Design Find is your global guide to interior design events, designer show houses, antique & art fairs, and home & garden shows.

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DESIGN EVENTS CALENDAR – Your Global Guide to Design
MAY 2009 (listed chronologically)

Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts 2009
Now through May 17, 2009
Ph: (714) 442-3872
www.pasadenashowcase.org/index.php

The 45th annual Pasadena Showcase House of Design takes place in an elegant Italian Renaissance Revival style built in 1917 and designed by George Lawrence Stimson. The house is 10,000 square feet and sits on over two acres of land. Serving at the 1972 Pasadena Junior Philharmonic Showcase House, this beautiful mansion, located in the estate area of San Marino, is now being revisited 37 years later for the 2009 Pasadena Showcase House of Design. Come enjoy the Italian Renaissance Revival home, two acres of gardens, the Shops at Showcase, and our onsite restaurant catered by Wolfgang Puck.

Court Pomp and Royal Ceremony, Court Dress in Europe, 1650-1800
Now thru June 28, 2009
Palace of Versailles
France
www.chateauversailles.fr/en/

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
www.moda.mdx.ac.uk/exhibitions/current.htm

In the years after the Second World War, Britain experienced a new sense of optimism about the future. Following the Festival of Britain, there was an emphasis on good design for all aspects of home furnishing. Manufacturers increasingly employed artists to design textiles and wallpapers, and used their names as a selling point. Consumers welcomed the new brighter colours and fresh approach to pattern. This exhibition will draw on MoDA’s own collections to show a wide range of wallpapers and textiles from the 1950s. Examples on display will include work by well-known artists and designers like Lucienne Day, Graham Sutherland, Cawthra Mulock and Jacqueline Groag. Visit Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture, located at Middlesex University for additional information.

Legends of La Cienega Design Walk
May 7-9, 2009
Los Angeles’ La Cienega Design Quarter
La Cienega Blvd between Santa Monica Blvd and San Vicente Blvd in West Hollywood
More details on Elle Decor’s website:
www.pointclickhome.com/decorate/articles/elle_decor_legends_0
Legends of La Cienega blog: www.lcdqla.com/

Presented by Elle Decor: Kick-off a well-designed summer with this glamorous three-day event–the first of its kind in Los Angeles. Stroll Los Angeles’s preeminent design district, La Cienega Design Quarter –the hub of West-coast interior design for more than half a century. With more than 40 luxurious shops and galleries find everything from antiques, furniture, and fine art to sensational bistros and boutiques.

Let us entertain you as we pay homage to the legendary designers who once frequented the LCDQ and explore the design district that today serves L.A.’s most sought-after designers, A-list, and celebrity clientele — a must for both budding design enthusiasts and the experts.

With a line up of exciting and distinctive programs all open to the public, the Legends of La Cienega Design Walk has something for everyone. Join us to experience tributes evoking the legends of yesterday including designer vignettes in LCDQ-member establishments along La Cienega Boulevard, from Beverly to Santa Monica boulevards.

Among the many amazing design events (46 in total!) held amidst LA’s most exclusive antique galleries, be sure to check out the following events at Lee Stanton Antiques:

Selling Quality Design in the Age of Fast Food Junk Decorating
May 8th, 2009 from 10:30-11:30am at Lee Stanton Antiques
Designer David Phoenix and critic Mayer Rus examine the dynamics of demonstrating value and creating great design in a recessionary market. Topics include the influence of mass-market design programming on television, the dwindling pool of high-end design magazines, and fluctuations in the market for art and antiques. Sponsored by David Phoenix, Designer and Mayer Rus, Writer for LA Times Magazine, Dwell, and Wallpaper.

Power Lunch sponsored by 1st Dibs
May 8th, 2009 from 11:30am-1:30pm at Lee Stanton Antiques
Mingle over Lunch with Influential Designers and the L.A. Elite.
Please RSVP to Lee Stanton at (310) 855-9800

Glamorous Spaces Yet Intimate Places
May 9 from 12:00-1:00pm at Lee Stanton
Glamour does not have to be grand. Discover how these talented designers turn on the glam! A conversation with Oliver Furth and Katie McGloin; moderated by Alexandria Abramian-Mott, Editor of Angelino Interiors.

Creating a Hip Hollywood Home
May 9th, 2009 from 1:30-2:30pm at Lee Stanton Antiques
The younger and more creative Hip Hollywood talents are enjoying a move toward personal and idiosyncratic solutions in design…a new appreciation for all things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete…a worldview that is self-referential and intuitive. It is the appreciation of the undeclared beauty that waits to be discovered and story that needs to be told. Join in on a spirited conversation with Jane Hallworth, Oliver Furth, Trip Haenisch and Ruthie Summers. Moderated by Andrea Stanford, Design & Style Editor of C Magazine.

6th Alternative Building Materials and Design Expo 09!
May 8-9, 2009
May 10, 2009: All day, self-guided “Green Homes Tour”
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
1855 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Ph: (310) 390-2930 ext. 3
Admission: Free
www.altbuildexpo.com

The 6th annual Alternative Building Materials & Design Expo (AltBuild Expo) is Southern California’s most substantive and extensive showcase of green and sustainable building materials. It is the only regional event of its kind that allows the eco-minded professionals and public to meet and discuss green opportunities with serious green conscious figures in the design and construction communities.

Presented by the City of Santa Monica, this event features over 150 exhibitors displaying the latest in green building technologies and practices, landscape and water conservation products and interior design products and furnishings. Exhibitors include Acme Environmental, C & K Landscape, Western Roofing, EnviroPlumbing, Sustainable Solutions, Rinnai, BMD, IES, Weston Solutions, Discover Green, MWD, Honeywell, Kingspan Insulated Panels.

The AltBuild Expo hosts an impressive array of educational lectures and demonstrations. Friday’s speaker series will focus on topics geared towards trade professionals (builders, architects, landscape architects and municipalities), and Saturday’s series will focus on both trade professionals and topics of interest to the general public. The program will include panel discussions, seminars, and hands-on workshops led by top environmental and urban development experts. One such expert, Russell Ackerman, will speak on Friday, May 8th, addressing the principles of sustainable landscaping in urban environments, and the Sustainable Industries Journal will be presenting a panel on Saturday, May 9th, addressing Green Building Trends.

There will also be a self-guided Green Homes Tour on Sunday, May 10th, sponsored by the City of Santa Monica.

TVADA (Thames Valley Antique Dealers Association) Spring 2009 Antiques & Art Fair
May 8-10, 2009
Albury Park, Albury nr Guildford, Surrey, GU5 9BB
Ph: +44 (0) 1993-882420
www.tvada.co.uk

Albury Park Mansion where George III’s coronation ball took place in 1760 provides a background for this fair where exhibitors will offer a wide range of antique furniture and art. The TV presenter Paul Martin will be amongst the exhibitors at the fair; he is launching a new antiques program, “Trust Me I’m a Dealer,” which will prove that antiques are a good investment. Those who purchase items from his stand will be offered the chance to appear in his forthcoming show. Admission £5. Free Parking. Gourmet Restaurant.

Brimfield Antique Show
May 12-17, 2009
Various Venues – Brimfield, MA
www.brimfieldshow.com

Philadelphia Marketplace Design Center’s Designer Workshop Series
May 14, 2009
Marketplace Design Center, Philadelphia, PA
Ph: 215-561-5000
www.marketplacedc.com

The New York International Tribal & Textile Arts Show
May 14-18, 2009
69th Regiment Armory, Lexington Avenue at 26th Street, New York, NY
Ph: 310.455.2886
www.caskeylees.com

SoWa Antiques Market – Opening Week for the Season
May 16-17, 2009
Historic Trolley Barn, 540 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA
www.sowaantiquesmarket.com

Armed Forces Weekend Antique Show
May 16-17, 2009
Arizona State Fairgrounds
19th Avenue & 1826 W. McDowell Road
Phoenix, AZ
Ph: 602-717-7337
www.azantiqueshow.com

Philadelphia Furniture & Accessory MarketMay 17-19, 2009
Greater Philadelphia Expo Center
Oaks, PA
Ph: 305-792-9990
www.kempexpo.com

ICFF–International Contemporary Furniture Fair
May 17-20, 2009
Jacob Javits Convention Center
New York, NY
Ph: 914-421-3200
www.icff.com

Ft. Lauderdale Home Design & Remodeling Show
May 22-25, 2009
Broward County Convention Center
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
www.homeshows.net

Brandywine River Museum Antiques Show
May 24-25, 2009 (Preview: May 23, 2009)
Brandywine River Museum, Route 1, Chadds Ford, PA
Ph: 610.388.2700; 410.961.5121
www.armacostantiquesshows.com

Moscow World Fine Art Fair
May 25-June 1, 2009
The Manege, 1 Manezhnaya Square, Moscow, Russia
Ph: + 41 22 906 15 20/22/26 or 212 982 5429
www.moscow-faf.com

Las Vegas Antique Jewelry and Watch Show
May 28-June 1, 2009
Bally’s Hotel and Casino, 3645 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV
Ph: 239.732.6652
www.dmgantiqueshows.com

Two Rivers Antiques Show
May 30-31, 2009 (Preview: May 29, 2009)
Red Bank Armory Ice Complex, 76 Chestnut Street, Red Bank, NJ
Ph: 732-923-6886
www.tworivershow.org

THERE’S MORE!

May is a great month for Designer Showhouses nationwide. Check out this site for a complete 2009 calendar of designer show houses: http://designintuit.com/dev/index.php?page=2009-tour-2

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/may.html

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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