April 1
Interact 5.0
Tyler School of Art, Tuttleman Learning Center, Room 103
13th Street & Montgomery Avenue, Elkins Park
5 – 8 pm
Interact 5.0 is Tyler’s 5th annual juried show of student interactive
work featuring both the work of current students as well as design
alumni. The evening will begin with a presentation of work by Brad
Johnson from Second Story, Portland, Oregon (http://www.secondstory.com)
to be followed by a presentation of the best student interactive
work. For more information please visit http://www.temple.edu/tyler/interact
April 1 – 3
Show Me – Don’t Tell Me Design Education Conference
Charter High School for Architecture & Design,
675 Sansom Street
215-351-2900 x 2230
National conference to share ideas about design education in K-12
schools and higher education teacher preparation programs
For additional information email Mrayala@CHADPhila.org or visit
http://www.chadphila.org.
Through April 3
Jonathan Adler Re:form
Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, Congregation Rodeph Shalom,
615 North Broad Street
Please call (215) 627-6747 for hours
The first solo retrospective of Jonathan Adler’s ceramics
paired with Paul Rocheleau’s photographs of striking modernist
synagogues.
Through May 17
Designing an American Asset
University of Pennsylvania
Left Bank offices of the Office of Facilities and Real Estate Services
3101 Walnut Street, lower level
215-898-5706
Hours Monday – Friday, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
An exhibition from The National Building Museum in Washington,
D.C. reflects on the need to design and construct affordable housing
in America.
Through June
Community Design Matters: Architecture & Community Juried
Exhibition
Community Gallery of The Philadelphia Foundation
1234 Market Street
Hours: Monday – Friday, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
An exhibition organized by the Community Design Collaborative of
the AIA Philadelphia promoting an appreciation of work commissioned
by nonprofits in community settings, and the dedication of design
professionals to building community. For more information, visit
http://www.cdesignc.org.
Through April
Avant-Garde Industrial
Philadelphia International Airport, Terminal D.
A selection of cutting edge product design from Philadelphia-based
designers Gyungyu Chyon of Little Wonder Studio, Jaine Salm of
Mio Culture, Steven Coupland of Steve Coupland Design studio, Robert
Venturi of Venturi Scott Brown and Emory Krall.
April 1
Matthew Ritchie: The God Impersonator
Artist lecture and opening reception: 6pm
The Fabric Workshop and Museum, 1315 Cherry Street, 5th Floor
215-568-1111 or http://www.fabricworkshopandmuseum.org
As artist-in-residence, Ritchie worked in collaboration with the
FWM’s staff to create “The God Impersonator” (2003),
an intricate and colorful rubber floor mosaic that is a part of
the artist’s larger interactive installation “Proposition:
Player” (2003).
April 5
The Modern City: Skyscrapers lecture by Paula Spilner, Ph.D.
Independence Blue Cross Building
1901 Market Street
Sky Lobby Conference Center, 23rd Floor
215-625-9255
6 – 8 pm
Part of Center City District’s “Walk Philadelphia” tour
program.
Call for tickets or visit http://www.walkphiladelphia.com
April 5
Arts & Crafts Lecture by Mansfield Bascom
Hedgerow Theatre
64 Rose Valley Road
Media, PA
610-565-4211
7:30 pm
A $5 donation is requested at the door.
April 6
Design with the Region in Mind Lecture
Kise Straw & Kolodner
123 South Broad Street
Suite 1270
215-790-1050
Lecture: 5 – 7 pm
Jim Kise presents an overview of urban design and regional planning
efforts for Philadelphia’s Olympics bid. A reception to discuss
the 2007 APA Conference in Philadelphia will follow.
April 6 – June 18
Designing with Nature: Rob & Patti Fleming, 1975-2005
The Wood Turning Center
501 Vine Street
215-926-8000
http://www.woodturningcenter.org
Reception: April 6, 7 – 9 pm
This exhibition features more than 50 objects from the Fleming’s
thirty-five year collaborative career. Ever inspired by nature,
these artists create highly carved, organic forms that evolve from
smoothly turned bulbous bases.
April 7 - June 10
D.I.Y. Revolution: Zines and other underground publications
The Design Center at Philadelphia University
4200 Henry Avenue
215-951-2860
http://www.philau.edu/designcenter
Opening reception April 7, 5:30 – 7:30 pm
This exhibition is a graphic cacophony of self-published materials
that chronicle the golden age of zines in the 80’s and early
90’s. Curated by Philadelphia University Dean, Sean Carton,
and writer Gareth Branwyn. This show bombards viewers with hundreds
of down and dirty graphics of this
April 7
Grotesque Mutations, Horrific Variations Lecture
210 S. 4th Street, B1
Meyerson Hall, University of Pennsylvania
215-898-5728
6:30 pm
Presentation by Hernan Diaz Alonzo, Professor, SCIARC, Xefirotarch,
Los Angeles.
April 7
Deane Evans, FAIA lecture
210 S. 4th Street
B3 Meyerson Hall
University of Pennsylvania
6 pm
For more information, contact Beth Samberg at 215-898-8124.
Lecture by research professor and executive director of the Center
for Architecture and Building Science Research at New Jersey Institute
of Technology.
April 7
What One Expects of Architecture, Lecture by Rafael Moneo
Tuttleman Auditorium
Philadelphia University
School House Lane & Henry Avenue
215- 951-2896
http://www.philau.edu/schools/add/ugradmajors/Architecture
6 pm
April 8
Drexel Designs: Community & Connections
Photo West Gallery
3625 Lancaster Avenue
5 – 8 pm
For more information: eve22@drexel.edu
Part of Lancaster Avenue Second Fridays events
April 8
Soft Furniture and Delirious Architecture: Salvador Dali and Design
Lecture
Philadelphia Museum of Art
26th Street and The Parkway
Van Pelt Auditorium
Call 215-235-7469 for tickets
6:30 pm
Lecture by Michael Taylor, the Muriel and Philip Berman Curator
of Modern Art. Presented by Collab, the group supporting modern
and contemporary design at PMA. The lecture will explore Salvador
Dalí’s profound engagement with architecture and design,
which has been largely overlooked in the literature surrounding
his life and work.
April 8 - April 30
Building Community Through Technology
Art Institute of Philadelphia, 1622 Chestnut Street
215-567-7080
http//:www.aiph.aii.edu
Opening Reception: April 8, 5 – 8 pm
An exhibition featuring photographs, screen shots, and the occasional
working model of Philadelphia non-profit community projects designed
by students over the past eight years.
Call or visit the website for special events taking place during
the month that include speakers from MAC, Macromedia, and local
leading technology firms.
April 9
Designing with Nature: Rob & Patti Fleming 1975-2005 Gallery
Talk
The Wood Turning Center
501 Vine Street
215 926-8000
http://www.woodturningcenter.org
1 pm -3:30 pm
A conversation regarding the Fleming’s thirty-five year collaborative
career.
April 9
Curator Michelle Schmitt examines how the physical reality of the
natural world is informed, imagined, and documented through map-making.
You Are Here: Maps and the Invention of Place
Rosenbach Museum & Library
2008 Delancey Place
215-732-1600 x 120
http://www.rosenbach.org
Curator's Talk: 2 pm
April 9 and 10
Discounted Student Tour
Wharton Esherick Studio
Horseshoe Trail
Valley Forge, PA
10 – 5 p.m. Saturday; 1 – 5 p.m. Sunday
Wharton Esherick has been called the "dean of American craftsmen" and
the "best furniture designer of the 20th century". With
presentation of Student ID receive $4 discount. Reservations required:
610-644-5822
April 10
A Chair for My Mother: Early Bird Read and Look (ages 3-5)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
26th Street and The Parkway
215-684-7605
www.philamuseum.org
10:15 am-11:00 am
Preschoolers and their parents enjoy this picture book in the modern
furniture gallery of The Philadelphia Museum of Art. A hands-on
craft project will follow. Paid tickets required. $2 per member
child and $3 per nonmember child. Tickets are available on a first-come,
first-served basis at the Admissions Desk.
April 10
Try a Technique: Chairs (ages 6-13)
Philadelphia Museum of Art
26th Street and The Parkway
215-684-7605
http://www.philamuseum.org
11:30 am and 1:30 pm
First, a look at Modern chairs including those in the exhibition
Florence Knoll Bassett: Defining Modernism. After our tour, students
will make their own inspired miniature chairs in The Philadelphia
Museum of Art education studios. $2 per member child and $3 per
nonmember child. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served
basis at the Admissions Desk.
Thru April 10
Florence Knoll Bassett: Defining Modernism
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gallery 170
26th Street and The Parkway
215-684-7605
http://www.philamuseum.org
10:00 am - 5:00 pm Tuesday – Sunday; Fridays until 8:45 pm
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is privileged to be the first museum
for which Knoll Bassett has designed a gallery exhibition of her
own work.
April 12
Back to Nature and Into the Future Fashion Show
The Great Hall, Moore College of Art & Design
20th & The Parkway
215-568-4515
6 pm
Highlights more than 40 children's garments created by sophomore
fashion design majors.
April 12
The Modern City: Transportation and Suburbanization Lecture
Independence Blue Cross Building
1901 Market Street
Sky Lobby Conference Center, 23rd Floor
215-625-9255
http://www.walkphiladelphia.com
6 – 8 pm
A presentation by Warren Williams, AIA. Part of Center City District’s “Walk
Philadelphia” tour program. Call or visit the website for
tickets.
April 12
Dan Pink: A Whole New Mind Lecture and Book Signing
Charter High School of Architecture & Design
105 S. 7th Street, 4th Floor
215-351-2900
http://www.chadphila.org
6:30 pm
Groundbreaking guide to the six essential abilities white collar
workers must master in an outsourced, automated, upside down age.
Sponsored by Company of Friends, the Philadelphia readers group
of Fast Company.
April 13
Moshe Safdie: Order and Complexity.
The 2005 Louis I. Kahn Memorial Lecture
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology
33rd and Spruce Streets.
Tickets at http://www.AIAphila.org
Reception: 5:30 pm
Lecture: 6:30 pm
Boston-based Moshe Safdie heads Moshe Safdie and Associates, an internationally
renowned architecture and urban design firm with branch offices in Toronto and
Jerusalem.
Presented by the American Institute of Architects, Philadelphia Chapter.
April 13
Heads of State Reception and Presentation
Tuttleman Auditorium, Philadelphia University
School house Lane and Henry Avenue
http://www.philadelphia.aiga.org
6 pm
Philadelphia and Seattle based design studio discusses music, process,
influence, and the science of putting things into rectangles.
Cosponsored by Philadelphia University and the American Institute
of Graphic Artists, Philadelphia Chapter.
April 14
Material Experience, Toshiko Mori Lecture
Tuttleman Auditorium
Philadelphia University
School House Lane and Henry Avenue
6 pm
Toshiko chairs the architecture program at Harvard. Sponsored by
Kling
For more information http://www.philau.edu/schools/add/ugradmajors/Architecture or call 215- 951-2896.
April 14
Performative Architecture: Beyond Instrumentality
Branko Kolervic and Ali Malkawi Book Signing
210 S. 24th Street
Upper Gallery, Meyerson Hall
University of Pennsylvania
6:30 pm
For more information, Mary O’Toole 215-898-5728
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