BOOKS Just got sent a copy of From Here to There. It’s a rather nice collection of detailed hand drawn maps. If you’re in town, there will be an event 9/15 at the NY Public Library to celebrate the release.
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FINDINGS The fantabulous Friends With You covers the Fubon Financial Building in Taipei with their “Field of Dreams” illustration for the Very Fun Park festival.
EVENTS TechnoCRAFT is an exhibit at the Yerba Buena Center of the Arts that explores how the boundary between the role of the designer and the consumer is disappearing. Curated by acclaimed designer Yves Behar, the exhibition traces the current trend in design away from fixed objects toward open “design platforms”. Opening Party, July 9th. The show is a part of YBCA’s Push Play summer events.
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EVENTS Hi all! Just wanted to invite everyone to visit my pop-up window installation at 74 New Montgomery, SF. The window will be on view until May 14th. The installation promotes a satirical catalog of products that provide customers with a toolkit for instant luxury branding success. These fictitious products are intended to draw attention to the branding mystique and marketing gimmicks that currently make luxury luxurious. Let me know what you guys think of it.
EVENTS My designer friend, Dave Gottwald over at the Oakland Museum contacted to let me know about their grand re-opening! He’s been working with the history team for the past year to revitalize the museum. The grand re-opening is on May 1 at 11:00 am to May 2 at 6:00pm. Admission will be free. Go check it out.
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EVENTS The Design Revolution Road Show, a Project H Design initiative, is a traveling exhibition and lecture series bringing “product design that empowers” to 25 high schools and university design programs across the nation in the Spring of 2010. The road show will feature an Airstream trailer exhibition of 40 humanitarian design solutions that have been showcased in the book Design Revolution: 100 Products that Empower People. They’ll be making a stop on February 4, 2010 @ Academy of Art University, San Francisco.
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EVENTS January 18, 2010, marks the 75th anniversary of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. In honor of this special occasion, the museum will present a free weekend celebration from Saturday, January 16 through Monday, January 18, 2010.
EVENTS For those of you in NY, go check out the first taping of the pilot of a TV program called “Design Matters,” which will take place on Friday, Dec. 11. Debbie Millman is host, and the show will be directed by Hillman Curtis. The show is conceived as a design version of “Inside the Actor’s Studio,” and Millman’s first two interviews will be with Milton Glaser and Stefan Sagmeister.
EVENTS The fabulous peeps at Poketo will be setting up a pop up shop at Rare Device, SF. The kick off party is this Friday, 12/4 from 7-9 pm. They will also be holding a warehouse sale 12/12, at the Poketo HQ, Downtown, Los Angeles.
EVENTS Chronicle Books is having a warehouse sale next week @ 680 Second Street in SF.
Thursday 10/29 5pm –7pm
Friday 10/30 9am –7pm
Saturday 10/31 10am –5pm
