Design Find is your global guide to upcoming home shows, furniture, art & antique fairs, and designer show houses.
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SPOTLIGHT: Smithsonian Institute’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Week Honors the 2009 Recipient of the 10th National Design Award for Interior Design
Click here to find National Design Week Events in your area.
Winner: TsAO & McKOWN Architects
Finalist: Ali Tayar/Parallel Design
Finalist: WORKac
DESIGN EVENTS CALENDAR – Your Global Guide to Design
OCTOBER 2009 (listed chronologically)
ANTIQUE & DESIGN SHOWS
Minneapolis Institute of Arts Antiques Show
October 23-25, 2009
Preview: October 22, 2009
The Zuhrah Shrine Center
2540 Park Ave South, Minneapolis, MN
www.artmia.org/antiquesshow.com
Asian Art in London
October 29-November 8, 2009
Location: Various
www.asianartinlondon.com
Contact: +44 20 74992215
Treasures Show & Sale: Timeless Treasures from World Cultures
October 30-November 1, 2009
Preview: October 29, 2009
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
www.museum.upenn.edu
Contact: 215-898-9213
Autumn Hartford Antiques Show
October 31-November 1, 2009
Connecticut Expo Center
265 Reverend Moody Overpass, Hartford, CT
www.barnstar.com
Contact: 845-876-0616
HOME & GARDEN SHOWS
31st Annual Home Remodeling & Decorating Show
October 26-28
Orange County Fairgrounds
Costa Mesa, CA
http://www.thehomeshow.com/index.stm
DESIGN INDUSTRY EVENTS
Cooper-Hewitt National Design Week
October 18-24, 2009
New York, New York
Launched in 2006, National Design Week is an education initiative offering free admission for all museum visitors and hosting a series of public programs surrounding the National Design Awards. Click on the city nearest you to find events in your area: http://www.nationaldesignawards.org/2009/nationaldesignweek.
Design USA: Contemporary Innovation
October 16, 2009–April 4, 2010
STONEXPO MARMOMACCC Americas architecture & design
October 22-24, 2009
Las Vegas, Nevada
www.stoneexpo.com
STONEXPO will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center. StonExpo/ Marmomacc Americas consistently brings the entire stone industry together in the only North American event dedicated exclusively to natural stone. In today’s uncertain economy, merely surviving – yet alone thriving takes a combination of savvy business practices, cutting edge knowledge and techniques, and the latest in everything stone. If you’re ready to find out trade secrets for success in three action-packed, entertaining, stimulating short days, then plan to join us in October and see how the stone industry can ROCK YOUR WORLD.
Host International Exhibition of the Hospitality Industry
October 23-27, 2009
Milan, Italy
www.host.fieramilanoexpocts.it
WT Hotel will be presented at the Hotel Emotion section of the Host International Exhibition of the Hospitality Industry. The fair Host is the world’s leading international fair of the contract sector, with over 135,000 visitors
WT Hotel is a project aimed to create a futuristic hotel, which Well-Tech will present at Hotel Emotion within the Host 2009 show. It is a project rich in ideas and suggestions for a new concept in hospitality that is highly
innovative. The concept of the project, which draws its inspiration from emotions and innovations, will be interpreted by the most futuristic solutions in materials, technologies and design.
The WT Hotel project aims is providing a technological experience for the senses, which would be able to move visitors, while introducing them to a welcoming and entertaining area, made of a wide array of interactive and environmentally friendly materials.
NeoCon East
Baltimore, Maryland
October 28-29, 2009
www.neoconeast.com
Mark your calendars for NeoCon East, returning for its seventh year to Baltimore bringing you more products, programming and special events geared to the government design professional and A&D communities than ever before. Visit www.neoconeast.com for additional information.
Ocean City Resort Gift Expo
October 31-November 3, 2009
Ocean City, Maryland
www.urban-expo.com
From October 31- November 3, 2009, the Ocean City Resort Gift Expo, formerly known as the East Coast Resort Gift Expo, will return to the Ocean City Convention Center in Ocean City, Maryland. The largest resort gift and souvenir show in the Northeast, the show features a huge selection of themed merchandise, resort apparel, gifts and souvenirs. The show gives busy retailers from Maine to Virginia Beach a chance to buy last-minute holiday merchandise and plan their Spring and Summer resort seasons.
DESIGNER SHOW HOUSES
Casa California
October 13-November 8, 2009
A Design House of Distinction in Shady Canyon
Orange County, CA
Ph: 714-840-7542
http://www.philharmonicsociety.org/misc.aspx?i=House-of-Design
Advance tickets are $30 per person until October 12 and $35 thereafter, for any day and time. Special Design House Pass for unlimited entry for one person is $40 if purchased by October 12 and $45 at the door.
About the Design House: Casa California, a Design House of Distinction, presented by California Homes Magazine in partnership with the Philharmonic Society of Orange County. A new home by Finton Construction and designed by John Henderson of Spectrum Architecture in the exclusive community of Irvine’s Shady Canyon with top designers from Orange County and Los Angeles. The House evokes the glamour and sophistication of the Wallace Neff period with an emphasis on timelessness and contemporary sensibility. Proceeds benefit Philharmonic Youth Music Education Programs.
Unique Boutique, Café by Golden Truffle, Opportunity Prizes and informative Design and Garden Lectures will be presented.
Special Events at Casa California Designer Show House:
Meet the Designers:
Thursdays, 6 pm to 9 pm
Design Lectures at Casa California Designer Show House:
Wednesdays at 1:00pm
November 4
Diane Dorrans Saeks
Design expert and best-selling author of numerous books about interior design includingSan Francisco: A Certain Style and California Country Style.
Inspired Designs: A Show House Celebrating Extraordinary Women
October 22-December 4, 2009
New York, New York
For information regarding the opening night reception or show house tickets, please call HWPR at 212 935-1558 or email hweintraub@HWPR.com.
“Inspired Designs” and featuring over 8,000 sq ft of elegantly appointed rooms by many of today’s top designers will open to the public on Thursday, October 22nd in Extell Development Company’s newly constructed residential condominium at 535 West End Avenue in New York.
“Inspired Designs” benefits the Breast Cancer Research Foundation founded by Evelyn H. Lauder. Mrs. Lauder will host the opening reception on Thursday, October 21st from 6:00-8:00pm. The showhouse is designed as a tribute to iconic women from the worlds of fashion, style, culture and the arts–women who have inspired the designers with their extraordinary sensibilities and achievements.
Among the designers participating in “Inspired Designs” are Aman & Carson, Bradley Stephens, Cullman & Kravis, David Scott Interiors, Greg Lanza Design, Healing Barsanti, Inson Dubois Wood, Jennifer Flanders, John Barman, Nancy Corzine, Patricia Fisher, Pat Kreisler, Patrik Lonn, Rinfret Interiors, and S. Russell Groves.
THERE’S MORE!
Want to find all the antiques shows in your area? Click here: www.antiquetrader.com/showcalendar
Looking for antique auctions near you? Check out the Journal of Antiques and Collectibles auction calendar here: www.journalofantiques.com/calendar/october.html
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