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
Don’t miss the last days of Cycle Revolution at Design Museum London, a celebration of contemporary cycling with examples that span competitive cycling to everyday commuter bikes—and even including rare samples such as the earliest prototype Brompton in existence and Francesco Moser’s 1984 Hour Record bike.
London, UK. On view through June 30, 2016.
Tuesday
Accompanying Cooper Hewitt’s new exhibition of grotesque ornament prints and drawings, Fragile Beasts, a discussion with the show’s curators Cowcumbers and Cornucopia: Rediscovering the Grotesque in Design, will give an overview of the print’s origins in ancient Rome, its rediscovery and eccentric treatment during the Renaissance, and its grandiose and elegant variations in the 17th and 18th centuries.
New York, NY. June 28, 2016 at 7 PM.
Wednesday
After a successful first run in Copenhagen, Snøhetta’s first retrospective People, Process, Projects is currently on view in Portland, Oregon. The playful exhibition design—created by the Snøhetta’s designers—allows viewers to interact with the studio’s process models and view over 200 process sketches for projects like the Oslo Opera House and SFMOMA.
Portland, OR. On view through June 30, 2016.
Thursday
“We live in radio. The real architecture of our world is that of electromagnetic frequencies. We are constantly being reshaped by countless overlapping waves that pulse through our buildings and bodies, yet we don’t really know what this means.” During Radio Redux, Andres Jaque and Mark Wigley will explore this idea through the lens of Buckminster Fuller’s work.
New York, NY. June 30, 2016 at 7 PM.
Friday
Roberto Burle Mark—one of the most influential yet lesser-known landscape architects of Brazil—is finally getting his due with a retrospective at the Jewish Museum. The show traces his varied work (the most iconic of which are his graphic pavements in Rio de Janeiro) and the influences he brought in from his many other interests: Burle Marx was a painter and sculptor; a designer of textiles, jewelry, theater sets, and costumes; a ceramicist and stained-glass artist, art collector, a baritone, a prolific cook, and a visionary self-taught botanist and ecologist.
New York, NY. On view through September 18, 2016.
Saturday/Sunday
For Tempting Art, designers Maurizio Galante and Tal Lancman invited 22 guests—architects, photographers, painters, industrial designers, etc.—to concoct a three-course culinary design menu, meant to be devoured with the eyes. The playful concept explores what happens when we throw the “Don’t play with your food!” cautionary mentality aside and celebrate the kitchen as a playground.
Luxembourg. On view through September 19, 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/53471/Explore-Landscape-Design-in-Brazil-the-Kitchen-as-a-Design-Playground-and-the-Origins-of-Grotesque-Ornamentation