A well-designed environment changes attitudes and habits - it can stimulate prosperity, creativity, hope and health.

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Featured Project: Kohlsdorf-Justice and Hodges Studio

Speaker: Staffan Svenson and Bryan Russell, Dencity
Introductions: Room & Board, MA, AIA Atlanta
When: Saturday, February 4, 2012, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; Talk and Audience Q & A
Where: Room & Board at Westside Provisions District, 1170 Howell Mill Rd., Atlanta, GA

MA and Room & Board are proud to present Architectural Inspiration, our series of special talks and perspectives by the architects, designers, builders and remodelers who each year are part of the highly-regarded Modern Atlanta Home Tour.



Room & Board Atlanta

They will present their hands-on, ground-up experiences of designing and building the residences that inspire and excite the MA Home Tour attendees as well as the occupants who live in these bold and innovative spaces. As you determine who will one day build or remodel your home, consider these living architecture, fresh ideas and innovative concepts presented by the speakers at these inspirational and educational talks.



Dencity’s Staffan Svenson and Bryan Russell
Prior to starting Dencity, Bryan and Staffan were first tennis partners. Both are former varsity college players, at Mississippi State and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, respectively. Out of this grew a friendship, and for many years, they lived as neighbors in the in-town Atlanta neighborhood, Grant Park. Dencity was started in 2000 as a small, urban focused firm. Their first project was an affordable housing project in the University Center district of Atlanta, Georgia. Since then, Dencity has grown to design a diverse body of work including office and restaurant interiors, private residences, and multi-family residences.

While a majority of their work is in the Atlanta area, they have designed residential interiors in the New York City Time Warner Building and vacation homes in the north Georgia Mountains and on the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico.


Attendees will receive a voucher valid for 20% off lunch at Ormsby’s on Saturday, November 19 or Sunday, November 20 from 12 to 3 p.m. Ormsby’s is located below Room & Board.

Click here to RSVP Today. Limited Seating Available.

This edition of Architectural Inspiration Series is sponsored by Room & Board, MA, AIA Atlanta, and Ormsby’s.

2012 Modern Atlanta Home Tour is 9 - 10 June 2012.

MA is pleased to announce its new partnership with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Atlanta Chapter.
AIA is the nation’s leading institution and authority on architecture with chapters in most major cities. For 2012 MA Home Tour details and ticket information, contact elayne@modern-atlanta.org

A well-designed environment changes attitudes and habits - it can stimulate prosperity, creativity, hope and health.

presented by

               



and in close partnership with

Featured Project: Flanagan Residence

Speaker: Stephen Flanagan, Architect, StudioOne Architecture
Introductions: Room & Board, MA, AIA Atlanta
When: Saturday, November 19, 2011, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; Talk and Audience Q & A
Where: Room & Board at Westside Provisions District, 1170 Howell Mill Rd., Atlanta, GA

MA and Room & Board are proud to present Architectural Inspiration, our series of special talks and perspectives by the architects, designers, builders and remodelers who each year are part of the highly-regarded Modern Atlanta Home Tour.



Room & Board Atlanta

They will present their hands-on, ground-up experiences of designing and building the residences that inspire and excite the MA Home Tour attendees as well as the occupants who live in these bold and innovative spaces. As you determine who will one day build or remodel your home, consider these living architecture, fresh ideas and innovative concepts presented by the speakers at these inspirational and educational talks.



Stephen Flanagan, Architect, StudioOne Architecture
Stephen Flanagan is the founder and principal of Studio One Architecture, Inc. Since establishing the firm in 2004, Stephen has undertaken a wide array of projects in both commercial and residential sectors throughout the country. In addition to being a registered architect with NCARB certification, Stephen is also a registered interior designer, LEED Accredited Professional (BD&C) as well as an inventor and patent holder, having licensed and sold his own intellectual property. Previous architectural experience has concentrated on larger commercial and institutional work including facilities for healthcare, laboratory sciences, higher education, multi-family housing, and cultural arts facilities.

In addition to writing articles for trade journals, Stephen’s work has been featured in the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Living in Atlanta Magazine, Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, as well as the Modern Atlanta Home Tour. Stephen is a member of the American Institute of Architects, the United States Green Building Council, former Georgia Chapter board member of the International Interior Design Association, and the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture. Stephen is also a noted jewelry designer, photographer, furniture designer, writer, and teacher. He currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and children.


Attendees will receive a voucher valid for 20% off lunch at Ormsby’s on Saturday, November 19 or Sunday, November 20 from 12 to 3 p.m. Ormsby’s is located below Room & Board.

Click here to RSVP Today. Limited Seating Available.

This edition of Architectural Inspiration Series is sponsored by Room & Board, MA, AIA Atlanta, and Ormsby’s.

2012 Modern Atlanta Home Tour is 9 - 10 June 2012.

MA is pleased to announce its new partnership with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Atlanta Chapter.
AIA is the nation’s leading institution and authority on architecture with chapters in most major cities. For 2012 MA Home Tour details and ticket information, contact elayne@modern-atlanta.org

Atlanta-based Armchair has designed all Design Is Human publications since 2008.

Big, beautiful, brightly colored, and jammed packed with all of the 2011 Design Is Human week of events including MA Home Tour, featured articles, cutting edge architecture and design, sponsor advertising, guests designers, materials exhibition, films, and more. The Armchair-designed 150 page publication covers what makes Atlanta the southeast’s design hub and leader in contemporary and creative culture at an elevated level.

Credit and Support

Bernard McCoy, MA Founding Partner; Editor In Chief, Design Is Human publication
Elayne DeLeo, MA Co-Founding Partner; MA Event Director

Kevin Byrd, MA Creative Director
Stefan Kartansson, Graphic Designer, MA Spiritual Advisor

Creative Team
Stephanie Aron, Designer
Caroline Bounds, Designer
Aaron Byrd, Designer
Mariel Childes, Designer
Moria Deshpande, Writer
Joe Dreher, Writer and Photography
John Ferguson, Photography
Acree Graham, Writer and Designer
Farbod Kokabi, Designer
Rebecca Page, Project Manager
Daniel Plasa, Designer

Also available for purchase at $10.00

Here Asa-Yoji gives us a snapshot of this year’s edition of Design Is Human.

About Armchair

Armchair is an Atlanta-based interactive agency that specializes in designing and developing multimedia strategies and campaigns that help businesses engage new audiences.


Armchair adwork

We serve our clients’ vital needs, motivated to become trusted advisers on their brands. We are obsessed with quality. We are inspired by partnerships. We have the strength to share our voice and the compassion to help others do the same.
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High Museum of Art
June 4 – August 21, 2011

Since its inception in 1929, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, (MoMA) has been at the forefront of recognizing radical changes in twentieth-century design through its exhibition and collection program. The High will present a selection of works chronicling three key moments in MoMA’s design collection and exhibition history—“Machine Art” (1934); “Organic Design in Home Furnishings” (1941)/”Good Design” (1950-1952); and “Italy: The New Domestic Landscape” (1972)—that heralded groundbreaking aesthetic movements and intellectual considerations.


Anywhere Lamp by Greta Von Nessen, Image courtesy MoMA

Nearly 150 objects created by over 120 of the most influential artists and designers of the twentieth century will be included. A companion installation, “High Design,” will incorporate 20 works from the High’s growing collection of contemporary design. “Modern by Design” continues a multi-year, multi-exhibition collaboration between the High and the Museum of Modern Art, NY.


Outboard Propeller by Aluminum Company of America, Before 1934, image courtesy MoMA

About Atlanta High Museum of Art
From a stately home on Peachtree Street to its current award-winning buildings in a spectacular setting, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta has grown to become the leading art museum in the Southeastern United States with its renowned collection of classic and contemporary art and renowned architecture by Richard Meier and Renzo Piano.

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The world’s smallest mosiac from Brix

The MA way says that barriers are meant to be broken down, follow your own path to happiness, change the game and be bold! In the same spirit we are extremely proud of our newest platform added to Design Is Human Week, Design Is MATERIAL, all about the future and showcasing the latest trends in the fast-paced, ever-evolving world of materials.


Design Is Material Co-Curators, Matteo Caimi (l), MA Director of Architecture & Design, and John Cantrell (r), Senior Designer at HOK.

Matteo Caimi, Design Is Material Co-Curator
MA Director of Architecture & Design

Matteo Caimi represents the new attitudes in Italian architecture and design. Caimi studied architecture at the prestigious Milan Polytechnic. He is a member of The Order of Architects of Milan since 1998, and associate principal at C&A Architecture. In Atlanta, Georgia, Caimi serves as Director of Architecture and Design for MA (Modern Atlanta), overseeing MA’s design initiatives in the United States and internationally. His work relies heavily on research and analysis and other considerations including function, form, light, materials, and technology. His projects are published in leading international design publications including INTERNI, ARCHITECTURAL RECORD, and CASA ABITARE.

John Cantrell, Design Is Material Co-Curator
Senior Designer, HOK

“John Cantrell, senior designer at HOK, has a specialty in the design and construction of sustainable, high-performance buildings for commercial, retail, and science+technology sectors. In addition to architecture and interiors he has extensive experience in the commercial product design market with current product designs in both flooring and furniture. John serves on the Advisory Board for the Building Arts Department for SCAD as well as having served as the Sustainable Design Advisor for the Georgia Chapter of IIDA and chair of the 2008-09 Trash to Treasure Art Auction supporting Public Art for the Atlanta BeltLine.”

Design Is MATERIAL makes its inaugural debut in Atlanta on launch night in the form of a micro-exhibition/installation.


Star-Tek Gulfstone quartz surfaces are made up of 93% natural material known as Quartz with 7% of additives. www.startiles.co.uk

MA founding partner, Bernard McCoy, describes Design Is MATERIAL as “… a curator’s dream. I want this micro-exhibition to inspire visitors and open minds to other possibilities. Selecting materials, systems, and finishings are extremely important considerations in architecture and design, and we think Design Is MATERIAL will aid in making that process easy, informative yet fun, and a be rich experience come launch night. Design Is Material has a bright future in the United States, and each year Atlanta will benefit from the excitement to come.”


VMZINC Pigmento range is created by adding mineral pigments to a durable protective coating, creating beautifully organic red, green and blue pre-weathered zincs. www.vmzinc-us.com/PIGMENTO

360 degrees, design is MATERIAL walks you into the future and is sure to inspire fresh perspectives in the human pursuits of excellence, beauty, happiness, and preserving earth’s limited resources where the influence of materials are applied, and then showcases the best examples that truly generate excitement and successfully addresses the needs of humanity and the built environment.


LG Hausys promotional video for HI-MACS solid surface

LG Hausys

Also, as part of Design Is MATERIAL, be sure to check out the Korean Pavilion and its cutting-edge HI-Macs acrylic solid surface from Korea-based LG Hausys.





The Design is Material wall was built by local Atlanta modern home builder Cablik Enterprises, a proud sponsor of the 2011 MA Design Is Human Week. Cablik Enterprises is a premier builder of Atlanta modern homes through its modern homes division, Cablik Modern Dwellings. Cablik Enterprises can work with you to build your new Atlanta modern home, or remodel your existing home to have an updated look. Cablik Enterprises has built many of the Atlanta modern homes you see scattered throughout various parts of the city, and each Atlanta modern home is custom built to the exact specifications of the owner. Cablik is a custom modern home builder and can build out on your lot anywhere in the Atlanta metro area. Learn more about Cablik’s involvement in Modern Atlanta week on Cablik’s Atlanta modern homes blog posts.