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2009-10-21 00:00 - 2010-12-31 00:00

 

The temporary installation Objects on Display features highlights from the collection of the Bauhaus Archive.

 

 

 

Marcel Breuer, Stühle in vier Größen, 1924"

2009-12-23 10:30 - 2010-12-23 17:30

The new installation of the Architecture and Design Galleries features a selection of visionary objects, graphics, architectural fragments, and textiles from the Museum’s collection that reveal the attempts of successive generations to shape their experience of living in the modern world.

 

2010-02-05 10:30 - 2010-09-01 17:30

Objects are not still. And yet design is often considered in terms of static aesthetic and functional qualities, without much consideration of trajectory in time or relationships with people.

 

2010-02-16 11:00 - 2010-08-08 18:00

Portable Treasuries: Silver Jewelry from the Nadler Collection, on view from February 16 to August 8, 2010, showcases selections from the Nadler Collection.

 

2010-02-20 10:00 - 2010-08-15 17:00

From Great Diamond Island, Maine, to Boston's Beacon Street, and from cottages on Cape Cod to mansions in Newport, the houses featured in this exhibition remind us that the architecture of New England is a touchstone of American architecture.

 

2010-02-23 18:00 - 2010-09-26 18:00

Called Artist in Jewellery, a Retrospective View (1972-2010), the exhibition will showcase 68 pieces of jewellery by Watkins, ranging from miniature to large-scale wearable pieces.

2010-03-24 10:30 - 2010-10-11 17:30

Rising Currents: Projects for New York's Waterfront, a major initiative organized by The Museum of Modern Art and P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center to propose solutions for the effects of climate change on New York's waterfronts, culminates in an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art from March 24 through October 11, 2010.

2010-04-17 10:00 - 2010-09-05 17:00

Icons of Costume: Hollywood's Golden Era and Beyond features the fashions and accessories worn by luminous film stars such as Elizabeth Taylor, Errol Flynn, Audrey Hepburn, Warren Beatty, Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Kelly, Loretta Young, Arnold Schwarzenegger and many others.

 

2010-04-27 14:59 - 2010-10-24 14:59

The exhibition explores a territory related to MAD's Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary, which featured contemporary works created from multiples of ordinary manufactured items. In Dead or Alive, the materials transformed by the artists are entirely natural. Once-living parts of flora and fauna are recombined and rearranged into works of art that address the transience of life, and all that is elegant and alarming about the natural world.

 

2010-05-07 11:00 - 2010-08-01 18:00

To mark the new relationship between the Brooklyn Museum and the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum presents an exhibition of some of the most renowned objects from its costume collection.

 

2010-05-11 10:00 - 2011-01-09 18:00

Inaugurated in 2000, the Triennial program seeks out and presents the most innovative designs at the center of contemporary culture. In this fourth exhibition in the series, the National Design Triennial will explore the work of designers addressing human and environmental problems across many fields of the design practice, from architecture and products to fashion, graphics, new media, and landscapes. Cooper-Hewitt curators Ellen Lupton, Cara McCarty, Matilda McQuaid, and Cynthia Smith will present the experimental projects and emerging ideas for the period between 2006 and 2009.

 

2010-05-12 10:00 - 2011-05-22 19:00

Rudolf Steiner is regarded as one of the most influential – and also one of the most controversial – reformers of the twentieth century. He founded the Waldorf schools and advocated a holistic view of humanity which shows its influence in many areas of our lives today – including bio-cosmetics, a heightened environmental consciousness and biodynamic agricultural products, to name a few examples. 

2010-05-22 10:00 - 2010-08-15 17:00

The Oklahoma City Museum of Art presents the exclusive exhibition Sketch to Screen: The Art of Hollywood Costume Design on view now through August 15, 2010. This original exhibition, organized by the Museum, explores the vital artistic contribution of costume design throughout the history of the American motion picture industry.

 

2010-06-04 11:00 - 2010-09-18 20:00

In cooperation with Vitra Design Museum and the Centre Georges Pompidou, CIRECA has been putting on an international summer academy at Domaine de Boisbuchet since 1996. The international summer workshops are offered from July through mid-September. The courses are led by renowned designers, architects and artists who live and work together with the participants for a length of six to ten days.

 

2010-06-13 13:00 - 2010-09-25 18:00

An exhibition curated by Zaha Hadid for Galerie Gmurzynska Zurich, completely transforming its gallery space and juxtaposing her designs with masterpieces of the Russian Avant Garde.

 

2010-06-15 10:00 - 2010-08-30 17:45

Using the landscape of the Museum as a test site, the V&A invited nineteen architects to submit proposals for structures that examine notions of refuge and retreat. From these nineteen concept submissions, seven were selected for construction at full-scale.

 

 

2010-06-22 10:00 - 2010-10-24 19:00

The Brno Biennial was established in 1963, and is thus the oldest exhibition of graphic design in the world. It regularly alternates between two subjects. The 24th year is dedicated to corporate, informational and advertising graphics and posters.

 

 

2010-07-25 19:18 - 2010-07-30 19:18

Explore timely topics to understand significant transformations and technological advances in the business world, apply financial tools and strategic analysis, and capitalize on new client opportunities. Case studies, lectures, guest speakers and study groups will give attendees a more complete understanding of business and design through the eyes of business executives. Learn more about the curriculum and faculty.

 

2010-07-31 10:00

The Sydney Design 2010 program will reveal the inspiration and processes behind design, aiming to make design accessible to all. Program events will stimulate and create conversation around design linked by the theme Tell us a story.

 

2010-08-05 14:00
2010-08-17 13:00 - 2010-08-22 20:00

Type makes a big splash when TypeCon2010: Babel takes over the City of the Angels. The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) presents its annual letterfest, featuring more than 70 of the brightest names in type and design.

 

2010-08-20 15:00
2010-08-30 11:00 - 2010-09-25 18:00

School of Visual Arts announced "Where Is My Vote? Posters for the Green Movement in Iran," an exhibition of over 125 political posters by graphic artists world wide created in support of the protests in Iran that followed the 2009 presidential election.

 

2010-09-06 23:55
2010-09-10 15:00
2010-09-10 15:00
2010-09-17 10:00

Seoul Design Fair 2010 is the representative design festival for world-wide citizens, which presents diverse events including an exhibition, a conference, a competition, and educational and cultural programs.

 

2010-09-23 10:00 - 2010-09-26 18:30

The UK's leading contemporary interior design and architecture event. There is no other show that connects the worlds of architecture and design with innovative, contemporary interior products, creativity and an exciting mix of new and established talent.

2010-09-30 14:00 - 2010-10-02 20:00

Designers of 7 countries will share their professional experiences in the 4th. International Design Festival.

 

2010-10-01 10:00 - 2010-10-03 20:00

A Better World By Design is a three-day internationally acclaimed conference that will impel you to make change locally and globally.

 

2010-10-01 12:01
2010-10-20 00:00 - 2010-10-20 20:47
2010-11-06 09:00 - 2010-11-07 18:30

The first Designers’ Saturday took place in Langenthal in 1987. Since then there have been twelve of these biennial occasions, to provide support for the Swiss design scene whilst giving it a publicity platform and stimulating its further development.

 

2010-12-01 20:00
2011-01-27 10:00 - 2011-01-30 20:00

The Interior Design Show/IDS 11 is Canada’s largest contemporary design event. Since our inception in 1998, over 500,000 design professionals, consumers and media have attended. The newest and most innovative in international and Canadian products are annually presented by 300 exhibitors.