5 Top Design Occasions: Nov. 4–Nov. 25, 2011
Indulge in chocolate and chiles at the Scenic Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix or partake in a feast for your senses at San Francisco’s Dining by Design. Head to the Northwest and see a display exploring the career of Seattle architect Jim Olson or to Bath, England to observe how our”stuff” is consumed and designed. If you’re searching for ways to become inspired, or simply enjoy getting out amid other design lovers, this really is our listing of events from all over the world.
museum.wsu.edu
EXHIBIT — Nov. 4–December 10, 2011
Jim Olson: Architecture for Art
The Museum of Art/Washington State University
Pullman, WA
The Museum of Art/WSU presents a career overview of one of the Northwest’s most Important architects, Jim Olson. The exhibition features projects from as early as 1959, presented through drawings, models, plans and photos, and a specially constructed”ideal room” so you can experience Olson’s architecture firsthand. Along with the projects themselves, the exhibition explores the wide array of cultural, artistic, natural and individual influences which have made the architect so eagerly sought out by customers all over the world.
aggv.ca
EXHIBIT — Nov. 4–27, 2011
The Modern Eye: Craft and Design in Canada, 1940-1980
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1040 Moss St., Victoria, British Columbia
Explore more than150 Parts of jewelry, furniture, fabrics and household items from 1940s-1980s Canadian craft and design. Highlights incluce iconic pieces such as Jacques Guillon’s”String Chair” (1950), Court Noxon’s”Four Seasons Chair and Ottoman” (1961), and Gordon Duern’s”701 Stereo” (1967), designed for Ontario’s Electrohome. Other noteworthy pieces comprise Quebec craftsman, Gaetean Beaudin’s”Sial Dinnerware” (1978) and Douglas Mutter’s wall-hanging”The Embrace” (1972).
stuffbath.com
FESTIVAL — Nov. 7-11, 2011
Stuff Bath
Toilet, United Kingdom
Engage into a discourse about”things” at this five-day festival that explores and examines material things that produce the narrative of our lives. Exhibitions, photo essays and movies celebrate the good, the bad and the ugly; the adored and the discarded, the remembered and the forgotten. An active discussion is promised as you explore the frame of the way that stuff is aimed at the consumers of things, the manufacturers of stuff, and the designers of stuff . See the entire schedule.
FESTIVAL — Nov. 11-13, 2011, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Chiles & Chocolate
Desert Botanical Garden
1201 N. Galvin Parkway, Phoenix, AZ
Indulge in the spiciness of chiles and the sweetness of chocolate at the Desert Botanical Garden. Sample gourmet chocolates, zesty salsas and other exceptional Southwestern treats made by local vendors. There’ll also be a chile roasting channel where you can purchase freshly fire roasted chiles to shoot home. Gary Nabhan on Nov. 8 are also speaking about his new book Chasing Chiles: Hots Spots Along the Pepper Trail. The book recounts a yearlong journey of three pepper-loving gastronauts — an agroecologist, a chef and an ethnobotanist — who set out to obtain the real tales of America’s rarest heirloom chile varieties and to find out about altering climate from farmers and others who live by the pepper. Click here to purchase tickets.
Adeeni Design Group
FUNDRAISER — Nov. 16-17, 2011
Dining by Design
Galleria at San Francisco Design Center
101 Henry Adams Street, San Francisco, CA
View and observe tasty tabletops as delicious as their layouts at the 11th Yearly Dining By Design presented by DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). The highly anticipated fundraiser showcases top designers who create inspiring, one-of-a-kind costume installments on display for two nights.
Table Hop and Taste Preview Party: Nov. 16, 2011; 6–11 p.m.
DIFFA’s Dining By Design Gala Dinner: Nov. 17, 2011; 6:30–11 p.m.
More design occasions: Oct. 21-Nov. 12, 2011, Oct. 28-Nov. 18, 2011
What is on your calendar this past month? Let us learn about your favourite upcoming design events below!