Design Find is your global guide to upcoming interior design events, home shows, furniture, art & antique fairs, and designer show houses.
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Photo: DIFFA’s Dining By Design (see event calendar below for more details)
DESIGN EVENTS CALENDAR – Your Global Guide to Design
APRIL 2009 (listed chronologically)
2009 Kips Bay Decorator Show House
April 17-May 17, 2009
22 East 71st Street, New York, NY (Between 5th & Madison Ave)
http://kipsbay.org/show_info.html
Photo: Kips Bay Archive, designer Beverly Balk Interiors, photo by Phillip Ennis
“Showhouses are built on fantasy, and the most amazing fantasies of all are seen each Spring at the Manhattan showhouse to benefit the Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club.” -House Beautiful magazine August 2006.
CMG’s Spring International Conference
April 17-21, 2009
Seattle, Washington
www.colormarketing.org/
Participation in CMG’s International Conferences is one of the most valued benefits of membership in CMG. Held semi-annually, the Conferences consistently attract more than 400 members. Attendees focus on color forecasts for Consumer/Residential products at the Spring Conference and Contract/Commercial products at the Fall Conference. Visit www.colormarketing.org/ for additional information.
The New York Tabletop Week at 7 W New York
April 21-24, 2009
7 W New York, NY
Ph: 212-279-6063
www.7wnewyork.com
BIG + BIH Fair
April 21-26, 2009
Bangkok, Thailand
http://www.bigandbih.com/
Bangkok International Gift Fair and Bangkok International Houseware Fair (BIG+BIH), known as Asia’s most prominent exhibitions for gift and decorative industries, are back in April with even higher level of commitment to deliver the best of quality, design and business values. Visit BIG+BIH Fairs are Back and Better! for additional information.
Los Angeles Antiques Show
April 22-26, 2009
Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Air Center
3021 Airport Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Show hours: 11am-7pm Thurs-Sat & 11am-5pm on Sun
www.psartsantiques.com/index.html
The 14th Annual Los Angeles Antiques Show will be held April 22-26, 2009 at Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Air Center. The event is presented by the Antique Dealers Association of California (ADAC), and produced by Dolphin Promotions. Over sixty national and international exhibitors will be featured representing all design movements from ancient to modern including 17th, 18th and 19th century American, English and Continental furniture and decorative arts, 20th century modernism, Native American Indian and tribal arts, Asian, and African arts.
The Antiques Show opens with an early buying preview party benefiting P.S. Arts (Public School Arts) will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, April 22. Preview tickets are $150 per person and available in advance at www.losangelesantiqueshow.com.
An exclusive Collectors Preview will be held in advance of the gala from 5 to 7 p.m. Celebrity co-chairs of the preview gala are Ellen DeGeneres and Portia DeRossi, and Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Meyer. The German luxury carmaker Audi and fashion designer Carolina Herrera are corporate sponsors. The Los Angeles Times and 1stdibs.com are media sponsors of the event. The Opening Night Preview Party is produced by Carleen Cappelletti of Best Events.
The Los Angeles Antiques Show is a widely anticipated event featuring 62 premier antiques and fine art dealers from across the U.S. and Europe. It is one of the most prestigious, highly regarded shows among West Coast collectors.
i Saloni 2009 – Salone Internazionale Del Mobile
April 22-27, 2009
Palazzo Reale
Milan, Italy
www.cosmit.it/
Great projects, great displays and great crowds will provide the basic ingredients for what is universally regarded as the key event par excellence at global level in the home furnishing sector. Alongside the Salone Internazionale del Mobile, now in its 48th edition, together with the International Furnishing Accessories Exhibition this year will be Euroluce, the eagerly-awaited International Lighting Exhibition that sets the sectorial benchmark with its wide range and broad spectrum of goods that go to make up a unique lighting sector scenario – from light sources to domestic lighting, from technical illumination to urban illumination – embracing both technological and formal innovation. A major collateral event dedicated to light will also be held in the city.
SaloneSatellite, that unmissable event and great crowd-pulling catalyst, will be held again this year, with its line-up of creative young talent at the service of businesses.
Again this year we will be working in partnership with the Municipality of Milan which, for the third time, has offered us its prestigious headquarters at Palazzo Reale. This time it will serve as the venue for a truly special and unique event that will tie modern and antique furnishing in with a special pedigree mapping out the origins of Made in Italy. Visit www.cosmit.it/ for additional information.
DIFFA’s Dining By Design (DBD) 2009 Tour in Kansas City
April 24-25, 2009
Crown Center Exhibit Hall (adjacent to the Hyatt Regency Hotel)
2323 McGee Street
Kansas City MO
Ph: (816) 75-DIFFA
www.diffakc.or3g
Dining By Design is presented by Design Industries Foundation Fighting Aids (DIFFA). They have again brought together some of the most talented, eclectic and well-known designers in their respective industries.
The 2009 National Tour of DINING BY DESIGN launched on March 26th at Pier 94 in New York City next door to the Architectural Digest Home Design Show. DIFFA’s Dining By Design now tours to Kansas City, Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco and Boston. Check the event schedule to see when DBD will visit a city near you: http://www.diffa.org/events.asp.
Photo: Photo: DIFFA Archive, Academy of Art University, photo by Tara Arrowood
DIFFA is one of the country’s largest supporters of direct care for people living with HIV/AIDS and preventive education for those at risk. Merging care and commerce, supporters of DIFFA come from all fields of fine design and the visual arts, including: architecture, fashion design, interior design, photography and consumer product design.
Photo: DIFFA Archive, Designed by Patrice Cowan Bevans Interiors, LLC, photo by Tara Arrowood
With fundraising efforts bolstered by strategic partnerships with Architectural Digest, Benjamin Moore and many others, plus unique events showcasing innovation and creativity, DIFFA has mobilized the immense resources of the design communities and granted over $38 million to hundreds of AIDS service organizations nationwide.
San Francisco Spring Home Show
April 24-26, 2009
Cow Palace
2600 Geneva Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94014
www.acshomeshow.com/HGExpo/CP2S.html
Minnesota Spring Home Show
April 24-26, 2009
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
1265 North Snelling Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108
www.acshomeshow.com/HGExpo/MSS.html
Eye on Design with Vern Yip, Seattle Design Center (Open to the public)
April 25, 2009
Seattle, WA
Ph: 206-762-2700 ext. 216
www.seattledesigncenter.com
17th Semi-Annual Trinity Antiques District Street-Wide Sale
April 25, 2009
Dallas, Texas
With over 200 vendors and stores participating, the event stretches from the 900 to 1300 block of N. Industrial, Dragon & Slocum Streets.
Sollo Rago Modern Furniture Auction
April 25-26, 2009
Lambertville, New Jersey
http://www.ragoarts.com/auctions/modern
Juan Montoya to sell select property from his modern furniture collection.
Energy Efficiency Global Forum & Exposition (EE Global) 2009
April 27-29, 2009
Palais des Congres
Paris, France
www.eeglobalforum.org/
The word is out. Energy efficiency is our quickest, cheapest and cleanest solution for addressing the world’s increasing energy demand and mitigating climate change. Now is the time to put this limitless resource to work. On April 27-29 the Alliance to Save Energy will host EE Global 2009, the world’s only energy efficiency conference and exposition, at the Palais des Congres in Paris, France.
6th International Trade Exhibition for Construction Technology, Building Materials, Equipment & Environmental Technology
April 27-29, 2009
Qatar
www.ifpqatar.com
High Point Market Spring, Centennial
April 25-30, 2009
International Home Furnishings Center
High Point, NC
Ph: 336-888-3733
www.ihfc.com
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the biggest home furnishings trade show in the world. The buzz of activity is constant, and little wonder: this is the center of the universe for those who make their livings in the home furnishings industry. There are three-and-a-half million square feet of furniture and accessories that reflect every style, every category, and every price point from every corner of the globe and attract an unending stream of buyers, designers, design students and media. They come to see, to buy, to learn, to meet, to plan, to dream, and to make things happen…because it’s all here.
Register early for the kickoff party and other events at http://highpointmarket.org/default.aspx
Court Pomp and Royal Ceremony, Court Dress in Europe, 1650-1800
Now thru June 28, 2009
Palace of Versailles
France
http://www.chateauversailles.fr/en/
Art Exhibition: The Jazz Century
Now thru June 28, 2009
Musée du quai Branly
37, quai Branly
Paris, France 75007
http://www.quaibranly.fr/en/programmation/exhibitions/currently/the-jazz-century/index.html
Art Exhibition: Alexander Calder, Les années parisiennes (The Parisian years), 1926-1933
Now thru July 20, 2009
Centre Pompidou, Gallery 2 Level 6, Museum Gallery Level 4
Paris, France
http://www.centrepompidou.fr/Pompidou/Manifs.nsf/Actualite?ReadForm&count=999&sessionM=2.1&L=2
Designer Style: Home Decorating in the 1950s
Now thru September 2009
Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture (MoDA)
Middlesex University, Cat Hill, Barnet, Herts, EN4 8HT
United Kingdom
http://www.moda.mdx.ac.uk/exhibitions/current.htm
If you have a chance to attend any of the events listed above, please share your feedback. Post your comments here. Also, if you know of new or upcoming design-related events please let us know.
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