AIGA New York Upcoming Events

Small Talk No. 3: Paul Davis

2020-07-30T01:06:01Z

Wednesday, 19 November 2008

Bumble and bumble, 3rd floor auditorium
415 West 13th Street Between Ninth Avenue & Washington St.

6:30–7:00PM Wine & hors d'oeuvres reception
7:00–8:00PM Presentation

Design as Obsession
Artist as confused and curious reporter

Beginning with overheard conversations and chance observations, Davis’ immodest drawings now turn the way we think upside down. His work has been featured in numerous magazines, exhibited worldwide in Belgium, Paris, London, New York, and most recently in Tokyo.

His books Blame Everyone Else (2004), Us & Them (2004) and God Knows (2005) resound with such an intelligence and understanding that they will have you laughing out loud. Paul is currently working on a new book about borders, sex, and the things he adores.

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SMALL TALKS SERIES:
Extra large ideas find an intimate home in a formal setting. Small Talks at Bumble and bumble are opportunities to explore a panoply of visual ephemera, flights of fancy and literal brilliance. Passions will be exposed, methods unveiled, and stories shared in a series designed to provoke, inspire and delight.

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LARS MüLLER/ PUBLISHERS AND DESIGNERS AS POLITICAL BEINGS

2020-07-30T01:03:01Z

Thursday, 20 November 2008

Bumble and bumble, 3rd floor auditorium
415 West 13th Street Between Ninth Avenue & Washington St.

6:30–7:00PM Check-in & reception
7:00–8:00PM Presentation

Join us for a special presentation by Swiss designer and publisher Lars Müller.

Lars Müller is founder of Lars Müller Publishers, perhaps best known for its challenging and beautiful editions of typography, design, art, photography, and architecture, of which the acclaimed Helvetica-Homage to a Typeface is a highlight. Recently, Lars Müller Publishers has expanded its catalog, bringing the same rigor and attention to social and political books as it has brought to books in the creative field. The Face of Human Rights and the recent Who Owns the Water? are both extraordinary examples of the act of publishing as a democratic and humanistic effort. Müller, an active educator since 1985, will be teaching a course entitled "Communicating Architecture" this spring at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design.

Beginning with a question he posed recently, "Why the hell do ALL designers want to design books?" Müller will share some of his work as a publisher, but also explain the design and publishing of books as transcending the formal and material experimentation designers so often associate with the practice. To make and publish books, Müller suggests, is a social and political act. In the process, Müller will help us to consider whether the act of giving form and being a designer is itself a political one.

In addition to his work as a publisher, Müller is the founder of Integral Lars Müller, one of five studios that share an intellectual approach to a range of disciplines from architecture to product design. There are Integral offices in Paris, Milan, Berlin, Zurich and Baden/Switzerland.

Müller will be introduced by Pentagram's Michael Bierut.

This event would not be possible without our Presenting Sponsors. Thanks to Maharam and USM Modular Furniture for their support. Thank you also to the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York for sponsoring the reception.

Event Committee: Rob Giampietro, Jennifer Kinon, Anke Stohlmann

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SMALL TALK NO. 4: TOM SACHS

2020-07-30T01:10:01Z

Tuesday, 02 December 2008

Bumble and bumble, 3rd floor auditorium
415 West 13th Street Between Ninth Avenue & Washington St.

6:30–7:00PM Wine & hors d'oeuvres reception
7:00–8:00PM Presentation

Design as Obsession
Artist as Cultural Collector

Tom Sachs's art reveals obsession and labor, but is also characterized by the sense of playfulness and exuberance that infuses each of his objects. His work largely consists of complex contraptions and scale models hobbled together from found and collected materials. Pieces such as Chanel Guillotine, Unité (a foam core reproduction of Corbusier's Unité d'habitation), and “Vader” (a plywood-and-glass refrigerator), all share a uniquely hand-crafted aesthetic as well as Sachs's sense of humor and cultural insight.

Sachs's work has been collected by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Centre Georges Pompidou, San Francisco MoMA, and the Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo. Major solo exhibitions include SITE Santa Fe (1999), the Bohen Foundation, New York (2002), Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin (2003), Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, and Fondazione Prada, Milan (2006). Sachs lives and works in New York.

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THE DINNER PARTY: A conversation about Food and Design

2020-07-30T01:18:01Z

Wednesday, 03 December 2008

The Great Hall, Cooper Union
7 East Seventh Street
New York, NY
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6:30PM Check-in
7:00-9:00PM Presentations & Panel Discussion
9:00-9:45PM Food & Drink

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Chefs and designers. Both create delights for the senses. Both make delicious things in different ways. Both arrange every experience for the optimum of piquancy. The Dinner Party brings the worlds of food and design together for a discussion about creativity, inspiration, and what makes things tasty. This unique event reaches beyond the design world to blend two parts culinary wisdom, two parts design insight, and twenty parts poly-unsaturated goodness. To conclude the discussion, we'll be serving specialty cocktails and delicious nibbles from some of New York's finest food carts.

HOST

Christine Muhlke is a deputy editor at T: The New York Times Style Magazine.

SPEAKERS

Matteo Bologna is the founder and president of New York–based Mucca Design Corporation, where he also serves as creative director. Born in Milan, Bologna’s grounding in architecture, graphic design, illustration, and typography facilitated his early business successes and inspired his decision to create a New York agency. Under Bologna’s direction, Mucca Design has created uniquely successful identities for widely varied brands, among them André Balazs Properties, Starr Restaurants, Sant Ambroeus, Balthazar, Adobe, Target, Penguin, Random House, Domaine de Canton, and Butterfield Market. The team has been widely recognized by industry publications, competitions, and exhibitions, including: AIGA, Communication Arts, Eye, Graphis, Print, The Art Directors Club, The James Beard Foundation, and The Type Directors Club.

AvroKO is a New York‐based design and concept firm that is most notably defined by its lack of definition. Equally adept at such varied disciplines as architecture, furniture, food, books, and even fashion, AvroKO’s four partners—William Harris, Greg Bradshaw, Kristina O'Neal, and Adam Farmerie—each bring a unique vision to their multifaceted design mission. AvroKO’s ambitious spirit of adventure and entrepreneurial curiosity also inspire them to pursue their own “self‐propelled projects.” The first of these projects was Public, a restaurant wholly conceived, designed, owned, and operated by the company. Subsequent projects include The Transport Series, AvroKO’s first foray into furniture design; the creation of studio apartments in Greenwich Village; The Monday Room, a private wine lounge; and their first book/manifesto, BestUgly (HarperCollins 2008). AvroKO recently unveiled their second owned‐and‐operated restaurant, Double Crown, located on the Bowery in New York.

Dan Barber is the chef and co‐owner of Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns restaurant as well as a board member of the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture. He addresses local food system issues through op‐eds in The New York Times and stories in Gourmet and Food and Wine Magazine, and his writing has been featured in “Best Food Writing” in 2004, 2006, and 2007. Along with his brother David, Dan has begun to reestablish his family’s farm in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. The recently renovated milk barn will be the future home of Blue Hill Farm cheeses.

Will Goldfarb is an internationally acclaimed pastry chef. After a decade of traveling the world, including stints at El Bulli, Gerard Mulot, Cibreo, and Tetsuya, he returned to New York, rising to fame as the proprietor of Room4Dessert. Goldfarb is currently the owner and operator of Picknick, a sustainable and green sandwich concept in the Battery. Goldfarb also owns and operates WillPowder, an online specialty pastry product company. With New York University, he founded the Experimental Cuisine Collective, an interdisciplinary network at the nexus of chemistry, food, and social welfare. Goldfarb is currently developing WillEquipped, a collection of super‐hard-to‐find tools for professional chefs. He lives with his wife Maria and daughter Loulou between Jackson Heights, Queens, and Bali, Indonesia.

EVENT CHAIRPERSONS
Keira Alexandra / John Gall / Sam Potts / Helen Steed

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BREAKFAST CLUB NO. 3: GETTING NEW BUSINESS

2020-07-30T01:18:01Z

Tuesday, 09 December 2008

Mud Café (come to the private area in the back)
307 East 9th Street
between First and Second Avenues
New York NY, 10003

8:00-8:30AM Congregating
8:30-9:30AM Conversation

A sure-to-be-spirited conversation led by Melissa Hoffman, an expert in business development. As Managing Director for L. Mazur & Co.‚ Melissa provides brand strategy, business development, and account management for the firm’s retail, hospitality, and beauty brands.

In 2001, as Managing Director of Fitch Worldwide, Melissa oversaw business development for clients ranging from Nokia, Best Buy, and Saks, among many others. From 1994 to 2000 she served as a Principal with Desgrippes Gobe, one of the top ten international marketing agencies, directing global business development and strategic marketing for beauty, fashion and retail brands including Victoria's Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch, Reebok, Godiva, Coca Cola, and many others.

In 2000, Melissa wrote and starred in her own one-woman show, “Bossy Girl Monologues” as part of the American Living Room series at Lincoln Center. Her book of short stories is being published in December, 2008.

BREAKFAST CLUB:
AIGA/NY’s casual morning get-together for the sharing of knowledge and the drinking of coffee.*
*(or tea)

Starting with Breakfast Club NO.1 in October, we will meet on the second Tuesday of every month for coffee, a nibble, and spirited conversation. Each Breakfast Club will have a topic of focus that will be introduced by a discussion leader. Our conversations will cover the range of creative, financial, and pragmatic challenges that designers too often face alone—challenges that can often be overcome with open, casual dialogue. Muffins and croissants and amazing Mud coffee will be provided.

Breakfast Club is open to AIGA members only and is a free event.

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Design Remixed: Big Spaceship

2020-07-31T09:05:01Z

Wednesday, 10 December 2008

Apple Store, Soho
103 Prince Street
New York, NY 10012
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6:30–8:00PM

An innovation-led digital creative agency, Big Spaceship partners with brands to create deeply engaging experiences, products and relationships. Telling stories and starting conversations across the digital landscape, the company has garnered many accolades for its work, including One Show, Clio, Webby and Cannes Lion awards. Big Spaceship holds more FWAs than any other firm and was the first American agency inducted into the FWA’s Hall of Fame.

Michael Lebowitz
Michael Lebowitz founded Big Spaceship in 2000 and serves as its CEO. A founding board member of SoDA, the Society of Digital Agencies, Michael is also a member of AIGA’s Visionary Design Council and the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences. He is a frequent juror for creative awards and has lectured and led seminars internationally on creativity, emerging trends and the role of entertainment in digital engagement.

Joshua Hirsch
Shortly after retiring from rock-stardom, Joshua Hirsch became the Minister of Technology at Big Spaceship in 2002, where he leads the development team responsible for building numerous award-winning interactive campaigns for entertainment and consumer brand clients. Prior to joining Big Spaceship, Josh honed his skills as a designer and developer at Guggenheim.com and Asymptote. Josh has shared his expertise around the world by speaking at industry conferences, presenting instructional workshops, and acting as an awards juror.

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