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.
Brimfield Antique Show
May 12-17, 2009
Various Venues – Brimfield, MA
www.brimfieldshow.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
ICFF Opening Night Party:
May 16, 2009 from 7:00-9:00pm
The Museum of Modern Art, the Abbey Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden
11 West 53rd Street, NYC, NY
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 (MWFAF)—canceled
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
Photo: MWFAF Gala Dinner at the Kremlin now seen as too luxurious.
MWFAF feels the pinch: “We believe that under the circumstances which we all know, it would have been unscrupulous to present yet another luxurious and festive event in Russia.”
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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