New York Design Week begins today, running until the 26th. The big gorilla is the International Contemporary Furniture Fair at the Javitz Center from May 20–23. I've been for the last three years and it is always fun to browse around and lust over all the wonderful objects I'll never be able to afford. Additionally there are a ton of ancillary exhibitions and other events happening all around the city. Core77 has the full rundown.
(Meanwhile, in conjunction with Design Week, the newest issue of Artkrush is all about contemporary design.)
Not to be outdone—okay, they're totally gonna be outdone, but I live here now, so I've got to be loyal—Los Angeles has its own design happenings. June 1st, the long-awaited/delayed reopening of the Architecture and Design Museum finally arrives. It has moved to a new location on Wilshire, right on Miracle Mile, across the street from LACMA. They were originally supposed to reopen last year some time with a Richard Meier exhibit, but better late than never. The Meier exhibit will open in the fall of this year, while the new inaugural exhibition is New Blood: Next Gen—"groundbreaking work of some of LA's most talented new architects and landscape architects"—which will run from June 1 through August 18. The list of participants is yet to be announced—and let's see, there's just two weeks until opening; I hope that's not a sign of the A+D Museum still scrambling to get their house in order...
June 9th, DesignGuide presents "A Night on Miracle Mile," with happenings at LACMA, the Ace Gallery, and A+D Museum. LACMA currently has an Ettore Sottsass exhibition running, and the A+D Museum will have music courtesy DJ Tom Schnable and the Viver Brazil Dance Company. The night begins at 5:30 at LACMA and ends at 11:30 at the A+U Museum. More info at the DesignGuide website.
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