Event: KC Design Week
A celebration of Design to raise awareness about its value and importance in Kansas City. This week long event is designed to engage various design disciplines, the business community and general public and will include inspirational lectures, a design challenge, hands-on workshops, exhibits and self-guided tours. Design disciplines participating include: architecture, communications, fashion, graphic, industrial, interactive, interior, urban planning, sustainability.
Details and Event Calendar at www.kcdesignweek.org
EVENT: Object Art gallery showing
2nd annual ObjectArt
benefiting United Way GenNext
Come see what product design in St Louis has to offer and meet the creative
individuals who are responsible.
Location
Abstrakt Gallery
1902 Arsenal St,
St Louis, MO 63118
Exhibition on Display
November 16-21, 2009
Reception Night
Friday, November 20, 2009
8:00PM – 1:00AM
EVENT: 2010 Trends & Color presentation
Presenter Scott Butterfield is a Trends Consultant within the Creative Innovation and Discovery Division at Hallmark Cards, Inc.
His charge is to support, inform and inspire the creative community wiithin Hallmark. To help facilitate this mission, the Trends Group develops a yearly color and style forecast for Hallmark as well as seasonal palettes and design directions.
EVENT: Rem Koolhaas (A Kind of Architect)
This documentary about Rem Koolhaas is the final installment of the Design Film Series and plays at 7:30 on September 29th at the Tivoli Theater. Tickets are $10 online or $12 at the door. Don’t miss out.
EVENT: Special Screening of “Objectified”
Objectified is being featured at the Tivoli Theater as part of the Design Film Series. Objectified is Gary Huswit’s follow up to Helvetica and focuses on the people behind the products that we use everyday. He expertly interviews a great cross section of designer’s to reveal the secret world of these detail oriented creators. September 15th at 7:30.
EVENT: Elliot Noyes – “Curator of Corporate Character”
Gordon Bruce and Frederick Noyes give a presentation on the life and work of Eliot Noyes. Elliot was the first Director of Industrial Design at MoMA in the 1940’s as well as becoming A consulting Director of Design for IBM, Mobil Oil, Westinghouse and cummins Engine Company.
Presentation is September 14 at 11:30 am in Woodruff Auditorium in the KU Union. Free to the public.
Event: Milton Glaser Screening
A special screening at the Tivoli theater in Westport on August 25th.
RESOURCES: Essential Design Books
Design Sojourn posted a really great list of book recommendations for Industrial Designers. It has a diverse selection of topics ranging from theory to execution.
EVENT: Kathy McCoy presentation
Thursday May 14, 2009 in the Irving Auditorium at the Kansas City Art Institue (7:00 – 9:00pm). The presentation introduces the first Swiss émigrés, their vigorous early work, and stories of the first Americans that they influenced. Visuals show the groundbreaking Swiss graphic forms, typography and methods in their early contexts – beyond Helvetica! Click here for more information.
EVENT: IDSA Midwest Design Conference
Announcing the upcoming Midwest District IDSA conference, which will be held at the downtown Hyatt in Minneapolis on April 3-5 ,2009. The theme of the conference is
Meaning : Discovering Multiple Levels of Meaning in the Design of Objects and Experiences.
To find out more about the conference click here, for hotel information click here.