Closing time is nearby! Enjoy a full day of events plus the beginning of the end on the lot across from the Kimmel Center.
DesignPhiladelphia Closing Party
Empty lot on 313 S. Broad Street
7pm-10pm
Time to roll out the red carpet again! Join us for the grand finale of DesignPhiladelphia 2011 a screening of all the the films from The Play House installation project, music by our favorite DJ’s – Broadzilla, and free beer donated by Triumph brewery for the third year in a row (we love them).
SHIFT_DESIGN Pop- Up Shop
SHIFT_DESIGN
2313 Fairmount Avenue, Plants Etc.
October 22-23
10am-5pm
Our products will be sold exclusively to the public during pop up shop events, where you will meet the designers and see our latest projects exhibited. SHIFT_DESIGN creates using features of mass customization, flat pack shipping and material engineering. This reinforces our environmental mission which promotes local manufacturing, waste-reduction methods and long product life-cycles. Through a blend of precision technologies and traditional fabrication, our outdoor products facilitate a way of living that brings sustainable practices into daily life.
http://www.shiftspacedesign.com
Murals & Meals
Mural Arts Program
Le Bec Fin, 1523 Walnut Street
Saturday October 22, 2011
10am
The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program is pleased to announce a special Murals & Meals Tour as part of DesignPhiladelphia and with Le Bec Fin’s George Perrier.
Led by Gary Steuer, the Director of Philadelphia’s Department of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, the tour provides a taste of Philadelphia’s renowned murals, public sculptures and designed spaces followed by lunch and presentation by Georges Perrier on Le Bec Fin’s interior design. Discover the one-of-a-kind cuisine, public art, and design that Philadelphia has to offer in an intimate setting with proceeds benefiting Mural Arts Program initiatives.
Wheelchair Accessible.
Admission: $60
*THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT
http://www.muralarts.tix.com
Paper Flower Class
October 22, 10am-12pm
Casa Papel
804 N. Second Street
Learn how to make several styles of flowers. No experience necessary. Special promotion for DesignPhiladelphia followers; cost for this class is normally $25. All materials and instructions are included. We will bring out our “scraps” and off-cuts left over from projects, recycle the material into a beautiful bouquet that will last a long, long, time.
*THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT Please call or email us at: 267-791-9149 or hello@casapapel.comwww.casapapel.com
Getting Dressed
Denise Fike Designs
Joan Shepp Boutique, 1616 Walnut Street
Saturday October 22, 2011
1pm-5pm
Joan Shepp plays host to artist Denise Fike as she paints a model getting dressed in Joan Shepp’s window. The model will be wearing the collection of Bela Shehu’s NINO brand and sparked with Joan Shepp’s accessories. The life-sized fabric paintings will be the basis of a fashion collaboration between Bela and Denise. King Brit will set the performance on fire with his signature music production. Steve Belkowitz will film the event.
Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible.
http://www.denisefikedesigns.com
Vivian Beer – Reception & Artist Talk
Wexler Gallery
201 North 3rd Street
Saturday October 22, 2011
5pm-7:30pm
Wexler Gallery will host an artist talk with innovative furniture designer and metal-smith Vivian Beer. The lecture will coincide with the opening of her solo exhibition of new works at the gallery, which will run October 7th through November 26th, 2011. An artist who sees her process as “sophisticated daydreaming,” Beer creates functional objects that exist between the worlds of design, craft, and sculpture. According to Beer, much of her inspiration comes from objects that are symbolic in contemporary American culture. Her newest body of work meditates on the function and aesthetic of two major cultural symbols: Hot Rods and Lipstick.
Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible.
Making It: Alumni ’01 – ’11 Works Reception
The University of the Arts
Hamilton Hall, Solmssen Court, 320 South Broad Street
Saturday October 22, 2011
5pm-7pm
Reception for the juried exhibition of works by recent alumni of the University of the Arts. Exhibition running October 20-30, 2011.
Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible.
photo by Tom Maher
Tom Maher Photography Reception
2601 Parkway
2601 Pennsylvania Avenue, Lobby
Saturday October 22, 2011
5pm-7pm
Artist’s reception for Tom Maher’s exhibition. Maher creates provocative images that reinterpret the objects of everyday life, and elevate them into something all together different. These images have a sense of the familiar yet feel mysterious. Through careful composition, play of light, shadow, texture and contrast the ordinary becomes anything but. 2601 Parkway presents a collection of large format gelatin silver prints shot on 4 x 5 negatives, archivally processed and selenium toned by Maher. The photographs are mounted on 4-ply white rag board and framed. All works are for sale.
Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible.
Urban Topiary
JDT International Inc.
1233B North 3rd Street
Saturday October 22, 2011
4pm-6pm
JDT International Inc. is proud to showcase the completed Urban Topiary by Pre Post, at the Flats at Girard Pointe. Last year, Urban Topiary was unveiled during DesignPhiladelphia 2010 to a tremendous turn-out, and one year later this stunning living sculpture is one-hundred percent complete and growing! Join us to celebrate our most ambitious community initiative to date, as well as to learn about our newest endeavor, American Studios by Interface Studio Architects. Partners include Urban Roots, PrePost, Interface Studio Architects, and InLiquid.
Free and open to the public.
Studio Open House
Austin+Mergold
1236 Pine Street
Saturday October 22, 2011
5pm-7pm
Award-winning multi-disciplinary design firm Austin+Mergold welcomes you to stop by their Center City studio. Proponents of “slow design”, A+M practices architecture, landscape, and installation art disciplines – remaining equally committed to the pursuit of making and thinking of design. Be prepared to be “slowly” inspired! Austin+Mergold was the 2010 recipient of New York’s Architectural League Prize and 2011 recipient of the Baer Art Center artist residency.
Free and open to the public.
http://www.austin-mergold.com
Project the Peace
MYX: Multicultural Youth Exchange
Anderson Hall, 333 South Broad Street
Friday October 22, 2011
7pm-10pm
Project the Peace is an outdoor projection installation of socially-conscious images produced by 25 Bartram High School students during a summer 2011 service learning program offered by MYX: Multicultural Youth Exchange. During the six-week program, students explored different acts of intolerance committed against people, animals, and the environment, then collaborated on pro-social images in response. Funded by Philadelphia Youth Network, special thanks to the University of the Arts.
Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible.
Tomorrow make sure to catch Michael Furman’s lecture on the Art of the Automobile and Scissor Candy, the big hair and makeup event.
Check out www.designphiladelphia.org for the full events calendar.
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