DesignPhiladelphia – Day Six

12Oct09

Only 2 more days to explore the more than 140 programs of DesignPhiladelphia 2009. Join us today for lectures, events, open studio tours, curator tours, exhibitions and food tours!

City Food Tours: The Delicious Way to Savor the City
City Food Tours
Don’t Just See the City…TASTE it! City Food Tours takes you beyond the Liberty Bell with a fun and unique way to experience the city! All four of our fun-filled tours, each approximately 30 minutes of walking, consist of special pre-arranged tastings exclusive to our groups, an entertaining tour director sharing the inside scoop on food preparation and its impact on history, a behind-the-scenes view of the industry through the eyes of proprietors and chefs, and the opportunity to ask any questions.

9:00AM – 9:00PM
The Welcome House: Larry D. Fowler Jr.
The Welcome House / First Person Arts
LOVE Park, 15th and JFK
Larry D. Fowler, Jr.: Enjoy a private DJ performance, choose your own music, and dance as though you’re the only one in the room. Presented by First Person Arts in collaboration with InLiquid, The Welcome House is an artist residency by day and an art installation by night. The 10′ x 10′ transparent cube will reside in Love Park at 15th and JFK from October 4-13, 2009. Conceived and curated by artist Marianne Bernstein, designed by Interface Studio Architects with nighttime projection by Ricardo Rivera of klip collective, 10 Philadelphia artists and designers will create new work based on their interaction with the public. The work created in The Welcome House will be exhibited at the First Person Festival at the Painted Bride Art Center, Nov. 3-8. It will remain on exhibit through Dec. 31.

2:00PM
Curator’s Tour of Lace in Translation
The Design Center at Phila U.
The Design Center at Philadelphia University
4200 Henry Avenue
View aspects of The Design Center’s (TDC) historic Quaker Lace Company collection and learn how it became inspiration for three internationally-renowned artists and designers. TDC presents “Lace in Translation,” a new exhibition of contemporary work that explores the intersection of luxurious hand-craftmanship with modern, mass production. European designers Tord Boontje and Demakersvan, and Canadian artist Cal Lane have created installations specifically for TDC’s unique and intimate space – a 1950s era, Hollywood-style ranch house.

4:00PM – 8:00PM
Qb
340 N. 12th Street
Suite 304
Qb (pronounced ‘cube’), a multidisciplinary firm specializing in architecture, furniture and graphics, invites you to visit our studio in the loft district. Join us for cocktails and a preview of our work.
5:00PM – 8:00PM

Object Reassignment Art
P.H.A.G.
1225 Walnut Street
An in-store showcase of furnishings and creations designed by Philadelphia & New York based artists who specialize in creating products excitingly new from cast-offs. This event will showcase exclusive art and design from PHAGs house collections, as well as the works of Deanna McLaughlin (Philadelphia) and Rodney Allen Trice (New York).

5:00PM – 10:00PM
röks-architectuur
Jibe Design
813 S. 4th Street
Hard architecture is touched and seen through the caprice of the eye’s wandering path. But as designers we continually challenge our brains to imagine and visualize particular spaces. We experience much of our own work and that of contemporary masters through flat screen computers, tiny models, and glossy photographs shot from the perfect purified angle. Experience four projects completed by Jibe Design Architecture within the last year produced as an animated video set to an original score by artist Daniel Whelan. If hard architecture is “frozen music,” then this is soft architecture .. and it “röks”.

5:00PM – 10:00PM
Dining by Design:Savor The Sights-A Design and Culinary Tour
Red Stapler Consulting / DiningInfo.com
Multiple restaurants in Center City and University City.
“Savor the Sights” is a walking dinner tour combining some of Philadelphia’s culinary delights with unique design and architectural sights. The tour will consist of special discounted courses (happy hour/appetizer course, entree course and dessert course) at different culinary destinations within specific neighborhoods.

Noticed
Go Welsh
5:00PM – 7:00PM
The University of the Arts
320 S. Broad Street
Join us for a talk on how to have your work seen and published. An overview of how to gain the attention of writers, editors, competition jurors, and the masses. Presentation includes a discussion of public relations tactics and case studies from Go Welsh, a design studio based in Lancaster, PA.

6:00PM – 7:30PM
Dialogues on Design: Robert Aibel and Mira Nakashima-Yarnall
Center for Architecture / Moderne Gallery
Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch Street
“The past is prologue” in this joint presentation by Robert Aibel, owner/director of Moderne Gallery, renowned for his exhibits and scholarship on the vintage work of legendary craftsman, George Nakashima, and Mira Nakashima-Yarnall, George’s daughter, a distinguished designer and woodworker in her own right. Together they tell the inside story of her father’s evolution from a young architect and woodworker to an iconic figure of 20th-century design and discuss the aesthetics of this transition. Q and A follows.

7:00PM – 8:30PM
Dining By Design Phlare Magazine Networking Dinner Event
Phlare Magazine
Multiple Locations
Join Phlare Magazine at multiple Philadelphia Area locations for a women’s dinner networking event highlighting dining and design. Meet new friends and business contacts.

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