Love it, talk about it, do it better. It’s industrial design night at Design Within Reach (1200 NW Everett) a week from Thursday on November 8, 6:30-9 PM.
DWR Portland has partnered with the Art Institute of Portland and IDSA to bring Knoll Inc’s Director of Research, Strategy and Media, Tracy Wymer, to talk about industrial design, past, present, and future. Very good. But what’s even better is that after the presentation, the audience will break into groups to brainstorm solutions for organizing, “our ever-increasing number of personal digital devices into a streamlined command center using a limited number of materials provided, including textiles supplied by Knoll.” Like to see some of the results of that exercise. (Ask us about power cord macrame). RSVP to portland@dwr.com by November 6. Space is limited to 50 people.
POSTED: October 31st, 2007 | AUTHOR: lisa | FILED UNDER: art | 1 Comment »
Like many of Portland’s most interesting design businesses Cecily Ink began with one very good product…one that in this case was never meant to be for sale. In 2006 Alex Wijnen created the Fresh Style Card File as a holiday gift for the clients of her graphic design studio Defteling Design. The FSCF is a box set of cards for various occasions from birthdays and thank you’s to love notes and apologies. When clients demanded to buy Card Files for everyone they knew, a business was born.
Wijnen’s fresh design vocabulary includes modern florals, patterns, and flourishes and good type in a palette of chocolate, sky blue, orange, and mustard. The designs are smart and feminine and never try to say more than whatever you have to write inside.
Less than a year after launch, Wijnen sells the Fresh Style Card File and sets of letterpress cards (with cool stamps to match) and gift wrap at more than a hundred stores across the country, here in Portland at Ecru (1215 NW 11th) in the Pearl and In The Bag (708 NW 23rd) on NW 23rd.
Now she’s collaborated with LeAnn Dolan from Ecru on Cecily Ink’s happy 2008 desk calendar available only at Ecru and online at the Cecily Ink website.
POSTED: October 30th, 2007 | AUTHOR: lisa | FILED UNDER: art | No Comments »
installation: Benjamin Stagl
The big installation exhibition up at Cathedral Park Place (6635 N Baltimore Avenue) in North Portland, Construct/Re-Construct, closes tomorrow, Saturday, October 27 making today and tomorrow your last chances to see this multi-artist show with gallery hours from 12-5 PM.
Curator, Rhoda London’s notion was, “to include work that visually and/or conceptually expresses the building blocks that bring an idea to fruition and shows the artist in dialogue with his/her materials.” Look for work by artists Benjamin Stagl, Josh Arseneau, John Brodie, Seth Nehil, Liz Obert, Kelly Rauer, and Anya Shapiro among many others.
POSTED: October 26th, 2007 | AUTHOR: lisa | FILED UNDER: art | TAGS: art | 1 Comment »
London, Berlin, NY, Milan, San Francisco, Copenhagen, Minneapolis have all played host to the Slideluck Potshow. Now it’s Portland’s turn. This NY-based arts event is a potluck dinner followed by a slideshow of work by local and international artists. They say, “The theme of the slideluck is Lust [so] the theme of the potluck should be Awesome. Need ideas? Check out the recipes on our website.” The New Old Lompoc Brewery sponsors.
Slideluck Potshow is tonight, Thursday, October 25, 7 PM potluck, 9 PM slideshow at The Cleaners at the Ace Hotel (403 SW 10th).
POSTED: October 25th, 2007 | AUTHOR: lisa | FILED UNDER: art | TAGS: art | No Comments »
It’s on. You’ve just two days to go to the UT website to predict the winning design out of the 1,000 shortlisted
designs.100 of those who select the winning design will receive a Grand Prix t-shirt!
Guest judges and the UT Selection Committee will then choose the top 30 from among 200 designs that have passed through the second screening. The winning designs will be sequentially shown on the UT Grand Prix website. The final winning design will be announced in early May 2008.
Please see here for more details:http://ut.uniqlo.com/utgp/#lang=en
To vote, go to this link: http://ut.uniqlo.com/utgp/en/champion
For the general information of the UT Grand Prix: http://ut.uniqlo.com/utgp/en/about/award2008
POSTED: October 22nd, 2007 | AUTHOR: charlotte | FILED UNDER: art | No Comments »