The Zakrzewski + Hyde Architects with Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners entry envisioning the future of Hudson Square.
Courtesy Z-H Architects with Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects
Through 11.26.07
Envisioning Hudson Square Design Charrette
Friends of Hudson Square (FOHSQ) launched the “Envisioning Hudson Square” design charrette as a local planning initiative to explore the possibilities for the Hudson Square district — bounded by Leroy to Canal Streets and West to Hudson Streets. Endorsed by Manhattan Community Boards One and Two, the exhibition is designed to be a conversation starter. This grass-roots initiative will inform and encourage local elected officials to ask city officials to study zoning changes more carefully. The five NY-based firms that participated in the charrette were: Arquitectonica GEO, FLAnk, Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Architects, SPaN, and Zakrzewski + Hyde Architects in association with Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects and Planners.
The St. Johns Center
550-570 Washington Street, NYC
Tulip Goblet designed by Nils Landberg, 1953. Produced by Orrefors. Promised gift of Aviva and Jack Robinson.
Courtesy Museum of Arts & Design
11.08.07 through 03.09.08
Cheers! A MAD Collection of Goblets
To celebrate its 50th birthday and new home at Two Columbus Circle (opening in September 2008), the Museum of Arts & Design is assembling celebratory goblets in all mediums — glass, metal, clay, fiber, wood, and mixed media, made by more than 100 artists from around the world. Works by Lino Tagliapietra, Dale Chihuly, and Ginny Ruffner are on view, as well as works by emerging artists. Many pieces were created expressly for the exhibition, and are on public display for the first time.
Museum of Arts and Design
40 West 53rd Street, NYC
Mattia Bonetti, working with master embroiderers in China, has created a full-size sofa, covered entirely with stitched depictions of pages from popular Chinese magazines.
Courtesy Museum of Arts & Design
11.08.07 through 03.09.08
Pricked: Extreme Embroidery
Stone, digital prints, even human hair and skin are some of the materials used by 47 artists from 14 countries to create embroidered works featured in this exhibition. Showcasing the diversity of new approaches to the time-honored needle working technique, Pricked explores how centuries-old handcraft traditions are reinvented in the mainstream of contemporary art and design. Featured are pieces by artists such as Elaine Reichek and Angelo Filomeno alongside those of emerging talents. In addition, works by Mattia Bonetti document the use of embroidery techniques in the sphere of contemporary design.
Museum of Arts and Design
40 West 53rd Street, NYC