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Explore Futuristic Models of Manhattan, Climbable Icebergs and Sculptures Made from Unusual Objects
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
This crash course in interaction design will offer participants a healthy mix of lectures, demos and design workshops (spoiler: you’ll be developing a prototype related to public transportation). This course is a primer on Goal-Directed Design, a design thinking methodology created by software designer, Alan Cooper.
San Francisco, CA. July 11, 2016 through July 13, 2016.
Tuesday
Presenters at Furniture Camaraderie will tell quick, ten minute stories about an aspect of furniture design close to their hearts. The program promotes opportunities, collaboration and camaraderie between furniture designers, material suppliers and furnishing marketers.
Singapore. July 12, 2016 at 1:00 PM.
Wednesday
Pop goes the Weasel presents new work by Ann Carrington, an artist best known for breathing new life into ordinary items by transforming them into unexpected sculptures. You can expect to see model ships made out of strings of pearls, flower arrangements made out of silver cutlery and lace curtains ‘sewn’ from barbed wire.
London, UK. On view through July 31, 2016.
Thursday
Sharing Models: Manhattanisms invites 30 international architects to produce models of their own visions for the city’s future. The models, each a section of Manhattan, establish analytical, conceptual, and physical frameworks for inhabiting and constructing urban spaces.
New York, NY. On view through September 2, 2016.
Friday
From the first millennium B.C. until the arrival of Europeans in the sixteenth century, artists from the ancient Americas created small-scale architectural models to be placed in the tombs of important individuals. Design for Eternity sheds light on the role of these objects in mediating relationships between the living, the dead, and the divine while also providing a rare look at ancient American architecture.
New York, NY. On view through September 18, 2016.
Saturday/Sunday
Designed by James Corner Field Operations, ICEBERGS represents an underwater world of glacial ice spanning the National Building Museum’s enormous Great Hall. The immersive installation features climbable icebergs, “ice” chutes, and caves to explore.
Washington, DC. On view through September 5th, 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.
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