22-27 April 2009, Milano Italy. World’s largest international trade fair.
Since its start over 40 years ago, the Milan Salone has has become Europe’s largest furniture and interior international trade fair. Every year starting in mid-April the exhibition attracts the world’s renowned designers, architects, buyer, and journalists. The Milan Salone does not stop with the exhibition fair, it is an event that spreads and consumes all of Milan city. While exhibitors round approximately 1500 companies, showcased items from all corners of the fashion industry as well as various industrial goods, making it the world’s largest design exhibition. An more appropriately, call Milan Design Week, this is when the world’s brands come to hold individual events in and around the city to promote and communicate their designs to the public. Not just a simple exhibition, but a movement that transforms a city into an exciting festival.
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Los Angeles, CA USA. January 31 – March 29, 2009.
Founded by Yoshiharu Tsukamoto and Momoyo Kaijima in 1992, Tokyo-based architecture studio Atelier Bow-Wow explores the use and function of space within urban environments. Bow-Wow developed the term “pet architecture”–a style of small, ad hoc, multifunctional structures that make the most of limited space.
Designer: Atelier Bow-Wow
Extended deadline for entries: February 20, 2009.
The IDEA® (International Design Excellence Awards) program is the premier international competition honoring design excellence in products, ecodesign, interaction design, packaging, strategy, research and concepts. Entries are invited from designers, students and companies worldwide.
Monterey, CA, USA. May 31 — June 4, 2009.
SB’09 is your antidote to negative world news. It is where the innovators gather who are already well along the path toward crafting new business models, products, communications campaigns and cultures that will better meet the needs of today’s global marketplace.
Whether from bonfire sustainable brands like Seventh Generation, Living Homes, New Belgium Brewery and Nau, or large global innovators like Wal-mart, Coke-a-Cola, GE, Clorox, HP or Unilever, if you desire to be a leader in building smart, sustainable brands for the future, Sustainable Brands ’09 is your one must attend event investment of the year.
The Design Museums “Designs of the Year” went on display. Don’t know why it is called Brit Insurance Designs of Year 2009 just yet. The show runs until 14 June with the winners being announced on March 18th. [PR]
Brooklyn’s MoMA ATLANTIC / PACIFIC project. The exhibition consists of reproductions from the museum’s permanent collection posted in the Atlantic / Pacific subway station.
The temporary large-scale installation includes works of well known artists like Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Georgia O’Keeffe, Man Ray are sure to inspire commuters jetting through or entertain those who care to linger and peruse the collection. With over 50 pieces filling all the conventional ad units, the station has been transformed into a gallery-esque experience. There is even a toll-free number to allow station goers to access audio information about selected works, as well as a website with information about the project atlanticpacific.
The purpose of the underground campaign is to create a greater awareness of the MoMA collection housed at their Midtown location. For casual passersby, signs posted at payphones throughout the station instruct on how to dial the toll-free MoMA factline for audio information about the works, but planners can download the full audio commentary to iPods, making it that much easier to get a little cultured. In addition to the audio features, a customized project website includes a map and guide to the artworks.
MoMA Atlantic/Pacific
10 February-15 March 2009
Atlantic/Pacific Station
Brooklyn, NY 11217 map
tel. +1 888 939 6662
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Greener gadgets. 2009. February 27, 2009. New York City USA.
Innovators, entrepreneurs, visionaries, and eco-designers will return to New York City to discuss the future of sustainability for the consumer electronics industry.
Green:Net 2009. March 24, 2009. San Francisco, CA USA.
The First Green Conference for the Internet Technology Industry
At Green:Net, we’ll show you how the tools created in the Internet, computing and IT revolutions will be crucial for fighting climate change. Whether you’re in a corporation looking to learn about best Green IT practices or you’re an entrepreneur looking for your next venture, Green:Net in San Francisco is a must-attend event that will allow you to take away the best ideas, contacts and thinkers in this space.
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