Ahh. It’s Spring, but June is in the air.

3-9 June to be exact. That’s because the annual Design Is Human Week 2013 edition and popular Modern Atlanta (MA) Home Tour, all about international design and contemporary architecture and design’s creative culture turns seven, jumping off 3-9 June 2013.

MA turns the Big Seven!

The last seven years have been an incredible ride; last year’s Design Is Human Week was our most diverse event ever; 2012 MA Home Tour broke previous attendance records; and we witnessed more international brands added to our growing sponsor roster. In 2013 the trend continues as MA is poised to deliver the southeast region’s best design remedies and activities promoting modernism and contemporary creative culture right here at home but for the whole nation embark on. So mark your calendar and get ready for your special week of elevated design, talks around creativity, films screeings, product launches, food, drink, whatever, we got you covered.

This is Atlanta and the Southeast’s week of international design, but would not be possible without all the amazing support of our dedicated local and international sponsors from the world of international design, along with many of the city’s top design showrooms and leading institutions. On behalf of Modern Atlanta and Team MA, we look forward to seeing each of you on the design trail and tour circuit.

Our team of experts and design ambassadors have extensive knowledge of the latest design trends and are thrilled about exposing bold ideas, desirable & innovative products that make heads turn.

Serious Play.
2013 Design Is Human Week Preview

2013 MA Home Tour of Contemporary Architecture!
Each Year is more Successful than the Year Before

Since 2007, MA Home Tour has inspired, entertained, and educated thousands of fans and an admiring public in love with contemporary architecture and design. MA Home Tour is regarded as the nation’s top ranked tour of contemporary residential architecture and cutting edge commercial architecture combined, and serves as a shining example of Atlanta’s new language of bold urbanism. The tour examines the full vernacular of modern residential design currently seen in Atlanta, from the cutting-edge with the use of new sustainable materials and digital technology, all the way back to the post-modern era when architecture was inspired by the works of Frank Lloyd Wright and Charles & Ray Eames.

Writers Studio. Architecture, Dencity. 2013 MA Home Tour. Official MA Architecture photography, Fredrik Brauer

Koblick Residence. 2013 MA Home Tour.

Atlanta’s Top Design Showroom Events and Receptions

Atlanta’s top design showrooms hosts new product launches and open house receptions. Not only do DIHW visitors get to see amazing new products and objects, but also have the opportunity to talk design with like-minded and knowledgeable staff. Many DIHW visitors leave inspired, only to return when in search of that next piece of contemporary furniture, bathroom, or kitchen.

‘TOGO’ 40 Year Anniversary, Ligne Roset Atlanta; Official Sponsor, Design Is Human Week

Atlanta Design Showroom Events

Ligne Roset
An engaging panel discussion on design, moderated by acclaimed author, journalist, maverick, and for 16 years, creative director at the highly-regarded design magazine, Metropolitan Home, Linda O’Keeffe, and featuring architects Shawn Alshut, A2 Studio; Cara Cummins, TaC Studios; and designer Smith Hanes, Flags of Origin. Following the discussion, Linda will be signing copies of latest book, ‘STRIPES -design between the lines.‘

Room & Board
Room and Board presents Maxwell Ryan, Founder of Apartment Therapy Media in “The Ten Things You Need to Know about Apartment Therapy: Where We Came From and Where We Think Design on the Web is Going”

Poggenpohl
Staying on the forefront of product innovation is critical to the success of architects, designers, and their clients. The partnership of Poggenpohl, Cosentino, and Mark Williams is pleased to present the southeastern launch of Dekton, a material distinctly different from Cosentino’s current line of Silestone® quartz surfaces and natural-stone products.

RAO Design Studio/SieMatic
Designers Luncheon and Presentation: “Bauhaus Forward – The Influences and Relevance of Modernism on Today’s Kitchen” presented by Mick Ricereto of MickDesign (Design Professionals Only)

Metropolis Magazine’s Chief Editor, Susan Szenasy, Moderates ‘Futures & Perspectives’
A Panel Discussion presented by Design Is Material

Join us for a fascinating dialogue moderated by Susan Szenasy, Chief Editor at New York-based Metropolis Magazine, in discussing the futures and possibilities of designing physical realities from process perspectives of material science, research and fabrication.

Susan Szenasy, Editor in Chief at Metropolis

Futures & Perspectives Panelists

Sarah Hoit, Materials Scientist, Material Connexion
Gil Akos, Partner, Mode Collective
Kevin Kane, Partner, Arktura
Ronnie Parsons, Partner at Mode Collective

ASID Georgia + MA presents Vanguard Series 2013

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ASID Georgia and Modern Atlanta are proud to present John Edelman, President of Design Within Reach, and John Picard, AIA, of John Picard & Associates for the 2013 ASID Vanguard Series. These two speakers will present new ideas and developments in design.

MINI is the Official Car of MA 2012, 2013

Our official MA car, MINI, is back for 2013, and we couldn’t be happier. MINI puts the fun and play into driving, which is why MA loves driving them all around Design Is Human Week and MA Home Tour circuit. For 2013, MA-branded MINIs will be easy to spot picking up guests and running all around Atlanta.

Paris-based architect & designer, Sebastien Boissard, inside MINI Countryman. 2012 Design Is Human Week

Journeys+Paths Panel Discussion

Partners include IDEO, Armchair, Alternative Apparel, and Creative Mornings

Design Is Material 2013.
A Fun Trade Exhibition about Advances in Materiality

Save the date. Design Is Material 2013 takes place June 6-9 2013. ​Design Is Material is an annual trade event, held to celebrate and promote innovation and creativity of manufacturers, architects and designers, with respect to material design, application and research. Design Is Material differs from other more traditional trade events, in that we strive to tell stories and showcase innovation in a culturally creative environment most standard trade events lack. The program for DIM ranges from specially curated exhibitions, talks and workshops to product launches, receptions, and parties.

Design Is Material 2013 Trade Exhibition. Public invited. www.designismaterial.com

PLAY with MA!
Design for the Young at Heart.

‘PLAY’ is MA’s adopted practice that best describes the serious side in design-thinking and sharing the process in creating desirable products. We PLAY a lot at MA, and it shows in the quality of our programming and in the many collaborations with a wide range of local, national, and international brands and established and emerging design talent across all the creative disciplines. In fact, MA’s concept of PLAY, is at the core of many of the elevated activities visitors will experience during Design Is Human Week and MA Home Tour.

‘PLAY’. UK-based Swifty Scooter for adults makes it debut at Design Is Human Week.

MA Film Screening of ‘Gehry Vertigo’ at Whitespace Gallery
Beka Film’s Living Architectures Series

“Living Architectures” is a series of films that seeks to develop a way of looking at architecture which turns away from the current trend of idealizing the representation of our architectural heritage. The cult of perfect, disembodied forms entirely devoid of people, inevitably leads to a break-up between architecture and living space.

Image from Gehry Vertigo. Beka Films ‘Living Architectures Series’

MA TALKS pushes Creativity.
Design Thinking that Elevates and Inspires.

If your thing is gaining a deeper appreciation of the design process, then MA TALKS is for you. These talks, presented by the world’s brightest design thinkers, are thoughtful, relevant to today’s modernism, covers a wide range of topics around design and innovation, and delivered in a digestible language not too barred down in techno jargon. Past MA TALKS have included Yale School of Architecture, BIG’s Kia-Uwe Bergmann, Mass Studies, Minsuk Cho, just to name a few.

MA Talks 2012

First Stop. MA’s Architect Studio Crawl.
City’s Leading Studios Opens its Doors to DIHW Visitors.

Now in its fourth successful year, The Architect Studio Crawl has become a popular activity with fans of contemporary architecture wanting to go deeper into the process of designing a modern home and meeting architects responsible for designing many of the beautiful homes seen on MA Home Tour each year.

BLDGS Studio, Atlanta (usa). MA Studio Crawl. Photography, Dwight Eschliman

Experience MA ‘GUERRILLA’ PoP Up Shop.
Take Home a Piece of MA.

No Design Is Human Week would be complete without MA’s pop-up Guerrilla Store. Every year we add rare merchandise and give Design Is Human Week visitors the opportunity to take home a piece of MA’s hmmm…well, let’s say, more adventurous side.
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Items from MA Guerrilla ‘Pop Up’ Store. Photography, MA.

Food & Drink Stand Powered by Octane
Official MA EATDRINK Partner

Octane Coffee Bar and Lounge, makers of the best coffee in the region, is ‘the hangout’ for designers and could be considered the ‘birthplace’ of MA. So, last year came as no surprise we would eventually collaborate on a eat/drink project. The good news is the collaboration continues in 2103. As part of the much anticipated MA Design Exhibition and MA Home Tour Launch event/kickoff, Octane’s EATDRINK stand is back to the satisfaction of launch night attendees and quests.

Octane ad as seen in 2012 MA book.

MKI Miyuki-Zoku in Atlanta
First USA ‘MKI BLACK’ PopUp Exhibit

MKI Miyuki (Japanese pronounced ‘Mee-You-Kee’) -Zoku, the ground-breaking concept store located in Leeds, UK, opened its doors in 2010, is inspired by a mix of 1960s Japanese youth culture, Ivy League fashion, and minimalism. MKI BLACK, MKI’s premium outerwear line, makes its first USA appearance in Atlanta in the form a MKI BLACK PopUp Exhibit upstairs Space2, next to The Sound Table in Edgewood Design District. This micro-exhibition includes select MKI-branded accessories including key chains, wallets, and limited-edition MKI BLACK tees. All items from the exhibit can be purchased.

MKI’s founder & creative director Vik Tailor at its flagship boutique in Leeds, UK. MKI BLACK debuts in Atlanta at Space2.

More Design Is Human Week Excitement Coming!…

2013 MA Home Tour launch & International Design Exhibition

Friday, 7-8 June
349 Peachtree Hills Avenue NE
Suite A5
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
MA Launch & Design Exhibition, 7 June, 6:30pm – 10:3 pm
Design Exhibition Only 8 June, 11am – 4pm

Always creative and ingenious, global design firm Son & Sons, lends its talent and word-play to visually communicate our launch event and design exhibition.

Atlanta-based Son & Sons.

Celebrating 50 years in Atlanta design, ADAC, and its iconic minimalist architecture designed by acclaimed architect John Portman, welcomes MA for an exciting home tour launch event and design exhibition. Photography, Fredrik Brauer.

2012 MA Home Tour launch event, Roche Bobois Atlanta

2012 MA Home Tour launch event, Hansgrohe AXOR

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Free entry to MA Home Tour ticket holders.

MA Home Tour tickets can also be purchased at the door at the regular price $35 ($25 Students with ID)
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Cost to attend design exhibition/launch event only is $10 at the door (book not included). Books can be purchased separately at the door for $15.00

2013 Launch Event Highlights

We are kicking off 2013 MA Home Tour with this launch event and design exhibition!

The many faces of contemporary architecture in and around Atlanta. Architecture, Tac Studios (l), Dencity (r). 2013 MA Home Tour

2013 MA Home Tour celebrates its 7th successful year and is nationally-recognized as a major force in promoting thoughtful contemporary architecture and design in the southeast. That’s thanks in part to our wide audience, strong alliances with leading design institutions and manufacturers, and like-minded international community eager to share ideas. In addition, our launch event adds yet another rich layer of excitement including an architecture models and renderings exhibition, product launches and exhibitors, elevated talks on architecture and design, and having a big beautiful publication only serves to inspire change for the better.

MA TALKS ‘Ethics In Design’ presented by
Susan Szenasy, Editor in Chief at METROPOLIS

Susan Szenasy, Editor in Chief, METROPOLIS Magazine. April 2013 cover METROPOLIS Magazine.

2013 Architecture Models and Renderings Exhibition

MA Models and Renderings Exhibition.

Philip Babb Architect. MA Models and Renderings Exhibition.

Philip Babb Architect. MA Models and Renderings Exhibition

Exhibitors. Iconic Modern Classics and New Launches from top established brands in modern interiors

Togo, a true modern French classic that continues to satisfy. Togo Celebrates 40 Years. Ligne Roset Atlanta showroom. 2013 MA Home Tour Launch exhibitor.

2012 MA Home Tour launch event, Eames Home Collection, courtesy Room & Board Atlanta.
Photography by Jason Travis.

Moon designed by Tokujin Yoshioka, makes its debut at 2013 MA Home Tour launch event, courtesy Moroso USA.

Moroso is the Official Furniturue Sponsor, MA TALKS and Design Is Material

We encourage all Design Is Human visitors to openly mix with your fellow event attendees, and our very special guests for an evening of excellence in design, creativity, and all that is uniquely MA. In short, “your” kickoff is the window to changing times, embracing Atlanta’s future in bold urbanism, and connecting powerful ideas that leaves a positive impact on individuals and society.

Design powered by the award-winning digital agency Armchair.

Our BIG and glossy 2013 Design Is Human publication and MA Home Tour Guidebook continues to morph and is loaded with lots of rich content inspired by thoughtful architecture and design. Added Bonus: Debut of the MA Home Tour Pocket Insert.

Armchair-designed glossy 2013 Design Is Human publication and MA Home Tour Guidebook + Insert.

Excerpt from 2013 edition Design Is Human publication & MA Home Tour Guidebook. Image: Archipelago Cinema, a collaboration between Studio Ole Scheeren and the Film on the Rocks Yao Noi Foundation

Excerpt from 2013 edition Design Is Human publication & MA Home Tour Guidebook.
Image: Sommer House. Architecture, Judith Benzer

Excerpt from 2013 edition Design Is Human publication & MA Home Tour Guidebook.
Image: MA Home Tour section.

Exclusive to MA Home Tour launch event attendees.
2013 ‘Designs Of The Year Awards’ Catalog
Design Musuem London

Oscars of design awards, Designs Of The Year 2013. 99 designs covering 7 Categories plus Exhibition.

Plug Lamp by Form Us With Love. Nominated by MA’s Founder Partner Bernard McCoy. McCoy also nominated B&O Beolit 12, both short-listed and part of the DYA Exhibition in London.

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Free entry to 2013 MA Home Tour regular-priced ticket holders and includes the sixth edition 2013 DESIGN IS HUMAN publication//MA Home Tour guidebook & Insert.

Regualr-priced MA Home Tour tickets can be purchased at the door for $35, Student price $25 and includes access to 2-day MA Home Tour plus our 1-day bonus tour in North Carolina on Saturday, 1 June, MA13 DESIGN IS HUMAN glossy publication & MA Home Tour guidebook + insert
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*Cost to attend design exhibition/launch event only: $10 at the door (book not included). Books can be purchased at the door for $15.00

But there’s still more to be happy about at 2013 MA Design Exhibition and Home Tour Launch event…

In its Third Successful Year ‘Design Is Material 2013′ has a new home in the up and coming Edgewood Design District.

Design Is MATERIAL 2103 has grown into its own space and an activity for the trade. This exhibition takes place at SPACE2, next door to The Sound Table restaurant on Edgewood Avenue, is also open to the public and focuses on latest trends in material applications, exterior and interior systems, and innovation. www.designismaterial.org

Octane Coffee Bar is MA Official EATDRINK Partner

Octane Coffee Bar’s Food & Drink Stand at 2012 Launch event

MA is proud to announce Octane’s return as its Official EATDRINK partner for 2013 MA Home Tour launch event and International Design Exhibition. Octane has a long standing history as “the” meeting place to Atlanta’s creative community. In fact, in its early formation, MA started out at Octane and witnessed this multi-award-winning cafe/bar (and much more) become one of Atlanta and the nation’s top destinations for those in pursuit of that perfect caffeine experience. Expect fresh and handmade sandwiches from the finest ingredients and a lists of refreshing alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, many created exclusively for Design Is Human Week.

Best of the Best! Official 2013 Design Is Human Week Sponsors & Partners Includes!

The Nation’s Best Tour of Contemporary residential Architecture and Design Awaits You! All part of Design Is Human Week!

2013 MA Home Tour ‘Online’ tickets sales now open. Click Here to purchase.

Welcome to modern Atlanta, design hub of the southeast

Experience the exuberance of Atlanta’s rebellious spirit in modernism. Established in 2007, Modern Atlanta Home Tour has inspired, entertained, and educated thousands of admiring fans in love with contemporary architecture and thoughtful design. The highly publicized tour is also a shining example of Atlanta, flanked by its new language of bold urbanism, proudly projecting its creative potential to the rest of the nation.

MA Home Tour examines the full vernacular of select modern residential and commercial design currently witnessed in and around Atlanta, and now extended into more cities in the Southeast, from Athens to Raleigh, from the cutting-edge with the use of advanced materials and innovation, all the way back to the post-modern era when architecture was inspired by the works of Frank Lloyd Wright and Charles & Ray Eames.

National Media Partner

Atlanta Media Partners

MINI is the Official MA Car, 2012, 2013 MA Home Tour/ Design Is Human Week

W Hotel Atlanta is the Official MA Hotel for Design Is Human Week and MA Home Tour visitors and quests. Click here for MA group rates. Group rate available until 23 May 2013. Subject to availability.

Visitors on 2012 MA Home Tour

In curating this year’s MA Home Tour, our rigorous submission process ensures a tour that is equally exciting and richly diverse, and sums-up the best contemporary residential and commercial architecture and sustainable design by some of Atlanta and the Southeast’s top design talent!

MA Home Tour Launch ‘MA Models and Renderings Exhibition.’ Philip Babb Architect, image courtesy MA

The Official 2013 MA Home Tour Launch & MA Design Exhibition Night takes place on Friday, 7 June 2013, 6:30pm to 10:30pm, at ADAC, designed by acclaimed modernist architect John Portman.

MA brings its own brand of contemporary culture to ADAC, as part of its highly anticipated kickoff and design exhibition.

ADAC (Buckhead)
349 Peachtree Hills Avenue NE
Suite A5
Atlanta, Georgia 30305
6:30 pm – 10:30 pm

2013 MA HOME TOUR Lineup and Dates

Residential Architecture/ Interiors/ Landscapes

Commercial Architecture/Interiors

2013 MA Home Tour ‘Online’ tickets sales now open. Click Here to purchase.

Saturday, 8 June

10:30am – 4:00pm

Sunday, 9 June

10:30am – 4:00pm

Full ticket price includes the well-designed MA13 DESIGN IS HUMAN publication/program/MA Home Tour guidebook designed by Armchair and entry to 2013 MA Home Tour Launch Event and the Design Is Human Week Exhibition.

Asa holds up the MA Home Tour Guide section of the glossy Design Is Human Publication designed by Armchair

You will also witness thoughtful architects bringing their passion for contemporary excellence into the interiors of more traditional homes with some amazing results; and fine examples of cool conversion-projects adapted to individual taste and the relevant concerns and needs of today’s demanding contemporary lifestyle.

There is plenty to be excited about in 2013 and our knowledgeable MA volunteers are at your disposal to help guide you and answer questions. On behalf of our proud sponsors, we look forward to seeing you in June!

Residential Architecture/ Interiors/ Landscapes

Click here for Atlanta-area Google Maps

Printable Home Tour Booklet PDF

Studio. Architecture: Dencity. 2013 MA Home Tour. Official MA Photography, Fredrik Brauer

Residential. Builder/Contractor: Pinnacle Custom Builders: Robert Soens; Architecture: EarthStation Architecture, Jeff Wren. 2013 2013 MA Home Tour. Photography by James Klotz.

Residential/Studio. Achitecture: TaC Studios. 2013 2013 MA Home Tour. Photography, courtesy TaC Studios.

Each home selected for this year’s tour has its own unique stories and victories related to contemporary architecture & design, interiors, sustainability, technology, and most importantly, humanity.

Guesthouse & Pool. Achitecture: Philip Babb Architect. 2013 Modern Atlanta Home Tour. Photography, courtesy Photography, Erica George Dines Photography .

The tour is a “call to action”, celebrating modern urban culture and each year attracts thousands of like-minded visitors from all over the United States, appreciative of the benefits of contemporary living at its finest and in search of powerful ideas that will help better define their own personal space and lifestyle.

Residential. Architecture: KSGW Architects. Builder/General Contractor: BMP Ventures, Inc./KSGW Architect. Landscape Designer: Archstone, Inc./KSGW Architects, LLC 2013 2013 MA Home Tour. Photography, courtesy KSGW Architects.

For 2013, we are excited to feature beautiful contemporary homes and interiors designed by Altlanta’s leading contemporary studios including Dencity, Lightroom, Philip Babb Architecture, and TaC Studios, just to name few., just to name a few.

Residential. Architecture: Dencity. Builder: Cablik Enterprises 2013 MA Home Tour. Official MA Photography, Fredrik Brauer.

Loft. Design Architect: Sean Key; Architect oF Record: Kemp Hall Studio. 2013 MA Home Tour. Photography, courtesy Sean Key.

Residential. Architecture: Ute Banse, Ute Design; Construction: JR McDowell,
AMODERN; Interior Design: Lyndsy Woods, L Kae Interiors.
Landscape Design: Tracy King. 2013 MA Home Tour.

Residential. Architecture: Builder: Bongers Home Builders. Designer: Price Residential Design.2013 MA Home Tour.

Residential Pavilion. Architecture: Lightroom. 2013 MA Home Tour. Photography, courtesy Lightroom.

Residential Renovation. Design: Client. Draft: EarthStation Architecture. Builders/Construction: Cablik Enterprises 2013 MA Home Tour. Photography, courtesy Lightroom.

Commercial Architecture/Interiors

2013 MA Home Tour ‘Online’ tickets sales now open. Click Here to purchase.

A new addition to last your’s touring circuit and back by popular demand, MA is excited to include commercial architecture in the mix. We have chosen outstanding examples of iconic architecture for the people and represents MA’s strong commitment to bold sustainable design. This is architecture too good to be ignored.

Commercial. Architecture: BLDGS. 2013 MA Home Tour. Photography, courtesy BLDGS/Whitespace Gallery. Whitespace is the film screening site for ‘Gerhy Vertigo’ from the Living Architectures Series (Beka Films)

Commercial/Residential. Architecture: Lightroom. 2013 MA Home Tour. Official MA Photography, Fredrik Brauer.

Synagogue. Sunday Viewing Only, 9 June. Architecture + Interior Architecture: BLDGS. Landscape Collaborators: HILLworks Landscape Architects 2013 MA Home Tour. Official MA Photography, Fredrik Brauer.

Want More MA Home Tour related activity? Then be sure to check out Design Is Material3 Exhibition.

Design Is Material 2013 is now an annual trade event, held to celebrate and promote innovation and creativity of manufacturers, architects, and designers with respect to materiality design, application, and research.

Design Is Material differs from other more traditional trade events in that we want to be fun and inspirational, showing our passion by showcasing exciting materials and telling stories about innovation in a culturally creative environment most standard trade events lack. The programming for DIM 2013 is rich and diverse, and ranges from curated exhibitions, talks, and workshops to product launches, receptions, and parties.
www.designismaterial.com

MA Home Tour Online Ticket Sales Now Open and Tickets are $35 for both Saturday and Sunday.

2013 MA Home Tour ‘Online’ tickets sales now open. Click Here to purchase.

Beginning May 17, tickets also available at these convenient Atlanta locations. The Design Is Human/MA Home Tour Book will be available on May 25. Ticket purchasers can wait to pickup their Book at the MA Design Exhibition and MA Home Tour Launch Event on June 7, or return to the ticket outlet on May 25 to pickup their book (with proof of purchase/wristband). We apologize for any inconvenience.

Atlanta Locations

Octane Coffee (Westside)
1009 Marietta Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
404-815-9886
Mon-Thu 7am – Midnight
Fri 7am – 1am
Sat 8am – 1am
Sun 8am – 10pm
Octane accepts Cash & Credit Cards Only

Octane Coffee (Grant Park)
437 Memorial Drive Suite A5
Atlanta, GA 30312
Mon-Fri 7am – Midnight
Sat 8am – Midnight
Sun 8am – 10pm
Octane accepts Cash & Credit Cards Only

Room & Board
1170 Howell Mill Road NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
(404) 682-5900
Mon-Fri 11am – 7pm
Sat 10am – 6pm
Sun 12 – 5pm
Room & Board accepts Cash & Check Only

Poggenpohl Atlanta
3280 Peachtree Rd NE
Suite #125
Atlanta, GA 30305
(404) 816-7275
Monday – Friday 9am – 6pm
Sat 10am – 2pm
Sun Closed
Poggenpohl accepts Cash & Check Only

Disclaimer: Homes showcased as part of 2013 MA Home Tour do not assign, sublet, share or apportion the whole or any part of the home, or represent, display, advertise or distribute products or literature promoting products or services of any other firm or individual or third party without the full consent of the event organizer, Modern Atlanta (MA). The use of the home is strictly limited to the conditions strictly outlined in contract between MA and homeowner or appropriate parties.

2013 MA Home Tour ‘Online’ tickets sales now open. Click Here to purchase.

MA Home Tour ticket price includes Design Is Human Week glossy publication/MA Home Tour guidebook and entry to 2013 MA Home Tour Launch Event and the Design Is Human Week Exhibition in Atlanta, Georgia.

Click here for North Carolina Google Maps

Printable Home Tour Booklet PDF

Or attend our Southeast Pre-Tour Bonus only. Ticket is $10.00 and book not included.

MA Southeast Pre-Tour Bonus
Saturday, 1 June, 10:30am – 4:00pm

Chapel Hill, NC
2013 MA Home Tour “Southeast Pre-Tour Bonus” in Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Project: Stoneridge;
Architecture: in situ studio

Charlotte, NC
2013 MA Home Tour “Southeast Pre-Tour Bonus” in Charlotte, North Carolina; Project: Schoenberg Residence; Design/Build: Dialect Design

Raleigh, NC
2013 MA Home Tour “Southeast Pre-Tour Bonus” in Raleigh, North Carolina; Project: Chasen Residence; Design/Build: Dialect Design

National Media Partner

MINI is the Official MA Car, 2012, 2013 MA Home Tour/ Design Is Human Week

W Hotel Atlanta is the Official MA Hotel for Design Is Human Week and MA Home Tour visitors and quests. Click here for MA group rates. Group rate available until 23 May 2013. Subject to availability.

Click here for more MA Home Tour details.

The partnership of Poggenpohl, Cosentino, and Mark Williams is pleased to present the southeastern launch of Dekton, a material distinctly different from Cosentino’s current line of Silestone® quartz surfaces and natural-stone products.

Poggenpohl’s Segmento introduces sensuous emotions to the world of the kitchen. Photography, courtesy Poggenpohl.

Poggenpohl Atlanta Showroom

Tuesday, 4 June
6:00pm – 8:00pm

Poggenpohl Showroom
 (Buckhead)
3280 Peachtree Rd NE, Suite #125

Atlanta, GA 30305

(404) 816-7275

Please rsvp to alison.weidner@poggenpohl.com

Poggenpohl, Cosentino, Mark Williams, a Collaboration Built on Innovation

Staying on the forefront of product innovation is critical to the success of architects, designers, and their clients. The partnership of Poggenpohl, Cosentino, and Mark Williams is pleased to present the southeastern launch of Dekton, a material distinctly different from Cosentino’s current line of Silestone® quartz surfaces and natural-stone products. As a long time collaborator with Cosentino as an international Silestone Trendspotter, Mark has visited first hand Cosentino’s amazing new Dekton production facility in Almeria, Spain. This massive new facility dedicated exclusively to the production of Dekton was “breathtaking”, describes Williams. “The material itself is pretty revolutionary. It’s extraordinarily thin, comes in enormous contiguous sheets, and yet is versatile enough to clad virtually any surface from counter tops to floors and walls both interior and exterior.”

Photography, courtesy Poggenpohl.

After receiving a Bachelor of Science from the Georgia Tech College of Architecture, Mark Williams went on to study at the Ecole d’Architecture, Tolbiac in Paris. In 2007, Mark opened a new kind of design collaborative, Mark Williams Design Associates. With varied experience in single family residential design and interiors, multi-family design and interiors, and commercial interiors, Mark has developed a diverse portfolio of work spanning many different building types and interior styles.

Please join us when Dekton will be unveiled for the first time in the Southeastern US. Nibbles and drinks will be served. Please rsvp to alison.weidner@poggenpohl.com.

About Poggenpohl

Founded in 1892 in the heart of Germany, Poggenpohl is the oldest and best-known kitchen brand in the world- present in more than 70 countries around the globe.

Since then, Poggenpohl followed in the footsteps of our great founder, Friedemir Poggenpohl, with his vision to ‘improve the kitchen’. For 120 years, Poggenpohl has been reinventing life in the kitchen one idea at a time. Poggenpohl was the first to introduce many transformative innovations including white lacquer furniture, the first wooden kitchen, and the first island kitchen.

Want more Poggenpohl? Click here.

About Cosentino

Cosentino, the world’s leading producer of Silestone quartz surfaces, is a family-owned business financed entirely with Spanish capital. It focuses on the design, production and distribution of architectural and decorative solutions made from natural stone. Cosentino’s activity covers the entire natural stone manufacturing process, from extraction and processing to the installation of quartz surfaces, such as kitchen and bathroom worktops, cladding and other products.

Want more Cosentino? Click here.

Ligne Roset Atlanta Showroom Invites Design Is Human Week and MA Home Tour Visitors to Celebrate an Icon, 40 Years of TOGO!

 

Over one million sold, the hand of man remains irreplaceable. Photography, courtesy Ligne Roset.

Ligne Roset Atlanta Showroom

Wednesday, 5 June
4:00pm – 6:30pm (followed by Panel Discussion ‘What’s Modern Now’)
Ligne Roset (Midtown)
805 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta , GA 30308

About Togo:

In 2013, Ligne Roset’s iconic Togo, designed by Michel Ducaroy, celebrates its 40th anniversary. First presented at the Salon des Arts ménagers at the Palais de la Défense, Paris, in 1973, its crumpled, appearance and Shar-Pei wrinkles cover an all foam interior that is as comfortable as it is well made.

 

From Togo collection, Yellow and White. Photography, courtesy Ligne Roset.

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The top-quality, hand-crafted and timeless allure has had mass appeal throughout the past 40 years. With over 1,280,000 Togos sold across the world, it has turned up everywhere, from the lobby of the Standard hotel in Hollywood, Los Angeles, to the salon of Patrick Eudeline, via Lenny Kravitz’ Paris mansion.

Togo’s new fabric in velvet jacquard with floral motif. Originally manufactured in 1973 and still in production today. Photography, courtesy Ligne Roset.

 
The Togo collection includes the following pieces, available in a variety of fabrics and leathers, both solid and patterned: fireside chair, ottoman, sofa, Mini Togo, loveseat, sofa with arms and corner seat. To celebrate this anniversary, Ligne Roset is introducing a new Togo two-seat lounge as well as two new patterns including a houndstooth and velvet jacquard fabric with floral motif. This seat was dreamt up especially for afternoon siestas or lazy evenings spent in the greatest of comfort.

Vintage image. Photography, courtesy Ligne Roset.

 
Togo’s upholstery demands a unique traditional skill for which the human hand remains irreplaceable, executing the precise movements which produce the famous folds giving each piece of Togo its character and personality. The elasticity of the foams is regulated by the threads anchoring the padded buttons, which are covered in the same fabric or leather as the main seat. For a sofa, the upholstery process takes four hours for fabric covers, and almost six for leather.

Homage to Togo Promotional Trailer (French)

The purity of Togo’s lines, its all-enveloping architectural form and its organic curves all contribute towards its timeless, yet always current, allure.

About Ligne Roset

“Ligne Roset is synonymous with modern luxury and invites consumers to revel in a contemporary, design-forward lifestyle.”
– Ligne Roset Co-President, Michel Roset

Known for its artful collaborations with both established and up-and-coming talents in contemporary design, Ligne Roset offers consumers and design professionals an entire lifestyle in which to live both boldly and beautifully via its furniture collections and complimentary decorative accessories, lighting, rugs, textiles and occasional items. A family-run business with a focus on environmentally conscious design since its inception in 1860, Ligne Roset matches its deeply-held belief in design with investment and technical innovation. Ligne Roset has continued to grow from a small business to a multinational company headquartered in Briord, France, with several factories throughout the beautiful Rhône-Alpes region, and over 600 retail distributors worldwide.
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Ligne Roset Atlanta presents ‘What’s Modern Now’, an insightful Panel Discussion about Interior Design & Storytelling, Moderated by Author and Design Editor, Linda O’Keeffe

 

Author and design editor Linda O’Keeffe

Ligne Roset Atlanta

Wednesday, 5 June 2013
6:30pm – 9:00pm (panel discussion starts immediately after ’40 Years TOGO’ product launch)
Ligne Roset Atlanta Showroom
805 Peactree Street NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30308

Click here to RSVP by June 1

What’s Modern Now – ‘Interior Design & Storytelling’ Panel Discussion

Ruche. Design: Inga Sempe. Photography by Vicent Leroux

 
Ever wonder what makes some interiors come alive more than others? Or what influences, either directly or indirectly, contribute to a strong design concept? How about the human element, research, and storytelling’s role in the design process? Well these are but a few of the themes What’s Modern Now -’Interior Design & Storytelling‘, a casual and informative panel discussion will explore at Atlanta’s Ligne Roset showroom on Wednesday, 5 June, 6:30pm – 9pm, and part of Deisgn Is Humam Week activities.

Moderated by Linda O’Keeffe, acclaimed author and design editor; along with our esteemed panel of experts, Cara Cummins, principal at TaC Studios, design consultant Smith Hanes, founder at Flags of Origin, and architect and interior designer Shawn Alshut, principal at studio A2 and president, ASID Georgia, What’s Modern Now ‘Interior Design & Storytelling, promises a lively and oftentimes animated discussion about establishing a strong narrative that brings success to the design of any highly personal office, hotel room, residence or restaurant.

Cover of Brilliant and Stripes by author Linda O’Keeffe

Following the discussion, Linda will be available to sign copies of ‘BRILLIANT-White in Design‘ and her new book ‘STRIPES -Design Between the Lines‘.

Moderator:

Linda O’Keeffe, Author and Design Editor

An accomplished journalist-photographer, design editor, and author based in New York City, Linda O’Keeffe studied languages and the various arts in London, her birthplace. She has written about latest and greatest in fashion and design for the likes of leading publications including Harper’s Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, New York Sunday Times Magazine, World of Interiors, Details, and London Sunday Times Magazine.

Around 1991 O’Keeffe streamlined her professional interests in order to produce interior design and architecture features which lead to my joining the masthead of Elle Decor as a contributing special projects editor. At the beginning of 1994 I joined the staff of Metropolitan Home Magazine where I was the creative director for 16 years.

Since Met Home’s untimely demise O’Keefe freelances and currently writes about design for publications including Modern, Veranda, the New York Observer. Additionally, between her longer term book projects O’Keeffe also art direct, moderate panels, and judge design competitions. O’Keeffe book projects include Expressive Modern, a monograph on Amy Lau’s interiors, and Brilliant: White In Design, where she investigate the color’s diverse characteristics. Shoes, her historical chronicle of women’s footwear, is currently in its 21st American printing and is available in 15 different languages. O’Keefe’s latest book, Stripes, explores the lineage of lines as they shape culture, art, and style.

Panel of Experts:

Cara B. Cummings, Architect, Principal, TaC Studios

Principal and Co-founder of husband/wife architecture firm TaC Studios, Cara Cummins was born in Washington D.C., and raise on a horse farm in the countryside of Virginia. After studying and working in Europe, Cummings arrived in Atlanta in 1997, inspired by the enthusiasm of the Olympic spirit. Experiencing the rise of the phoenix, understanding the potential of Atlanta, and believing that I could have a role in the future- she stayed. Cummins and architect husband Jose E.Tavel founded TaC Studios in 2001, with the desire to create projects that reflect thoughtful ideas created in the spirit of collaboration with clients. Long time advocates and practitioners of green design before the term was coined, TaC Studios projects have gained local and national praise and recognition for excellence in sustainable design.
www.tacstudios.com

Smith Hanes, Design Consultant, Flags of Origin

To every project he undertakes, design consultant, Smith Hanes, brings scrupulous eye for detail. His interior space planning results in elegantly proportioned rooms, and he is expert at specifying deluxe building materials and interior finishes as well as creating authentic, intelligent spaces. Smith spent years devising beautiful showrooms for leading American home furnishings manufacturers such as Vietri and Palecek. As Creative Director of the gourmet line Bella Cucina, he developed products, packaging and marketing concepts, and designed the company’s flagship Atlanta store. Since 2003, Smith has been actively actively involved in realising the vision for Serenbe, a groundbreaking live-work community near Atlanta that successfully merges urbane sophistication with rustic naturalism. Smith’s projects, The Optimist and Oyster Bar, have gathered international recognition.
www.flagsoforigin.com

Shawn Alshut, Principal, studio A2; President, ASID Georgia

Shawn C. Alshut has more than 20 years of experience as an award-winning Architect and Interior Designer. Together, Shawn and husband, Edward Alshut, are principals and founders at studio A2 architecture + interiors, a full service architecture and interior design firm.

Shawn’s dual background as Architect and Interior Designer supports her belief that the exterior and interior of a building need to be conceived and designed as one holistic experience. She balances aesthetic and spatial considerations with marketplace realities. Successful projects stand the test of time, stylistically, functionally, and environmentally without sacrificing design integrity.

Shawn is currently serving as the President Elect of the ASID Georgia Chapter. She is also a founder of the ASID Georgia Silver Lining Group, providing support to design industry professionals “between engagements”. A life long Boston Red Sox fan and an ardent follower of Formula One and American LeMans Series auto racing, Shawn enjoys great design in all forms.
www.studioa2-design.com

About Ligne Roset

Ligne Roset, still creating and innovating. Photography by Vicent Leroux

 
“Ligne Roset is synonymous with modern luxury and invites consumers to revel in a contemporary, design-forward lifestyle.”
– Ligne Roset Co-President, Michel Roset

Known for its artful collaborations with both established and up-and-coming talents in contemporary design, Ligne Roset offers consumers and design professionals an entire lifestyle in which to live both boldly and beautifully via its furniture collections and complimentary decorative accessories, lighting, rugs, textiles and occasional items. A family-run business with a focus on environmentally conscious design since its inception in 1860, Ligne Roset matches its deeply-held belief in design with investment and technical innovation. Ligne Roset has continued to grow from a small business to a multinational company headquartered in Briord, France, with several factories throughout the beautiful Rhône-Alpes region, and over 600 retail distributors worldwide.

 

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RAO Design Studio

June 6, 2013
11am – 1pm (EDT)
905 Juniper Street NE
Suite CU-B
Atlanta, GA 30309

Free (Design Professionals Only – Seating is limited)
To register please click here.

SeiMatic Frankfurt kitchen. Vintage photography, courtesy SeiMatic

SeiMatic Future kitchen. Vintage photography, courtesy SeiMatic

BAUHAUS Forward –The Influences and Relevance of Modernism on Today’s Kitchen

Forty years have passed since the International Style fell from grace and the Post-Modern era began. Designer Mick Ricereto presents how the modernist movement was cut short in adolescence, a victim of it’s own precocity. Tracing an arc from the early modernist’s work in the 1920′s through the adolescence of Mid-Century Modern, discover how the modern movement grew rapidly, faded, but now returns as a simple, crisp backdrop for our casual and technologically-savvy lifestyle of this new millennium.

A light box lunch will be served. Parking instructions will follow for those that register.

About Mick Ricereto

Mick Ricereto of MickDesign is an interior designer and product designer with 18 years of experience in kitchen & bath, retail store design and architectural product design. Mr.
Ricereto’s clients have included Kohler, Robern, Amerock, SieMatic, Norwell Lighting and many others. Mr. Ricereto focuses on building and supporting brand DNA, as well as rigorous efforts towards useability and manufacturability. With successful projects at luxury brands and big-box stores alike, Mr. Ricereto demonstrates the ability to understand clients and end-users at all levels.
mickdesign.com

RAO Design Studio. Photography, courtesy RAO Design Studio

SieMatic kitchen. Photography, courtesy SieMatic

About Rao Design Studio

RAO Design Studio, Inc. works from a position of premier design ethics, skill and experience. RAO seeks to create functional, sustainable living and working environments that deeply
express our clients’ highest intentions, in the U. S. and abroad.

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Room & Board Atlanta showroom welcomes Maxwell Ryan, Founder of Apartment Therapy Media, who will be sharing his tips and tricks to create truly unique interiors.

Author, founder and owner of Apartment Therapy, one of the world’s most influential interior design blogs with over 1 million followers, Maxwell Ryan, will share his mission to inspire readers by connecting them to a wealth of resources and ideas.

Apartment Therapy has been called the ‘Martha Stewart’ for the next generation as it is the go-to site for consumers who are looking for advice, ideas and inspiration for their home, kids, kitchen and everything in between,“ says Ross Misher, chief executive officer, Brand Central. “Today, millions of consumers trust Apartment Therapy to help them search for solutions and find inspiration for all things design.

 

Room and Board presents Maxwell Ryan, Founder of Apartment Therapy Media

Room & Board Atlanta Showroom

Thursday, 6 June
6:00pm – 8pm
White Provision District (Midtown West)
1170 Howell Mill Road NW
Atlanta , GA 30318
404.682.5900

The Ten Things You Need to Know about Apartment Therapy ‘Where We Came From and Where We Think Design on the Web is Going’

In ‘The 10 Things to Know about Apartment Therapy, Maxwell will give a brief history of Apartment Therapy, the first design blog of its kind in 2004, as well as where he sees the site and others going in the next few years.
Arrive early, space and seating are limited.

About Maxwell Ryan and Apartment Therapy

Ten years ago, Maxwell Ryan was known as the “apartment therapist,” traveling by scooter to his clients’ homes to help them make their spaces beautiful, organized and healthy. Part interior designer, part life coach, his touchpoints were simplicity, comfort, and lack of clutter. Unlike typical designers, Maxwell didn’t want to dictate where things should go or how people should live, he wanted to arm them with the tools and the confidence to decide for themselves. Shortly after launching in 2001, he started a weekly email where he would send tips and recommendations to an increasing distribution list, combining education with decoration.

In April 2004, Maxwell, with his brother Oliver Ryan, launched Apartment Therapy, turning the weekly email into a daily blog post, reviewing stores, offering tips, posting photos of Maxwell’s design projects and answering readers’ questions.

As the readership grew, so did Apartment Therapy. Between 2004 and 2008, the site launched sister sites devoted to cooking, family, technology and green decorating. Maxwell hired full-time staff, and an expanding pool of contributors.

Maxwell also wrote two bestselling design books during this time, Apartment Therapy: The Eight-Step Home Cure (Bantam, 2006), and Apartment Therapy Presents: Real Homes, Real People, Hundreds of Design Solutions (Chronicle, 2008). In 2010, Clarkson Potter published his most successful book to date, New York Times best selling Apartment Therapy’s Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces.

In early 2012, Apartment Therapy relaunched in order to better serve its readers. Because family, technology and green living are integral parts of modern life, these separate sites are now absorbed into a more comprehensive site that focuses on the two centers of life at home, living and food. Streamlined and easier to navigate, Apartment Therapy continues to offer its readers different ways to build their own “good life,” based not just on style but on lifestyle.

Maxwell received his B.A. from Oberlin College, an M.A. from Columbia University, and a M. Ed. from Antioch. He lives in New York’s Greenwich Village with his daughter, Ursula.

Maxwell has been a regular commentator on the House & Garden Television show, Small Space, Big Style. He also appeared on HGTV’s Mission Organization and has been interviewed in various publications including The New York Times, The New York Observer, The Wall Street Journal and House Beautiful.
www.apartmenttherapy.com

About Room & Board

‘Saarinen’, Room & Board

For 30 years, Room & Board has focused on the simple idea that good design should be beautiful, affordable and long-lasting. We work closely with American artisans to offer furniture and accessories—even custom pieces—that fit the needs of modern life. We’re proud to say that 90 percent of the products we sell are handcrafted in the U.S. to give customers the best combination of quality and price.

‘Moro’, Room & Board

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Susan Szenasy, Chief Editor at the award-winning New York City-based Metropolis magazine moderates ‘Material Design & Fabrication’ -Futures & Perspectives, a Panel Discussion presented by Design Is Material

 

Edgewood Design District
Thursday, 6 June, 7-8pm
485 Edgewood Avenue
Atlanta, Georgia 30312

Limited seating available, rsvp elayne@modern-atlanta.org

 

‘Common Treads’. Design, Greg Corso & Molly Hunker. website: sportscollaborative.com

Material Design & Fabrication’ -Futures & Perspectives

Background image, Radiance by UK-based designer Ed Horsford. Photography, courtesy Ed Horsford. website: edwardhorsford.com

 
In today’s World of alarming resource depletion, consumerism and mass-manufacturing; designers of every discipline are turning to innovative materials typologies to solve new challenges of technology and sustainability in ways we’ve never approached before. New and unexpected collaborations of all disciplines are creating ever-evolving dialogue between material properties and those who use this knowledge to understand and solve these challenges in exciting new ways.

 

‘Yale digital work’. Yale School of Architecture (YSOA). Image, YSOA

 
Join us for a fascinating dialogue around the futures and possibilities of material design and research raging from manufacturing and chemistry versus the fabrication methodologies that lend these objects application in design. Metropolis Magazine editor-in-chief, Susan Szenasy will be moderating a panel of leading researchers, educators and fabricators including researcher Fiona Anastas of Material Connexion, architect/fabricator Kevin Kane of Arktura, and architect/educators Ronnie Parsons and Gil Akos of Mode Collective. The talk will attempt to celebrate the science and application crossover in material technologies that are rapidly becoming more prevalent in the future of design creativity and the merging of the physical and digital realms.

Moderator

Susan Szennasy, Chief Editor, Metropolis Magazine

Szenasy is Chief Editor at Metropolis, the award-winning New York City-based magazine of architecture and design. Since 1986 she has lead the magazine through decades of landmark design journalism, achieving domestic and international recognition. She is internationally recognized as an authority on sustainability and design.

Susan served two terms on the boards of the Council for Interior Design Accreditation and the Landscape Architecture Foundation. She’s on the board of the Fashion Institute of Technology’s Interior Design department and Center for Architecture Advisory. She’s been honored with two IIDA Presidential Commendations, is an honorary member of the ASLA, and the 2008 recipient of the ASID Patron’s Prize and Presidential Commendation as well as the SARA/NY medallion of honor. She is an ASID distinguished speaker.
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Susan has received a citation and an honorary membership from NYC AIA. Along with METROPOLIS Publisher Horace Havemeyer III, Susan was a 2007 recipient of the Civitas August Heckscher Award for Community Service and Excellence. In 2011 she won the Gene Burd Urban Journalism Award and was named a Senior Fellow by the Design Futures Council.

What more Metropolis? visit www.metropolismag.com

Panelists

Kevin Kane, Partner, Arktura

Prior to joining Arktura in 2009, Kevin Kane was trained as an architect and worked on large, complex commercial projects in several architectural offices for nearly a decade. Currently, Kevin is a Partner at Arktura, a Design-Manufacturing Company based out of Gardena, California that specializes in Architectural Products, Custom Architectural Systems and Furniture Manufacturing.
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Arktura has successfully worked with clients as diverse as the City of Los Angeles to develop site specific, public installations to façade systems with International Architectural offices and developers and is well-versed in the design-build methodology. They focus on the development of innovative manufacturing technologies to push their clients and designers to explore new forms and techniques unseen in the industry.

Want more Arktura? Visit www.arktura.com

Sarah Hoit, Materials Scientist, Material Connexion

With a Masters of Science from the North Carolina State University, College of Textiles, Sarah Hoit has been Materials Scientist at Material ConneXion since 2012. Her specialty in non woven textiles, liquid repellency and polymers have brought her to be part of consulting projects with Fortune 500 companies and assisting with library research for the sourcing of materials that are included into the worlds’ largest library. Sarah has also been invited as presenter for Innovation Summit at MIT Media Lab “Obake System: Garment/Habitat through multi-funtional design and Green Chemistry” and has been Student Presenter for Graduate Seminar “Base of the Pyramid Marketing for Sustainability”.

Want more Material Connexion? Visit www.materialconnexion.com

Gil Akos, Partner, Mode Collective

-Gil Akos is a founding partner of Mode Collective, a multi-disciplinary design studio based in New York City, where he leads design, research, and curriculum development projects. Gil’s professional work contains a number of built and published projects that range in scale from buildings to products and include significant contribution to the J&J Olympic Pavilion, the Water Planet exhibit in the San Francisco Academy of Arts, and the LARD Furniture Series. His personal interests surround the relationship between simulation and materialization and ways by which this connection can be made tangible.

Gil holds both a Master of Architecture from the University of Kansas and a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University. Gil was a member of Studio804 at the University of Kansas, which completed Modular3 – an award winning modular residence sited in the historic Strawberry Hill neighborhood in Kansas City. Since beginning his design studies, Gil has fostered a passion for teaching and has been a faculty member at the Pratt Institute School of Architecture since 2007.

Want more Mode Collective? Visit www.modecollective.nu

 

Moderator and Panelist furniture, courtesy Moroso USA, represented by map contract.