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How Pixar Designs Stories, an Issey Miyake Retrospective and Design Days Dubai 

Jumpstart your week with our insider’s guide to events in the design world. From must-see exhibitions to insightful lectures and the competitions you need to know about—here’s the best of what’s going on, right now.

Monday

Vincent Dubourg’s Bhanga Alu cabinet for Carpenter’s Workshop Gallery, exhibited during Design Dubai 2015

Design Days Dubai, the annual fair showcasing collectible and limited edition pieces from a regional and international roster of designers opens this week. A specially commissioned installation inspired by the desert landscape and a curated section focused on modern uses of marble will be highlights this year. 

Dubai. On view through March 18, 2016. 

Tuesday

As director of research at the Van Alen Institute, Anne Guiney is dedicated to finding new ways of connecting design to civic engagement. During The City as Research Project, Guiney will trace the research focuses that have run throughout her career and demonstrate how research can become a powerful stimulus for action. 

New York, NY. March 15, 2016 at 6:30 PM. 

Wednesday

A retrospective of Issey Miyake’s 45-year career opens at the National Art Center in Tokyo. It will be divided into three themed sections, the first will focus on the designer’s process and approach to making clothes, the second will highlight the his clothes’ relationship with the human body and the third will delve further into the five signature forms he has focused on, including his famous pleats and geometric constructions.

Tokyo, Japan. On view through June 13, 2016. 

Thursday

Throughout his career, Andy Warhol worked on over 80 book projects, bringing to the medium his signature sense of playful experimentation. A rare opportunity to see his work in this genre, Warhol by the Book gathers 130 book artifacts, including drawings, screen prints, photographs, self-published books, children’s books, photography books, text-based books, unique books, archival material; and his much-sought-after dust jacket designs.

New York, NY. On view through May 15, 2016. 

Friday

Paul Macgregor’s I/O is a “browser plugin that is visible each time a user opens a new tab. Borrowing from nudge theory, there are no constraints, or limitations on the user - but instead simply a visual cue, alerting them to the time they have spent online that day and whether it is within their chosen limits.”

After gathering research and input from the public, creative agency Six:Thirty asked a group of multidisciplinary designers to engage with the responses gathered and create works responding to a question that concerns us all: How can we improve our mental well-being by changing our relationship with technology? The resulting works are gathered in Unread Messages, an exhibition of digital, physical and interactive products designed to lead us towards a healthier relationship with devices and digital applications.

London, UK. On view through April 9, 2016. 

Saturday/Sunday

On view at the Cooper Hewitt’s Process Lab, Pixar: The Design of Story includes rarely seen hand-drawn sketches, paintings, and sculptures from over 25 years of Pixar filmmaking, charting how the visual design process and story development develop in tandem. 

New York, NY. On view through August 7, 2016. 

Upcoming Deadlines

March 25 - Call for Papers: 2016 IDSA/Eastman Innovation Lab Education Symposium

Design educators, submit a paper sharing how you solve problems and make things happen creatively for a chance to be featured in the symposium that will kick off the 2016 IDSA International Conference

March 23 - Charlie Hebdo Portable Pavilion Design Competition

What should a traveling structure intended to spread free speech look like?

Check out the Core77 Calendar for more design world events, competitions and exhibitions, or submit your own to be considered for our next Week in Design.