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
The leading interior design tradeshow for the workplace Neocon 2016 opens up in Chicago today, showcasing a variety of new solutions for today’s fluid office environments. We are looking forward to the debut of David Rockwell’s new furniture collection with Knoll (pictured above), Rockwell Unscripted, composed of eclectic, modular and movable elements that can be used to create both communal work spaces and quiet retreats.
Chicago, IL. On view through June 15, 2016.
Tuesday
Flex your creative muscles with a workshop on improv for design thinking, where you’ll be introduced to basic improv techniques to help you loosen up and find opportunity even in unlikely places. Because as Einstein once said, “we can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”
New York, NY. June 14, 2016 at 6:30 PM.
Wednesday
Since the Industrial Revolution, advances in steel and metal technologies have pushed the potential of architecture in exciting directions. Join the Center for Architecture in this panel discussion exploring transformations in metal, connecting historical precedents with the technological and poetic aspects of the material.
New York, NY. June 15, 2016 at 6:30 PM.
Thursday
Head to the Museum of Arts and Design for a double film screening of Harry Bertoia’s Sculpture—a mesmerizing visual feast exploring the artist’s abstract sculptures—and Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter—exploring how the infamous duo’s exploratory oeuvre created a new aesthetic approach for our digital era.
New York, NY. June 16, 2016 at 7 PM.
Friday
Design Miami/ kicks off this week alongside Art Basel. The high-end design fair will feature a number of pavilions and special installations including a special presentation of works inspired by the theme of landscape.
Basel, Switzerland. On view through June 19, 2016.
Saturday/Sunday
Engineering the World, the first major retrospective of influential structural engineer Ove Arup (1895-1988), opens at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Focusing on Arup’s philosophy of total design, the exhibition features rare archival materials from projects such as the Sydney Opera House alongside recent prototypes and digital animations.
London, UK. On view through November 6, 2016.
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.
http://www.core77.com/posts/53694/Explore-New-Workplace-Solutions-at-Neocon-2016-Improv-Techniques-for-Design-Thinking-and-Ove-Arups-Philosophy-of-Total-Design