Event: Monsters of Design 2010
Monsters of Design is an annual design awards competition for young architects and/ or designers from or near the Kansas City metro area. Projects of all types and scales (architecture, interiors, products, furniture, lighting, graphics and anything else) are welcome.
Register here
Dates and Deadlines:
July 07 detail submission requirements released
August 02 early registration + fees due by noon
August 31 late registration + fees due by noon
September 03 uploaded submissions due by noon
October 01 presentation boards due to the AIA KC office by noon
October 08 MoD awards party – Location TBD
IDSA KC BYOG Potluck Picnic
Title: IDSA KC BYOG Potluck Picnic
Location: Loose Park
Link out: Click here
Description: The theme for this event is Green by Design so bring something to eat (and share) that\’s green, local, sustainable, etc. Designers that we are, we are also asking that you bring your favorite eco-friendly product these days (one you already own or maybe a picture of one you covet!). If you purchase something to bring, feel free to take some pictures of that experience and bring them to share (we can add them to our chapter website). We hope to generate some good discussion about the green imperative and what it means for designers as both producers and consumers.
Start Time: 12:00
Date: 2010-05-08
Event: IDSA KC BYOG Potluck Picnic
Please join us Saturday May 8th at Jacob Loose Park near the Rose Garden for the first IDSA KC Chapter event of the year: a pot luck BYOG (Bring Your Own Green) picnic! Events start at noon and you are welcome to bring friends, family, design groupies or gurus, local eco-heros, whomever! (Just RSVP please so we can get a feel for how many are coming.)
The theme for this event is Green by Design so bring something to eat (and share) that’s green, local, sustainable, etc. Designers that we are, we are also asking that you bring your favorite eco-friendly product these days (one you already own or maybe a picture of one you covet!). If you purchase something to bring, feel free to take some pictures of that experience and bring them to share (we can add them to our chapter website). We hope to generate some good discussion about the green imperative and what it means for designers as both producers and consumers.
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.