Sam Aquillano's Blog – June 2010 Archive (10)

UNITE @ Office Environments, July 21!

Come together at Office Environments on Wednesday July 21th 2010 at 6 PM to kick off our first event in our UNITE @ event series!

In collaboration with local businesses, Design Museum Boston will be hosting a series of events at unique locations throughout the city. These events will offer designers and non-designers alike an opportunity to connect, eat, drink and be merry.

As Design Museum… Continue

Added by Sam Aquillano on June 29, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

June 23 Interior Design Day in Mass.

Governor Deval Patrick has declared June 23, 2010 Interior Design Day in Massachusetts. Very cool. Read the proclamation.

Added by Sam Aquillano on June 21, 2010 at 5:31pm — No Comments

Chicago Guerrilla Truck Show.

Very cool take on a design exhibit. These folks in Chicago back their trucks up to the loading dock in Fulton Market and show-off mini-exhibitions of their work. Via core77: Once a year, during NeoCon, Chicago's young designers back moving trucks up to the loading dock in Fulton Market. Inside are miniature… Continue

Added by Sam Aquillano on June 21, 2010 at 4:56pm — No Comments

DMB at Pecha Kucha Boston 18 - June 22.

Design Museum Boston will be presenting at Pecha Kucha Boston 18, next Tuesday June 22! Doors open at 6pm with drinks and networking and the talks start at 7pm. The event is free and open to the public. We'll be doing a 20x20 talk on the who, what, where, how and why of Design Museum Boston. Come on by and say hello!

PechaKucha Boston 18 also includes speakers from Boston Fashion Week, Common Boston, Design Biennial Boston 2010, SHIFTboston… Continue

Added by Sam Aquillano on June 16, 2010 at 3:46pm — No Comments

Why Design Now at the Cooper-Hewitt.

The Cooper-Hewitt's National Design Triennial is viewable online and onsite through January 9, 2011. What an undertaking: 134 projects highlighted under the theme Why Design Now? From their site: Inaugurated in 2000, the Triennial program seeks out and presents the most… Continue

Added by Sam Aquillano on June 10, 2010 at 8:00am — No Comments

Common Boston dParty.

Join Common Boston for the kick off to their festival. From their site:

The dParty’s role is to connect designers and design aficionados in a happy-hour-like ambiance. Slated for June 17, 2010, this year’s dParty will take on an additional layer of service by benefiting local-area philanthropic organizations at a time when both Boston’s design community and its… Continue

Added by Sam Aquillano on June 7, 2010 at 12:05am — 2 Comments

Abitare Museum Game.

Italian design magazine, Abitare, has been playing a bit of a design museum game if you will: from their site: Following the idea of Enzo Mari, Abitare with each new issue will publish five works of design, which will be chosen by a series of well known personalities from the world of design. After the first selection, each juror, besides indicating his or her five products, will confirm – or not –… Continue

Added by Sam Aquillano on June 6, 2010 at 11:49pm — No Comments

L.A. Creatives Using Empty Real Estate.

Great piece on core77 about artist and designers in Los Angeles using the city's vast amounts of empty retail space to create pop-up galleries, event venues, and shops. Very cool! My favorite quote from the piece: Conversation, design and food is scientifically proven to cement new… Continue

Added by Sam Aquillano on June 6, 2010 at 10:47pm — No Comments

ADClub's Edge Conference: Branded in Boston.

This year's AdClub's EDGE Conference is blowing up and is not to be missed. The sheer amount of industry-leading presenters is amazing including: Colin Angle, Founder & CEO of iRobot, John Harthorne, CEO & Founder of Mass Challenge, Katherine Hays, CEO of GenArts, Ted Morgan, Founder & CEO of SkyHook Wireless, Chris Reed, Principal & Founder of Stoss Landscape Urbanism, Wade Rousch, Chief Correspondent of Xconomy, Lyn Walker, CEO &… Continue

Added by Sam Aquillano on June 4, 2010 at 10:51am — No Comments

SHIFTboston MOON CAPITAL Competition!

Our friends at SHIFTboston have launched their second design competition: MOON CAPITAL. As big-time space travel buffs we are thrilled. And we cannot wait for the MOON CAPITAL forum at the Cyclorama on Oct. 21. All the info below!

THINK MICRO GRAVITY THINK EXTREME THINK BEYOND

THINK BIG IDEAS FOR THE MOON

2010 SHIFTboston MOON CAPITAL Competition

Call for Entries:… Continue

Added by Sam Aquillano on June 3, 2010 at 2:44pm — No Comments

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