10AM-5PM
Hard Hat and Finished Tour of Green Affordable Philadelphia
Tour Philadelphia’s first affordable LEED certified homes. Participants can view a completed unit as well as two that will still be under construction. Project description and lecture on site.
Habitat Philadelphia
4200 block of Stiles Street, West Philadelphia
9AM-5PM
How to Create Interactive Installations with Micro-controllers
This is the perfect introductory class for anyone wanting to create interactive art, or electronic projects using the popular Arduino open source physical computing platform.
The Hacktory
1524 Brandywine Street
11AM-4PM
Craftadelphia!
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.
Mew Gallery
906 Christian Street
2-3:30PM
Bikes and Bricks
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.
Trophy Bikes
3131 Walnut Street
2-3PM
Gallery Store Talks
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.
The Print Center
1614 Latimer Street
2PM
Challenge VII: dysFUNctional
Functional design twists 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.
Wood Turning Center
501 Vine Street
2-3:15PM
Prefabs in the Community
Join us for presentations from two visiting architects. 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. Part of “A Clean Break”, an exhibition of modern, pre-fab architecture and high-design, low waste innovations for the urban environment.
The University of the Arts
CBS Auditorium in Hamilton Hall, 320 South Broad Street (across from the exhibition lot)
3-5PM
Foster’s fosters Ozwalled: Opening Reception
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.
Foster’s Homeware
399 Market Street
3:45-5PM
Sustainable Strategies for the Urban Infrastructure
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.
The University of the Arts
CBS Auditorium in Hamilton Hall
320 South Broad Street (across from the exhibition lot)
5-6:30PM
Exhibition: Matthias Pliessnig
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.Wexler Gallery
201 North 3rd Street
6-8PM
BUILD 02: Exploring Materiality with Wilsonart
This exhibit presents a portion of the output from sophomore industrial design studio at Philadelphia University from Spring of 2008.
222 Vine Street
6PM, 7:30-11PM
8static
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). Admission: $5 ahead, $8 at door
Studio 34
4522 Baltimore Avenue
8PM
Philly {heart} Design
Back by popular demand! 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 Rotunda
University of Pennsylvania
4014 Walnut Street
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