Perfecting the look of Atlanta’s contemporary landscape is what 2012 Design Is Human Week is all about. MA and our passionate partners from many of the city’s leading institutions and top showrooms, including AIA Atlanta, High Museum of Art, Hansgrohe and Room & Board and others share our vision in inspiring change and showcasing Atlanta as a design destination embodied in bold ideas.

Design Is Human Week is all about the future in bold contemporary architecture, design excellence and creative culture at its finest. Our team of experts and proud sponsors have extensive knowledge of the latest design trends and are thrilled about exposing bold ideas, desirable & innovative products that make heads turn.

2012 Design Is Human Promotional Video

Each year the aspirations of Design Is Human Week is set on exposing just how human design really is and showcasing best-in-class products and design services from an impressive roster of exhibitors, established and emerging design studios, and manufacturers recognized locally, nationally, and internationally. Design Is Human visitors get to witness elevated programming rich in content and excitement. Manufacturers, businesses, and design professionals gain access to a growing targeted audience primed for excitement leading up to, during Design Is Human Week, and long after the event has past.

With all the excitement that is 2012 Design Is Human Week, it is the perfect vehicle to exercise your social media savvy and broadcast to your circle of influence and professional network in realtime as events unfold. 2012 Design Is Human Week will have a presence on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

Your Exclusive SNEAK PREVIEW! Keep checking back for more updates as more exhibitors are added to our already impressive roster.

2012 MA Home Tour

Online tickets sales now open. Click Here to purchase.

Gage/Clemenceau Architects Talk “Design Liquidity” at High Museum

In Design Liquidity, architect Marc Clemenceau Bailly challenges current design practices and enlists new players into the architectural and design equation by illustrating his own collaborations between architecture and design, and biology, fashion, robotics, environmental science, software programming, automotive styling and material engineering.
Gage/ Clemenceau Architects is at the forefront of a new architecture language and makes its Design Is Human debut at High Museum of Art for a talk about the firm’s trailblazing practice including the highly publicized collaboration on the design and production of a temporary installation (above right image) with Nicola Formichetti, Fashion Director for Lady Gaga, Creative Director for Mugler as well as fashion stylist to Uniqlo, MAC and V Magazine.
Free admission. Limited seating and early RSVP now being accepted, contact antonella@modern-atlanta.org


Architecture & interiors; Sailing 140 yacht by Studio Boissard. Images courtesy Studio Boissard.

Paris-based Studio Boissard Talk on “Diversions/Conversions in Architecture/Design between Industry & Craft” at High Museum of Art

In this inspiring talk, Diversions/Conversions in Architecture/Design between Industry & Craft, Paris-based architect and designer Sébastien Boissard will question the transversality and interface between various domains of architecture and design and explore some of the influences of the industry with giants like Pierre Chareau, Jean Prouvé who built Historic architectural landmarks in the 20th century.
Before establishing “Studio Boissard”, Boissard collaborated with icon designers Philippe Starck and Martin Francis, where he was in charge of designing the highly publicized Starck “A” super-yacht and participated in the development of Mama Shelter Hotel in Paris. Since 2008, Mr. Boissard has taught 4th year interior and product design at “Ecole Camondo” in a transversal studio.
Free admission. Limited seating and early RSVP now being accepted, contact antonella@modern-atlanta.org



Axor Bouroulec (l), “true passion” (r). Images courtesy Hansgrohe.

Spend An Exciting & Educational Day at Hansgrohe N.A.

Plan B Architecture & Urbanism Talk “Imperfect States”

In Imperfect States talk, New Haven-based Plan B Architecture & Urbanism offers an ideal that values the impermanent and the incomplete. Designing is regarded as the continuing and augmenting of past actions. It embraces multiples over the singular, the improvisational over the deterministic, the indefinite over the finite.
Bimal Mendis, is Assistant Dean at Yale University School of Architecture. Joyce Hsiang is a Critic at Yale School of Architecture. Mendis and Hsiang are principals of Plan B Architecture & Urbanism, a research and design collaborative engaged in the investigation and development of urban infrastructures. Plan B lectures at Atlanta High Museum. Free admission. Limited seating and early RSVP now being accepted, contact antonella@modern-atlanta.org



Pomerol by Herzog & De Meuron, film by Ila Beka and Louise Lemoine. Images courtesy Beka Films.

USA Premiere “Pomerol by Herzog & De Meuron”

From Beka Films’ Living Architecture Series, MA Film Screenings and High Museum of Art hosts the highly-anticipated and humorous screening of Pomerol by Herzog & De Meuron.
Free admission. Limited seating and early RSVP now being accepted, contact antonella@modern-atlanta.org



KUKA Industrial Robotic Fabrication research at YSOA by Cody Davis, Patrick Lun and advisor Michael Gage (l). YSOA digital work (r).

Design Is Human Week Academia Exclusive! YALE

YALE School of Architecture (YSOA) TALK “Patternism and Technology at YSOA”
YSOA Panel Discussion “Visualization/Internationalization in Design Pedagogy”

Each year MA invites top international institutions of design to participate in Design Is Human Week elevated activities. For 2012, we are extremely excited to welcome the prestigious and internationally-acclaimed Yale School of Architecture. What we didn’t foresee was how enthusiastic (and collaborative) Yale would be in what we consider to be (props to Dean Robert Stern) an historic moment and as further proof of the international acceptance of Design Is Human Week and our intrinsic values to a high quality of life and interlacing creative culture. To our delight, Yale wanted to do two separate activities addressing its preoccupations in architecture/design, Yale Talk at the High Museum of Art, and a Panel Discussion taking place at MA Design Exhibition/MA Home Tour launch night.

YSOA’s talk Patternism and Technology at YSOA, makes the case that at a point when digital architecture is nearly two decades old, the Yale School of Architecture has invested heavily in the next generation of hardware and software, allowing its students and faculty to explore what robotics and algorithmic software might mean for the next generation of architects and forever changing the frontier of our built environment.
Free admission. Limited seating and early RSVP now being accepted, contact antonella@modern-atlanta.org

In the Yale panel discussion Visualization/Internationalization in Design Pedagogy, explores the internationalization or proliferation of technology, and in particular how technology has resulted in ever widening applications, techniques, platforms, methodologies and audiences for visualization.
Open admission to MA Design Exhibition/ MA Home Tour attendees only.



Bar Alto London (l), Bread Workshop (r). Images courtesy DesignMarketo

DesignMarketo’s BAR ALTO Atlanta & BREAD WorkShop

London-based DesignMarketo brings the excitement of BAR ALTO & ‘BREAD’ Workshop to Design Is Human Week. DesignMarketo is a platform developed to help young designers reach a wider audience. DesignMarketo allows anyone in the world to buy products from amazing designers.
DesignMarketo’s Bar Alto Atlanta and Bread Workshop takes place in the Edgewood Design District.

Bar Alto/Bread Workshop Atlanta Sponsors are MA, The Sound Table, Space2, Cablik Enterprises, and the Edgewood Design District



Habachy Designs founder Michael Habachy. Right, Room & Board

Room & Board welcomes Atlanta-based Habachy Designs founder Michael Habachy

Steven Banken

Steven Banken graduated Cum Laude in 2010 at Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands. After his graduation he started his own design company, where design and production meet. Following successful premieres at Milan’s 2011 International Salone del Mobile and Dutch Design Week and in Russia, Project Sheaves makes its USA debut in Atlanta at Design Is Human Week.



Last year’s 10Up! Winner “Edge Condition”, 2012 10Up! pubic installation comes to Atlanta BeltLine

Atlanta BeltLine Hosts Third Installment of 10UP! International Architecture Competition

The Young Architects Forum of Atlanta (YAF Atlanta), a program of the American Institute of Architects Atlanta, is pleased to announce the third Annual competition entitled 10Up. We’re calling on young designers to step up to the 10Up challenge! This year Modern Atlanta (MA) and YAF Atlanta are teaming up with Atlanta Beltline Inc. to create a temporary installation on the Atlanta BeltLine. To add to all the excitement the design challenge, 10UP is an architectural experience for the public and that is inhabitable and built within 24 hours.



HOK interior designer John Cantrell, Curator 2012 Design is Material Installation

Be BOLD! Design Is MATERIAL2 2012

Curated by interior designer John Cantrell and HOK, 2012 Design Is MATERIAL is back following a successful launch last June. This exciting and informative activity focuses on the latest trends in material applications, exterior and interior systems, and innovation.



Dutch designer Maarten Baas featured in Dutch Profiles

25 Dutch Profiles over 2 days

“Ten Thousands Buddhas”, Bill Lowe Gallery presents the work of artist Cha Jong-Rye

and there is more…features in 2012 Design Is Human publication includes

2012 Modern Atlanta Home Tour Guidebook
Tony Riffel, Octane Coffee Lounge
John Cantrell, Interior Designer
Ego Collective Paris
Robert Tretsch, Harrison Design Associates
I’m Dutch (Rianne Koen, Steven Balken, Michael Courts, Dutch Profiles Short Films)
Karl Injex, Sound Table
Kystal Persaud, CEO For Change
Kwanza Hall, Atlanta City Council

Tickets are $35 for both Saturday and Sunday, and now available online at the link below.

All select MA ticket outlets are now open. See list below for locations and hours.
Tickets can also be purchased Friday, 8 June, at the 2012 MA Home Tour Launch Night and MA Design Exhibition.

Location and Online tickets sales now open. Click Here to purchase.

For 2012 MA Home Tour map, Click Here.

“Tickets are required for attendance to the MA Home Tour”.

The Official 2012 Modern Atlanta Home Tour Launch & MA Design Exhibition Night takes place at Terminus, Friday 8 June 2012, 6:30pm to 10:30pm.

Terminus Atlanta
Buckhead, 3280 Peachtree Rd NE (intersection at Peachtree Rd and Piedmont)
Atlanta, GA 30305



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

“Pre-Tour Bonus” in Athens area

2012 MODERN ATLANTA HOME TOUR Dates

Saturday, 9 June
10:30am - 4:00pm

Sunday, 10 June
10:30am - 4:00pm


MA Home Tour Guide inside Design Is Human Publication designed by Armchair

Tickets includes our well-designed MA12 DESIGN IS HUMAN publication/program/MA Home Tour guidebook designed by Armchair and entry to 2012 Modern Atlanta Home Tour Launch Event and the Design Is Human Week Exhibition.

2012 MODERN ATLANTA HOME TOUR

is presented in close partnership with

               

News
The American Institute of Architects Atlanta Chapter (AIA Atlanta) has joined forces with MA in presenting Modern Atlanta Home Tour. AIA Atlanta is the city and southeast’s leading authority on matters pertaining to architecture and the built environment.

Welcome to modern Atlanta, design hub of the southeast

Since 2007, Modern Atlanta Home Tour has inspired, entertained, and educated thousands of fans and an admiring public in love with contemporary architecture and design. The highly sought tour is also a shining example of Atlanta unleashing its creative powers for a new language of bold urbanism to the rest of the nation. Modern Atlanta Home 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.

2012 DESIGN IS HUMAN Exhibition Promotional Video

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.

The Nation’s Best Tour of Contemporary residential Architecture and Design Awaits You

Online tickets sales now open. Click Here to purchase.

Online tickets sales now open. Click Here to purchase.

Design Is Material2

All Ticket Outlets Now Open.
Tickets available at 2012 Design Is Human Week/Modern Atlanta Home Tour launch night event, online at www.modern-atlanta.org, and at these convenient MA ticket outlet locations.

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-12am
Sat 8am-12am
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
Cash and Check Only




Bill Lowe Gallery
1555 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(404) 352-8114
Tue-Sat 10am-5:30pm
Mon, Sun Closed
Cash and Check Only

Athens Locations

(coming soon)


Disclaimer: Homes showcased as part of 2012 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.

Promotional Video, 2012 Design Exhibition & MA Home Tour

Come celebrate 2012 MA Design Exhibition and Home Tour Launch event at Terminus Atlanta

2012 MA Design Exhibition and Home Tour Launch event
Friday, 8 June
6:30pm - 11:00pm
Terminus 2, 4th floor
Buckhead, 3280 Peachtree Rd NE (intersection at Peachtree Rd and Piedmont)
Atlanta, GA 30305

Click Here For Tickets

New Products from top international established brands and emerging design talent making their mark on the industry

Axor Bouroullec designed by Rowan & Bouroullec (r) for Hansgrohe. 2012 MA Design Exhibition

Join MA and check out all Design Is Human exhibitors including Hansgrohe’s “Axor Bouroulec” and Room & Board’s Eames collection, just to name a few. We also invite all Design Is Human visitors to openly mix with your fellow event attendees, and some very special guests for an evening of excellence in creativity, sustainability, social responsibility, 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, society, the environment, and benefits the world we all share.

We are kicking off 2012 MA Home Tour with this launch event and design exhibition!

The many faces of contemporary architecture in and around Atlanta. Newcomer Residence (l), Plutino Residence (r). 2012 MA Home Tour

2012 MA Home Tour is now in its 5th successful year and has gain a solid position in the marketplace as a major force in promoting contemporary architecture and design. That’s thanks in part to our strong alliances with AIA Atlanta and the High Museum, our architecture models and renderings exhibition, elevated talks and inspiring films on architecture and design, and having a big beautiful publication that inspires action and change in the designed world.

2012 Architecture Models and Renderings Exhibition

Philip Babb Architecture. 2012 Models and renderings exhibition

Get yours.
Design Is Human publication and MA Home Tour guide

Armchair-designed 2012 edition Design Is Human publication & MA Home Tour Guide

“MA People Favorite Ads”
2012 Design Is Human publication/MA Home Tour Guide

2012 Adwork from London’s Design Museum (l), Octane Coffee Bar (m), and Lightroom (r)

Graphic Design Category
MA 12 Design Exhibition and Home Tour Launch event attendees and guests can vote on their favorite adwork in the 2012 Design Is Human publication/MA Home Tour Guide. 3 winners will be drawn and given a prize. At MA, we celebrate the talent and creative contributions Graphic Designers make to the designed world and have created a fun and interactive activity our attendees and quests can demonstrate their admiration too. Forms will be handed out at the door. At your own pace, review all the amazing content and ads, make your selection and hand the form to one of the MA staff. Winners will be announced at 10pm.

Click Here For Tickets

Free entry to 2012 MA Home Tour ticket holders and includes the fifth edition of our beautifully-designed 2012 DESIGN IS HUMAN publication/program/MA Home Tour guidebook.
*Cost to attend design exhibition/launch event only: $10 at the door (book not included). Books can be purchased at the door for $10.00

But there’s still more to be happy about at 2012 MA Design Exhibition and Home Tour Launch event…

Yale Panel Discussion “Visualization -in Design Pedagogy”

Robotic and Digital fabrication research at YSOA. Images courtesy Cody Davis and YSOA.

In this MA exclusive Yale-led panel discussion asks the question, what are the larger implications on contemporary visual culture? Visual representation is intrinsic to the education of the designer. Its role in facilitating and communicating a design idea is indispensable to the intentions of the designer. Evolving beyond conventional two-dimensional hand drawing, which has defined architectural production for generations, visual representation now encompasses digital, three dimensional and interactive strategies. What is the future of visualization in pedagogy as it continues to radically transform the process of design and its production?

Panel Discussion starts at 7:30pm - 8:15pm, arrive early, limited seating. Moderated by AIA Atlanta with a three member panel consisting of industry experts from Yale School of Architecture and Atlanta-based architecture/design professionals.

Design Is Material2 Installation

HOK interior designer John Cantrell, Curator 2012 Design is Material Installation

Curated by interior designer John Cantrell and HOK, 2012 Design Is MATERIAL is back following a successful launch last June. This exciting and informative activity focuses on the latest trends in material applications, exterior and interior systems, and innovation.

Octane Coffee Bar’s Food and Beverage Stand at this year’s launch

Best of the Best! Official 2012 Design Is Human Week Support Partners Includes!

Marc Clemenceau, founding partner at Gage/Clemenceau Architects, will give a powerful lecture on “Design Liquidity” in the Age of the Network.

High Museum of Art
Saturday, 9 June 2012
5:15pm - 6:00pm
Hill Auditorium
1280 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, Georgia
Limited seating and early RSVP are being accepted now. Contact antonella@modern-atlanta.org


Solar Flower. Image courtesy Gage/Clemenceau Architects

“Design Liquidity in the Age of the Network Economy”

Talk Description
For the past decade Gage/ Clemenceau Architects (Mark Foster Gage and Marc Clemenceau Bailly) has been on the forefront of redefining design through computational and material innovation, and is a leading voice in a generation of architects theorizing these revolutionary developments.


Formichetti concept. Image courtesy Gage/Clemenceau Architects

In his lecture, Design Liquidity, Mr. Bailly suggests that while these emerging technologies and materials will produce vast advances in structural, environmental and physical performance, so too will they usher in a new world of trans-disciplinary collaboration between currently distant fields.


Estonian Academy of Art. Image courtesy Gage/Clemenceau Architects

With Design Liquidity, Bailly challenges current design practices and enlists new players into the architectural and design equation by illustrating his own collaborations between architecture and design, and biology, fashion, robotics, environmental science, software programming, automotive styling and material engineering.


“Design Liquidity” Gage/Clemenceau & Formichetti Collaboration

During 2011, Gage / Clemenceau Architects collaborated on the design and production of a temporary installation for Lady Gaga fashion director, Nicola Formichetti, Creative Director for Mugler as well as fashion stylist to Uniqlo, MAC and V Magazine.


Gage/ Clemeneau installation for Nicola Formichetti the featured original Formichetti designs for Lady Gaga. Image courtesy Gage/Clemenceau Architects

This collaboration produced an installation that experimentally fused ideas from both fashion and architecture into a new type of physical environment, accessible to the general public, for a two week period coinciding with Fashion Week in New York City, in September 2011. The stakes for this particular installation are high– as it will be housing not only the latest in Formichetti’s work, but will also include several original ensembles he has designed for Lady Gaga who has worn them in her performances and various red-carpet events.



About Marc Clemenceau Bailly
Marc Clemenceau Bailly, an award-winning architect based in New York City since 1997, is best known for founding Gage/ Clemenceau Architects, a firm admired for its synthesis of aesthetic innovations with advanced computational technologies.



“Valentine to Times Square, Gage/Clemenceau Architects. Image courtesy Gage/Clemenceau Architects

His projects have received international attention and have been featured in the New York Times, Vogue, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago. His first public art sculpture, “Valentine to Times Square, 2009,” made it’s debut in Times Square, NY in February 2009. A native of California, he is often preoccupied with food and wine, but most weekends you will find him on his bicycle in Central Park.

Want more Gage/Clemenceau? Click here.



    

DesignMarketo BAR ALTO Atlanta
Open Thursday to Sunday at multiple times during Design Is Human Week

BAR ALTO LAUNCH/Media Night is Thursday, June 7, 5:00 pm – 9pm
Bar Alto Hours
Friday June 8, 2:00 pm to late pm
Saturday, June 9, 2:00 pm to late pm
Sunday June 10, 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Edgewood Design District
Venue: Space2
483 Edgewood Avenue SE
Atlanta, GA 30312



Bar Alto London. Image courtesy DesignMarketo

Bar Alto was first launched 2011 during London Design Festival as the first installment of a new series of events organized by London-based DesignMarketo.

DesignMarketo Bar Alto commissions exhibited in Atlanta. Atlanta-based designers add 5 additional limited edition tumblers to the collection

DesignMarketo is Alexandre Bettler and Jerome Rigaud

Sponsors – Bar Alto 2012_Atlanta: Duralex, Cablik Enterprises, MA, and the Sound Table

About DesignMarketo
DesignMarketo is a platform developped by HyperMarketo to help young designers reach a wider audience. Based in London, it allows anyone in the world to buy products from amazing designers.

DesignMarketo – general inquiries and submissions info@designmarketo.com
Jerome Rigaud, jerome@designmarketo.com, Twitter: @jrgd
Alexandre Bettler, alexandre@designmarketo.com

Be part of DesignMarketo BREADWORKSHOP on Saturday, 9 June 2012. Click here for details. (link coming)

“Diversions/Conversions”—in Architecture/Design between Industry and Craft

MA and High Museum of Art welcomes Paris-based Studio Boissard founder, architect and designer, Sébastien Boissard

About Sébastien Boissard

Studio Boissard founder, Sébastien Boissard.

Sébastien Boissard is the founder and head of the architectural firm “Studio Boissard”. Created in 2004 after years of collaborations and research projects in France and the USA, “Studio Boissard” is dedicated to the practice of architecture and design and interior design.

Sébastien Boissard trained as an architectural and interior designer at the school “Ecole Camondo” in Paris from (1988-1992).With the support of an educational grant from the French Foreign Office, he then attended “Pratt Institute” in New York, completing a Master’s Degree in architecture in (1995-1997). During his time in New York, he collaborated with Tsao & McKown Architects (1997-2000) and Gwathmey & Siegel and Associates (2000-2002), designing hotels, restaurants, private residences and custom furniture. Back in Paris, he graduated as “Architect DPLG” from the school of Architecture Paris –Villemin in 2000. Before establishing “Studio Boissard”, Sébastien Boissard collaborated with Philippe Starck and Martin Francis (2003-2008), where he was in charge of designing “A”, a yacht of 119 meters (390 feet), and participated in the development of Mama Shelter Hotel in Paris. His experience in ship design led him to work with Rémi Tessier on a yacht of 81 meters, followed in 2010-11 by “Studio Boissard’s” design of a yacht of 140 meters. In that time, “Studio Boissard” rehabilitated a house and private apartments in Paris, and since 2008, Mr. Boissard has taught 4th year interior and product design at “Ecole Camondo” in a transversal studio. Here, he recently developed a research module on construction, which imparts to students an organic awareness of their relationship to building systems.

Sébastien Boissard’s multidisciplinary training and design experience has allowed him to successfully work on a wide range of projects.

Studio Boissard 13, boulevard de Reuilly 75012 Paris, France M : +33 (0) 6 85 74 48 49 / T : +33 (0) 1 43 07 31 16 sebastien@studio-boissard.com www.studio-boissard.com



    

Images courtesy Beka Films

Screening “Pomerol, Herzog & de Meuron”

Réfectoire, Etablissements Jean-Pierre Moueix, Pomerol, France.
The film Pomerol, Herzog & de Meuron takes us to the party atmosphere of mealtime among the grape-pickers in the dining hall designed by Herzog & de Meuron in Pomerol (France) for the prestigious Jean-Pierre Moueix vineyards.


Images courtesy Beka Films

In order to admire the distinctive features and traits of this building the film is set during the crucial phase in its lifecycle, harvest time. The film offers an unusual visit of the Herzog & de Meuron’s project observing the grape-pickers’ daily activities, and joining them at the mealtimes and celebrations marking the long days of this period of hard work.


Images courtesy Beka Films

Technical informations
Title: Pomerol, Herzog & de Meuron
A film by: Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine
Image & Sound: Ila Bêka. Editing: Tiros Niakaj, Louise Lemoine. Production: Beka & Partners

Pomerol, Herzog & de Meuron Official Trailer

About Living Architectures

Room & Board Atlanta showroom welcomes Habachy Designs founder, Michael Habachy, who will be sharing his tips and tricks to create truly unique interiors.

Room & Board Atlanta Showroom

Thursday, 7 June, 6:00pm - 8:00pm

White Provision Building
1170 Howell Mill Road NW
Atlanta , GA 30318
404.682.5900

Click here to RSVP.
Arrive early, space and seating are limited.

Michael Habachy, acclaimed interior and furniture designer and founder at Habachy Designs based in Atlanta, GA, will share his tips and tricks to create truly unique interiors. His design firm, Habachy Designs, Inc., creates atmospheric interiors for a wide range of commercial and residential spaces.

Habachy’s style is timeless and modern, yet he gives each project its own unique punch of creativity and originality. His specialty is designing eclectic interiors that seamlessly blend the unexpected. He creates drama in a space while maintaining a minimal approach, selectively choosing elements to achieve maximum impact.

Habachy’s talk will enlighten participants with a simplified approach to the design process. From concept to production, he will reveal his secrets for creating custom, one of-a-kind pieces to complete a home.

“Dunn cocktail table”, 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.

“Chilton dining table”, Room & Board

Want more Room & Board? Click here.

Design Within Reach Panel Talk presents
“The Rise of Modern in a Southern-Traditional Market”

Tuesday, 5 June
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

DWR Atlanta Showroom
2451 Peachtree Road Northeast
Atlanta, GA 30305

RSVP to Seth van den Bergh at svandenbergh@dwr.com

Curated by John Edelman, President at Design Within Reach, The Rise of Modern in a Southern Traditional Market includes the following topics…

Curator

Moderator

Panel of Experts

The Architect
TaC Studios

The Designer
Rick Bonner of Bonner LLC

The Realtor
Vanessa Reilly of Domo Realty

The Vintage side of things
ABC Modern





About Design Within Reach
Design Within Reach, Inc., founded in 1998 and headquartered in Connecticut, is a retailer of distinctive modern furniture and well-designed objects that enrich daily life. We market and sell our products to both residential and commercial customers in the continental U.S., as well as in Hawaii and Canada. At DWR, we present our assortment in an educational context, providing detailed information about the designer and key functional elements about each product.

From iconic mid-20th-century works to innovative items designed today, Design Within Reach is the source for fully licensed classics. We sell clean and simple products, representing ideas, materials and processes that span categories and countries. What we mean by a “fully licensed classic” is that it’s manufactured by the company holding the license to the original design. Examples of these companies include Herman Miller®, Knoll®, Cassina, Fritz Hansen, and Verpan. Authenticity is something we’re proud to offer; elitism, however, is not. Visit any of our Studios, and you’ll never see a “Do Not Touch” sign. We invite customers to linger, bring their dog or kids and join us for design events. At our website, www.dwr.com, customers can shop our complete assortment and find additional finishes and styles not shown in our books or Studios.

Whether customers experience DWR by Studio, phone or online, they receive knowledgeable assistance from people who come from design backgrounds.

At DWR, we’re passionate about design.
Want more DWR? Click here.

From commercial to residential environments, new advances in materiality is rapidly changing the face of architecture and design.


Design Is Material2: Maharam digital projects.

Welcome! Design Is MATERIAL2

Following last year’s successful launch of Design Is MATERIAL, the simple idea behind the continuation of MA’s ‘Design is Material2 traveling exhibition is to feature both renowned and obscure products to the broader design scene in an aim to peak interest and curiosities around materials in the architectural and design industries.


Design Is Material Installation at 2011 Design Is Human and MA launch event.

In 2011, the exhibit was kept quite simple with a focus on innovative specifiable materials on the market with a few ‘teaser’ products to evoke the question of what an architectural material might become if acquired from other industries such as industrial and automotive design.


Design Is Material2: Round Bicycle Tubes by Beck Textile Studio.

According to HOK Senior Designer and DIM2 co-curator John Cantrell, “Materiality has always been a fundamental source of dialogue in architecture and design, and even within the industry there is quite a few differences in opinion about the “right and wrong” ways to use or apply materials in the context of the environment, the story the environment tells, and whether pragmatic or artistic ideas are most important.”


Design Is MATERIAL2 curators, interior designer (l) Weronika Cichosz and John Cantrell (l), Senior Designer at HOK, visits Armchair’s Kevin Byrd

Bold Ideas. Innovative Solutions. Amazing Stories to Inspire.

About Design Is MATERIAL2 Curators

John Cantrell, Interior Designer at HOK
John Cantrell, senior designer at HOK, featured in this year’s Design Is Human publication, has a specialty in the design and construction of sustainable and creative environments with work for clients such as Bacardi USA, Porsche, and Sony Mobile. In addition to architecture and interiors he has extensive experience in product design development with current 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.




Weronika Cichosz, Interior Designer
Weronika was raised in Mikolow, Poland and educated at LaGuardia high school of Music and Art in New York City and currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia. With a degree in Architecture from Savannah College of Art and Design, experience in interior design, and passion for graphic design she is inspired by design at all scales. Currently she co-curates the visual blogs of Interiology, Illustrology & Every Little Thing as a way to document exceptional and interesting design that inspire her to create future work.




Amanda Millner, Interior Designer
Amanda Millner McAdoo is an Atlanta based interior designer. With a degree in interior design from Georgia State University. Amanda further developed her design skills at HOK and TVS before opening her own interior design firm am2design in 2009. With 9 years of industry knowledge Amanda specializes in commercial interiors with a hands on approach. From building custom light fixtures to designing unique spaces with an emphasis on functionality Amanda works to create lasting spaces that inspire.

Design Is MATERIAL2 Sponsors and Support

        

MA in its first collaboration with Netherlands-based DutchDFA (Dutch Design Architecture Fashion) presents screenings of ‘Profiles’

Rem Koolhaas OMA (Architecture)

DROOG Design (Design)

Profile: Renny Ramaker, co founder at Droog. Image courtesy DutchDFA.

In the beginning of the nineties, a group of young dutch designers was presented in Milaan under the name of DROOG. Their designs were immediately recognized as something new. Anti-glamour, sober yet funny, and all telling a story or commenting on society. For a while, DROOG design even became synonymous with dutch design. Founders of this collective are Gijs Bakker and Renny Ramakers.

Many of the early DROOG designs found their way to galleries and museums all over the world. They became icons, sometimes crossing the line between art and design. One of the very first to acquire them was the museum of modern art in New York. Since the beginning, Droog has evolved. It has become more of a thinktank under the name of drooglab, which aims to detect global trends in design, and then reflect on those trends from a new perspective.
www.droog.com

Profiles Screening Locations

Screenings at The High Museum includes:

Screenings at Space 2 includes:

Wim Crouwel (Design)

Jongerius Lab (Design)

Maarten Baas (Design)

Christien Meindertsma

Dutch Profiles are free and open to Design Is Human visitors and general public.

Alan Heller & Frank Gehry Furniture Collection debut at Whitespace Gallery & Design Is Human Week

About Alan Heller

Frank Gehry Furniture Collection for Heller

Frank Gehry has single-handedly changed conventional ideas about architecture. Recent masterpieces include the Guggenheim museum in Bilbao and the Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Gehry’s unique vision and innovative use of materials has brought him numerous honors including the 1989 Pritzker Prize, the 1998 National Medal of Arts Award, and the 2000 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal.


Cubes, bench, chair, sofa, and table. Image courtesy Heller

Through his emphasis on collaboration in the creative process, Gehry continues to transcend the boundaries of design. The Frank Gehry Furniture Collection is in the permanent design collection of the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich and exhibited in The Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York.

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