420
cooperhewittpress@si.edu
www.cooperhewitt.org

The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum will present a traveling exhibition featuring objects created by leading designers and made from sustainable, natural materials. The exhibition features designs by Yves Béhar, Stephen Burks, Hella Jongerius, Maya Lin, Christien Meindertsma, Isaac Mizrahi, Ted Muehling, Paulina Reyes and Ezri Tarazi.

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Mobi Boom

Mobi-boom, le mobilier de 1945 à 1975

october 08 2009 -> january 10 2010
Les Arts Décoratifs
Nef
T : +33 (0)1 44 55 57 50
107-111, rue de Rivoli
75001 Paris
France

Contact presse
Marie-Laure Moreau
T : + 33 (0)1 44 55 58 78
presse@lesartsdecoratifs.fr
www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr

Cette exposition montrera le prodigieux renouveau du mobilier en France de 1945 à 1981 tant dans sa création que dans sa diffusion.

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Bauhaus - MoMa

Bauhaus 1919-1933 : workshops for modernity

november 08 2009 -> january 25 2010
MoMA
The Joan and Preston Robert Tisch Exhibition Gallery, sixth floor
T : +1 (212) 708-9400
11 West 53 Street (between Fifth and Sixth avenues)
NY 10019-5 New York
United States

info@moma.org
www.moma.org

This retrospective, presented in collaboration with a consortium of the three Bauhaus collections in Germany (Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin; Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau; and Klassik Stiftung Weimar), is the first comprehensive treatment of the Bauhaus at MoMA since 1938 and the first major show in the United States on the subject in decades. With a wide diversity of objects, including examples of industrial design, furniture, graphics, film, photography, book design, weaving, theater, painting, and sculpture, the exhibition will highlight the school's revolutionary ideas of artistic education and production, as well as its enduring influence. Several of the key objects in the exhibition have never been shown in the U.S.

Oskar Schlemmer. Bauhaus Stairway. 1932. Oil on canvas. 63 7/8 x 45" (162.3 x 114.3 cm) © The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Philip Johnson

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David Chipperfield - Making Special the Normal

october 14 2009 -> january 31 2010
Design Museum
T : +44 (0)20 7403 6933
28 Shad Thames
SE1 2YD London
England

Press contact
T : +44 (0)20 7940 8787
media@designmuseum.org

info@designmuseum.org
www.designmuseum.org

Media View 13 October 10am – 12pm.
One of the most important architects working today, David Chipperfield’s architecture uses concrete, brick and wood to create awe, beauty and meaning with an appealing clarity.

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Konstantin Grcic - Dessiner le design

Dessiner le design

october 22 2009 -> february 21 2010
Les Arts Décoratifs
Galerie d'actualité
T : +33 (0)1 44 55 57 50
107-111, rue de Rivoli
75001 Paris
France

Contact presse
Marie-Laure Moreau
T : + 33 (0)1 44 55 58 78
presse@lesartsdecoratifs.fr
www.lesartsdecoratifs.fr

Quel rôle le dessin conserve-t-il à l'heure de l'ordinateur ?
À travers la présentation de projets récents, cette exposition consiste à analyser les pratiques actuelles du design et à les mettre en perspéctive avec des pratiques plus traditionnelles, afin de redéfinir la place du dessin préparatoire dans la génèse d'une oeuvre.



Konstantin Grcic, Dessiner le Design


 

Wearable Paper

november 04 2009 -> march 07 2010
Design Museum
T : +44 (0)20 7403 6933
28 Shad Thames
SE1 2YD London
England

Press contact
T : +44 (0)20 7940 8787
media@designmuseum.org

info@designmuseum.org
www.designmuseum.org

Media View 3 November 10am – 12pm.
This Design Museum exhibition, first shown at the Benaki Museum in Athens, will bring together over one hundred authentic paper dresses alongside creations by contemporary designers such as Andy Warhol, John Galliano, Hussein Chalayan, Issey Miyake, Sophia Kokosalaki, Marcus Tomlinson and Bob Wilson.

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Design for the Real World - How Ergonomics Makes Things Better

november 04 2009 -> march 07 2010
Design Museum
28 Shad Thames
SE1 2YD London
England

Press contact
T : +44 (0)20 7940 8787
media@designmuseum.org

info@designmuseum.org
www.designmuseum.org

Media View 3 November 10am – 12pm.
The exhibition will show the impact of designers and manufacturers who have not accurately considered our ergonomic requirements - how the same design ‘errors’ that lead to you mistaking the hot tap for the cold one are the same, in principle, to those that can lead to an air traffic disaster or power station meltdown.

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TORD BOONTJE & EMMA WOFFENDEN

october 03 2009 -> may 31 2010
Glasmuseet Ebeltoft
T : +45 8634 1799
Strandvejen 8
DK-8400 Ebeltoft
Denmark

Head of PR & Communications
Pia Strandbygaard Frandsen
psf@glasmuseet.dk

glasmuseet@glasmuseet.dk
www.glasmuseet.dk

 


Cityscapes

Cityscapes Revealed: Highlights from the Collection

until friday december 31 2010
National Building Museum
T : +1 202.272.2448
401 F Street NW
20001 Washington DC
United States

Exhibitions Coordinator
Hank Griffith
T : +1 202.272 3700
hgriffith@nbm.org

Visitor services
John Bane
T : +1 202.272 3559
jbane@nbm.org
www.nbm.org

This first-ever retrospective exhibition of the National Building Museum’s unique collection explores quintessentially American, 20th-century buildings from center-city mansions to main street storefronts and sleek downtown skyscrapers.

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Washington - Symbol City

Washington: Symbol and City

until saturday december 31 2011
National Building Museum
T : +1 202.272.2448
401 F Street NW
20001 Washington DC
United States

Exhibitions Coordinator
Hank Griffith
T : +1 202.272 3700
hgriffith@nbm.org

Visitor services
John Bane
T : +1 202.272 3559
jbane@nbm.org
www.nbm.org

This exhibition explores how residents experience the city and how Washington itself expresses the tension between the demands of a working siege of government and the desire for a national symbol, and the hopes and needs of an evolving city.
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Studio Museo Achille Castiglioni

STUDIO MUSEO ACHILLE CASTIGLIONI

until monday december 31 2012
Monday - friday
Studio Museo Achille Castiglioni
T : + 39 (0)2 805 36 06
Piazza Castello, 27
20121 Milan
Italy

info@achillecastiglioni.it
www.achillecastiglioni.it

www.triennale.it

Free entrance: at 10.00, 11.00, 12.00 with free 60-minute guided tour.School and group bookings.

Since January 2006, the studio museum “Achille Castiglioni”, thanks to an agreement with the “Triennale di Milano”, is open to the public and at the same time, proceeds with archiving and intensive work.