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Dutch designer Joris Laarman will unveil new works at Friedman Benda tonight, including his Leaf Table (above) and a number of other works. If his name sounds familiar to you, he is the designer behind the bone furniture we featured back in 2007. The bone furniture algorithm revolutionized design back in 2006 — it translated the complexity, proportion and functionality of human bone and tree growth into a chair form.
San Diego-based creative company Holiday Matinee (a company I also intern for) has published their first book, I Swear to Good You Are God At This. It’s as inspirational as it is fun to flip through! The book is a compilation of awesome creative work and ideas by people who do what they love and love what they do. If you’re interested in purchasing 72 pages of creative inspiration, head over here.
In addition, a book launch party is being thrown to bring the book to life with art installations, performances, interactive presentations and more. If you’re lucky enough to be a San Diego native or if you’re willing to trek down from any nearby city, please feel free to join us.
What: I Swear to Good You Are God at This Book Launch Party
When: Thursday, February 18, 2010 from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Where: BASIC, 410 10th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
Age Limit: 21
Book before 1/1/10 (that’s Friday!) and save $50 off registration.
Just a reminder that the Altitude Design Summit is fast approaching! Be sure you’re at the event that’s not to be missed. The Summit is being held January 21-23, 2010 in Salt Lake City, UT, and just so happens to coincide with the Sundance Film Festival.
It will bring together designers, design and lifestyle bloggers, stylists, photographers, artists and creatives, social media companies, and design companies to get together and talk, well, Design. Check out the amazing schedule of topics and keynote panel (did someone say DOOCE?).
Plus, you’ve got to take a gander at the all-star speaker list. I am so excited to be speaking alongside some superstars. Why don’t you join us?
I don’t post too many events here on Design Milk, but I want to post this because it’s a new type of conference that I think is very relevant to you, our readers. The Altitude Design Summit will bring together designers, design and lifestyle bloggers, stylists, photographers, artists and creatives, social media companies, and design companies to get together and talk, well, Design.
The first one is January 21-23, 2010 in Salt Lake City, UT, that just so happens to coincide with the Sundance Film Festival. This year’s summit will focus on growing communities, marketing and monetizing. What’s working and what’s not.
On a more personal note, Erin and I will be speaking in some way or another, so I recommend you come to meet and hang with us and talk all about our favorite topic.
I know many of you are wrapped up in the holiday hoopla, but I suggest you check it out!
Who Should Attend Alt?
JOIN Design Seattle’s next event will be DESIGN SHOPPE, a pop up shop and silent auction on Saturday November 28 from 7-11pm at Vermillion Art + Wine in Seattle. The one night event, open in time for the 2009 holiday shopping season, will feature design objects by artists and independent designers from the Pacific Northwest and auction items donated by local design retailers and designers.
Most of the proceeds will be donated to Nest Seattle, a national nonprofit organization that provides microfinance loans and mentoring to female artists and artisans around the world. Nest works to instill pride of ownership, preserves ancient artistic traditions and successfully moves women from poverty to self-sufficiency.
Here are a few of the items that will be available (Greg Bethel’s Sigg Bottle Cap pictured above):
DesignPhiladelphia is in its 5th year this year and I’m so excited to be able to attend many events and exhibitions. This city-wide cultural event spotlights all things design from architecture to interior design, fashion to product design, textile to graphic design. It’s chock full of exhibitions, workshops, studio tours, lectures, special events and product roll-outs that showcase why Philadelphia is a city rich and full of design, inspiration, and the arts.
From MIO to DWR, from Artemide to Minima, come join us in celebrating Philadelphia’s present (and maybe experience a little of its history).
This year the week-long event runs from October 7-13, 2009. You can check out the program calendar right here. Design Milk is a proud Partner sponsor of this year’s event.
As part of the London Design Festival, Liberty will be hosting Britain Can [still] Make It, a unique exhibition made up entirely of UK designed and produced furniture, lighting, ceramics and textiles.
The week long exhibition, curated by David Nicholls, Design Editor of the Telegraph Magazine in association with Michelle Alger, Liberty’s home and furniture buyer, takes inspiration from the 1946 show, “Britain Can Make It” held just after the War at the V&A. Britain Can Make It promoted “by all practical means the improvement of design in the products of British industry.”
The exhibition will present a mix of established and burgeoning designers from the world of furniture, lighting, ceramics, textiles and metal – all of whom produce their work in the UK.
[pictured above is Benjamin Hubert's Gradient Chair]
“Transforming Passion into Products” is an exhibition celebrating 20 years of Hidden Art assisting and promoting UK design talent. Held at the gallery@oxo in the Southbank’s Oxo Tower from September 16-20, 2009.
Hidden Art was established by Dieneke Ferguson in 1989 as a means to support UK designers, and to promote their work to a larger audience. Over 20 years Hidden Art has grown into an irreplaceable resource for UK designer-makers and designers.
Check out a selection of the exhibitors after the jump.
Design Within Reach: Tools for Living presented “Nesting Works,” an artist project and charity event to benefit New York-based non profit organization Housing Works on the evening of Thursday, July 23, 2009.
Eight artists have been commissioned to embellish a set of blank wood Matryoshka or nesting dolls to be debuted at the DWR: Tools For Living store and auctioned off to benefit Housing Works. The artists, from different backgrounds including graffiti, illustration and industrial design, who generously donated their time and talent to Nesting Works are Claw Money, WEST One, Aaron Meshon, Mike Perry, Alison Riley, Travis Cain, David Zachary, and Heidi Kenney.
Editor’s note: “Designer Dailies” is a new regular column in which we follow a designer, artist, or shop owner around for one day. If you are interested in contributing to “Designer Dailies”, email us at info [at] design-milk.com.
Today, we follow Ashley Schönknecht, designer at Dwell Magazine, from San Francisco to Los Angeles for the 2009 Dwell on Design conference, held June 26-28, 2009 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Below, Ashley tells us about her experiences over a few days at the 2009 exhibit [which we were sadly unable to attend this year]. Let’s live vicariously through Ashley!
We flew Virgin America down to Los Angeles (we’re based in San Francisco) for our Dwell on Design event for which we’d been preparing over this past year.
VA is officially the only way to fly! The club-like lighting is so soothing. No clunky drink carts knocking your elbows as they squeeze down the aisle and the animated safety video is a really creative approach to an otherwise monotonous element of the flying experience. My coworkers and I seat-to-seat chatted the whole way. Old school AOL chat room style. Awesome.
