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Mark Your Calendar: Fashion's Night Out
"It was an idea that was generated during the [fall] Paris collections in response to the tidal wave of negativity and uncertainty that Anna Wintour perceived among people in the industry and among her colleagues in retail," explains Sally Singer, Vogue's director of fashion news and features. "She called a meeting of all the major editors of Vogue—for all the major editions of Vogue around the world, of which there are about a dozen—and said, 'Let's get people out and about, and if not shopping, then at least enjoying the pleasure of stores.'" Stateside, the Fashion's Night Out fun will also usher in Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, which will pause the opening-day Bryant Park action to allow for celebrations at stores throughout the city. The list of participating designers and retailers is vast, but among the events we're most looking forward to is the bash at Barneys, where Simon Doonan and his team have lined up events including a book signing with Ruben and Isabel Toledo, trunk shows from Barbara Tfank and Zero + Maria Cornejo, and appearances by Narciso Rodriguez, Thom Browne, and Jonathan Adler, who Doonan promises will actually be throwing pots in the store (live-action potting!). A few blocks away, Assouline is keeping its sublime bookstore at the Plaza open late, serving champagne, The American Fashion Cookbook, and a scavenger hunt based around the tasty tome. Down in Soho, Michael Kors has recruited Billy Norwich to draw caricatures of guests, while famed photographer Arthur Elgort will be snapping away at the Dior flagship on Fifth Avenue. Smile and say "Galliano!" Death and Dementia in Burbank
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UnBeige/D-Crit Party Goes for Baroque
Planning to attend the UnBeige/D-Crit party this Wednesday evening? Listen up! To best accommodate the overwhelming response to our party announcement of last week, the mediabistro event wizards have just arranged to move the bash several blocks north from Highbar to Amalia, the 8,000-square-foot restaurant and lounge located at 204 West 55th Street. And really, what better venue than one with "old world baroque elements" (Chinoiserie! Black Murano glass chandeliers! Backlit mosaic tile! Just close your eyes and pretend that Marcel Wanders is involved) to appreciate the clean-lined ingenuity of American design? From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the ides of April, UnBeige and D-Crit (the new MFA program in Design Criticism at the School of Visual Arts) will celebrate the publication of American Design by Russell Flinchum, design historian extraordinaire. Part of the Museum of Modern Art Design series, the book traces the development of American design from the work of early American machinists through mid-century "design for modern living" to the branded, consumer-oriented design of the present day. Care to join us? RSVP here. We promise book signing, drink specials, and complimentary hors d'oeuvres shaped like Bertoia chairs (or at least they will appear to be after a few drink specials!). End Your Tax Day with UnBeige!
The ides of April isn't just for income taxes anymore. We cordially invite you to ditch that mound of receipts labelled "Misc," file an extension, and join us at Highbar in Manhattan for a celebration of American design, by which we mean both design that is American and a new book on the subject. UnBeige and D-Crit (the new MFA program in Design Criticism at the School of Visual Arts) are hosting a party next Wednesday evening to celebrate the publication of American Design by Russell Flinchum, design historian extraordinaire. The book, part of the Museum of Modern Art Design series, traces the development of American design from the work of early American machinists through mid-century "design for modern living" to the branded, consumer-oriented design of the present day. Care to join us? RSVP here. We promise book signing, drink specials, and complimentary hors d'oeuvres shaped like Bertoia chairs (or at least they will appear as such after a few drink specials!). Spend Oscar Night with David Rockwell and Gourmet Popcorn
On the wrong coast (or lacking the requisite Academy Award nomination) to make it inside the Stephen Shadley-designed Architectural Digest green room? Why not spend Oscar night with David Rockwell, who designed the sets for Sunday's gala awards show? Or at least in a hotel suite he designed. The Rockwell-designed Carlton on Madison Avenue is offering UnBeige readers a special Oscar night rate of $199, which includes "gourmet popcorn" from the hotel's in-house haute barnyard restaurant, Country. And you'll be in good company: we hear that Cindy Allen, the delightful editor-in-chief of Interior Design magazine, is hosting a private Academy Awards viewing party in Country's Rockwell-designed "Champagne Lounge," where guests such as set designer Stefan Beckman, interior designer Vicente Wolf, and fashion designer-cum-architecture buffs Angel Sanchez and Yeohlee Tang will be eating up Rockwell's sets on screen while snacking on the aforementioned popcorn, taleggio grilled cheese diamonds, and coconut truffle lollipops. To reserve a room for Oscar night at the specially designed rate, contact the Carlton at 800-601-8500. Back to the Futurism: Otis College Celebrates Movement's 100th Anniversary
On Friday, February 20, Otis will host "Futurism + 100," an evening of music, poetry readings, short films, and art. Attendees, who are advised to wear Futurist attire (i.e., red, black, or white), can sip Futurist cocktails ("Polibibita" Negronis) while listening to readings of parolibere poems and newly translated Marinetti writings. A Futurist DJ set will feature the remixed music and voices of the movement's principal figures, while a screening of the short film Amor Pedestre promises a love story told by focusing solely on the characters' feet. Once you're good and punchy, catch the premiere of "1080 Punch-ups," an interactive video installation by Alessandro Marianantoni and Gianluca Rizzo, projected on the "punch-card" facade of the Otis campus main building (constructed in 1962 for IBM's West Coast headquarters). Which Media/Design Holiday Parties Can't Be Stopped?
If your company is still planning a holiday party, tell mediabistro.com here. Fill in the short form, and don't be stingy on the details. (Will there be open bar? Homemade cookies? Top shelf alcohol or just beer, wine, and pretzels?) The assumption will be that your holiday party is closed to non-company attendees, so when asked for info that does not apply (i.e., "How to RSVP") just write "N/A" in those fields. Then, in a week or so, the mediabistro.com elves will compile the entire list and present it for all to view in the new events newsletter, The Press List. Design Observer Celebrates Five Years of Keen Design Observations
It was a dark and stormy Wednesday night in Manhattan, but those who made it to the doors of Element, a 19th-century bank turned 21st-century nightclub, needed only to utter the not-so-secret password ("Design Observer") to be welcomed into the whirl of designers, drinks, music, and residual election glee that was the eminent design blog's fifth anniversary party. Editors Michael Bierut, William Drenttel, and Jessica Helfand were on hand, with Helfand signing copies of her exquisite new book, Scrapbooks: An American History (Yale University Press), which made us want to go straight home and collage. Meanwhile, Bierut looked poised for service in a novel cabinet post (Interior gets its own Department, why not design?) in a dapper orange tie, an Obama-themed "Mission Accomplished" badge, and a non-partisan USA lapel pin of his own design. We told him about all the positive feedback we had heard about the Men's Vogue-commissioned pin's slightly subversive flair, and he confessed to having had a bit of designer's remorse (read: endearing modesty). "I sent them three designs and then was about to go back and say, 'Forget the third one,'" he told us. "And of course, that's the one they picked." Speaking of selection processes, Drenttel helped us to understand how the Zon Hearing Aid could possibly have bested Design Observer in the competition for this year's People's Design Award, which is decided not by an esteemed jury of design stars but by online voting. Blame it on Facebook. After several failed attempts to send a last-minute e-mail about DO's front-runner status for the award, Drenttel gave up, only to have the e-mail arrive in the inboxes of all approximately 1,500 members of DO's Facebook group—in quadruplicate and on the day after voting had closed. When hundreds of members abandoned the DO group in frustration and/or complained about the (accidental) e-mail barrage, Drenttel went about sending notes of apology to each person who contacted him. The result? "Facebook suspended my account," he said. "They thought I was spamming. I couldn't access my account for three days." There's always next year. PreviouslyIn Brief: Selling Andy Warhol, Feting Design Observer Cooper-Hewitt Celebrates National Design Award Winners with Eco-Friendly Gala Dyson Awards: A Rake's Progress AIGA NY Holiday Party to be PC-Compatible A Hawaiian Modern Party: Vladimir Ossipoff Opening Photos "Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff" Opens in Honolulu AIGA/LA Fellows Launch Party at a Huge Architectural Playground Debbie Millman's Party Packs the House I.D. Stars Sparkle Above a Hazy LA How to Party Like a Great Graphic Designer Rashid Parties with UnBeige, Bids Good Riddance to Jewel Cases Early Reports From UnBeige-Karim Rashid Lovefest Party With UnBeige the Karim Rashid Way Yosemite Studios Party Was Pure Creative Dynamite Make Tonight's UnBeige Party Your Mantra UnBeige Wants to Party All the Time, Party All the Time, Party All the Time Print's Party Was Packed, But Ours Had Craig Newmark Party with the mediabistro.com Bloggers LA Blogger Party Tuesday Night Beautiful/Decay and Deitch Projects Make Beautiful Music Together The Dance Party Was Most Certainly Not A Rhetorical Description Partying At Ground Zero Sure Does Add An Extra Kick To The Silverstein-Sponsored Chardonnay Yay! Drinking! At Ground Zero! The Humble Masterpieces/SAFE Book Party Rocked Our Reality Humble Masterpieces Book Party TK Fifteen Minutes The SAFE Show Opened. But We're Still Dangerous. What Do You Get When You Mix Architects And An Open Bar? We Went To A Party And Saw Some People We Went To Some Parties Last Night The Unbeige Guide to Picnicking in the Park |
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