Today we’re covering the bases with something for everyone: architecture for inside and out, fashion, film, furniture design, and outdoor happenings.
Not A Vacant Lot
313 S. Broad Street
Wednesday October 19, 2011
Daily, October 19 – 23
In the middle of vibrant Center City Philadelphia, just four blocks from City Hall and surrounded by cultural venues, sits a large vacant lot. DesignPhiladelphia – in tandem with The University of the Arts, Independent curator Marianne Bernstein and Penn Design students – will produce Not a Vacant Lot, a 5-day exhibition at 313 South Broad Street incorporating Bernstein’s Play House. In re-imagining its purpose, the space will become a showcase of cutting-edge, temporary programming, cultural offerings and landscape design, studded with live performances changing daily, as well as video showings at night.
Used as little more than a parking lot, the space’s underuse is typical of Philadelphia’s pervasive vacancy problem, adding up to more than 40,000 such empty lots. But due to its prime location, access to transit and neighboring institutions such as the Kimmel Center and Wilma Theater, this lot has unique potential to be reinvented as a major asset to the Avenue of the Arts and Philadelphia as a whole.
Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible.
*due to weather predictions, Not A Vacant Lot will open on Thursday, October 20
www.designphiladelphia.org
Lenfest Hall: Designed For Excellence
Curtis Institute of Music,
Lenfest Hall, 1616 Locust Street
Wednesday October 19, 2011
8:30am-10:30am
Designing a state-of-the-art 21st century building that’s comfortable with its 19th Century neighbors. Presentation by Daniel McCoubrey and Seth Cohen, architects/project managers inside Lenfest Hall, the Curtis Institute of Music’s new building near Rittenhouse Square. In partnership with Venturi Scott Brown and Associates.
Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible.
RSVP 215-717-3141 or charles.finch@curtis.edu
www.curtis.edu
Good Looking is Not Always Good Quality – How Do You Tell?
Marketplace Design Center
2400 Market Street, Grand Hall, 4th Floor
Wednesday October 19, 2011
11am
Consumers and designers alike will be enthralled and educated by Valerie Moran. One Louis Philippe sleigh bed, George Smith style sofa or all weather chaise may look much like the other, yet the prices and quality can vary tremendously. What’s underneath? What do you look for when making your purchase and how do you indentify quality construction and value? Take this guided tour of high-end goods and be enlightened and delighted! Light fare following the event in Suite 106. In partnership with Grange Furniture.
Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible.
www.marketplacedc.com
Hat Making Workshop
Dust to Dawn Fashions Inc.
1505 Reed Street
Wednesday October 19, 2011
Session One: 1pm-4pm, Session Two: 5pm-9pm
Session One: 1pm-4pm, for kindergarteners ages 5-6, teaches how to make art in 3D and create a sculpture hat. Session Two: 5pm-9pm, for teenagers and adults ages 14 and up, teaches how to design and make a fascinator hat.
Admission: $50
RSVP hatsbydawn@gmail.com
www.dusttodawnfash.com
Diálogo 365: A Case Study in Contemporary Exhibition Design
Casa de Vuenezuela and The curARTorial Lab
Trust, 249-15 Arch Street
Tuesday October 18, 2011
11am-12pm
This interactive presentation will focus the design of contemporary art exhibition in historical spaces like Crane Arts and the new Crane Arts Old School. Anabelle Rodríguez-Lawton, Chief Curator of the 2011 Diálogo 365 exhibition for Casa de Venezuela, and Founding Director of ~The curARTorial LAB, will discuss some of her design strategies including: designing exhibitions for historical venues, and the relationship between exhibition design and complementary catalog publications. Attendees will also get to tour the Diálogo 365 exhibition – the largest annual showcase of Latino Art in Philadelphia – in both venues.
Free and open to the public.
*previously scheduled for 10/18
Spaces Tailored to the Clients: Juan Montoya
Marketplace Design Center
2400 Market St, Grand Hall, 4th Floor
Wednesday October 19, 2011
2pm
One of the most acclaimed and prolific interior designers in the world today, Juan Montoya was born in Colombia. Following two years of work and study in Paris and Milan, he founded his design business in 1978. Mr. Montoya presents slides of four never before published projects. Set in varied locals around the world, he speaks about the importance of having the culture and beauty of the region influence the design and materials used. Book signing and meet and greet following event in Suite 105. In partnership with Century Furniture.
Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible.
www.marketplacedc.com
*Gray Area: Provocations on the Future of Preservation
Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch Street
Wednesday October 19, 2011
5:30pm reception, 6:15-8pm panel discussion
Gray Area: Provocations on the Future of Preservation is comprised of a moderated panel discussion, plus a limited-edition catalog of case studies and commissioned works intended to provoke fresh thinking about historic preservation. Using the Philadelphia region as a point of departure – but encouraging regional, national and global perspectives – Gray Area considers preservation in light of new economic realities, demographic shifts, technological changes, environmental pressures and myriad fast-changing factors.
Join us for an evening of smart talk with thinkers including Tod Williams (Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects), Lloyd Alter (TREEHUGGER.com), Mark Alan Hughes (founding director, Greenworks) and Carol Franklin (Andropogon).Attendees will take home a free copy of the Gray Area catalog, a compilation of projects and emerging ideas. Gray Area is made possible by the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through the Heritage Philadelphia Program.
*THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT
Exploring the Interplay Between Fashion and Interior Design
Marketplace Design Center, 2400 Market Street
Wednesday October 19, 2011
5:30pm-8pm
Kathleen Nicholson Webber, lifestyle writer and author of Spectacular Homes of Greater Philadelphia, will lead a discussion on “Exploring the Interplay Between Fashion and Interior Design” with four design professionals, each with their own lively point-of-view. 5:30pm-6:15pm wine and cheese. 6:30pm-7:30pm program. Supported by Fashion Group Philadelphia.
Wheelchair accessible.
Admission: $20 for members, $30 for non-members, free for students with ID
www.philadelphia.fgi.org
Collab Presents Zaha Hadid: Form in Motion
Philadelphia Art Museum, Perelman Building
Fairmount and Pennsylvania Avenues
Wednesday October 19, 2011
6pm: lecture with curator Kathryn Hiesinger in the Skylit Atrium
Gallery open 5pm-7pm
This fall, Collab and The Philadelphia Museum of Art proudly present Zaha Hadid, Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate, with the 2011 Collab Design Excellence Award in conjunction with her exhibition in the museum’s Perelman Building. The exhibition will highlight this world renowned architect and designer’s unique creative history including architectural models and drawings, furniture, decorative arts and videos. Wrapping up the entire gallery with a two-dimensional tone-on-tone graphic, Hadid transforms the exhibition space into a fluid, dynamic composition, turning the traditional museum viewing experience on its head. Exhibition runs September 17- March 25.
Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible.
www.philamuseum.org/collab
Andropogon Open Studio
Andropogon
10 Shurs Lane, Manayunk PA
Wednesday October 19, 2011
6pm-8pm
Join us for an open studio tour at Andropogon Associates, a pioneering ecological planning and design firm located in a readapted textile mill where we will exhibit innovative landscape design.
Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible.
www.andropogon.com
Ligne Roset Presents: An Evening with Antoine Roset
Ligne Roset
4131 Main Street, Manayunk PA
Wednesday October 19, 2011
6pm
Guest speaker Antoine Roset of the Roset family and Vice President of Ligne Roset USA, will be discussing Ligne Roset’s 150 years of innovative design and the future of contemporary furniture. Join us for wine, cheese and raffle!
Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible.
www.lignerosetphilly.com
Pompadour
Moko Beauty Salon
55 N. 3rd Street
Wednesday October 19, 2011
6:30pm-9pm
Join us for a night of celebrating the popular hair trend inspired by Madame de Pompadour. Sip cocktails while eye-gazing at models pompadoured in various stylings – everything from the Gibson girls to rockabilly to modern-day street culture. Wear your best pomp to our party and receive a complimentary giftbag.
Free and open to the public.
www.mokobeauty.com
photo courtesy of the American Swedish Historical Museum
Scandinavian Design Retrospective
American Swedish Historical Museum
1900 Pattison Avenue
Wednesday October 19, 2011
*6:30pm
As part of our exhibition program series Design Dialogues, Associate Professor of Interior Design at Drexel University Karin Kuenstler will speak on the history of design in Sweden, Norway and Denmark. As the daughter of Swedish parents and life-long student of design, both are subjects close to her heart. Each year, Professor Kuenstler takes a group of students to Scandinavia for a closer look at the region’s design concepts and styles.
Free with general museum admission. Wheelchair accessible.
*previously scheduled for 7:30pm
The Art of Process
The Designated Sketcher
Poggenpohl Showroom, 230 N. 2nd Street
Wednesday October 19, 2011
7pm-9pm
Presented by The Designated Sketcher, in collaboration with Poggenpohl, this event will focus on a lecture and discussion regarding the design process that creative students and professionals go through when attacking a problem. We will touch upon the players involved and how outside influences can make or break a great project.
Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible.
www.thedesignatedsketcher.com
Foyer of Philadelphia
Designing for Homeless L.G.B.T. Youth
Triumph Brewing, 117 Chestnut Street
Wednesday October 19, 2011
7pm-10pm
Foyer of Philadelphia presents international and regional concepts in housing LGBT youth, local artistic representations of those most in need, and the chance to become aware of and influence a growing need in the Philadelphia community.
$10 open to the public.
Tomorrow, get out and see a floating plastic bag installation, Benjamin Pardo’s Dialogues on Design lecture, Colonial Wallcovering’s new wallpaper designs and more. Check out www.designphiladelphia.org for the full events calendar.
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