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BKLYN DESIGNed

By Ty Wenzel • Jun 2nd, 2009 • Category: Architecture, Events

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Sunday I moseyed over to DUMBO and BKLYN DESIGNS™. Lest you forget, the event is “New York’s hottest exhibition of designers and manufacturers of contemporary furnishings, lighting, and accessories made and/or designed in Brooklyn, all handpicked by a jury of editors from leading design and shelter magazines.”

This is the show’s seventh year but [...]



Milan Design Week 2009 Preview

By Ty Wenzel • May 15th, 2009 • Category: Events, Interiors Exteriors, Style Trend Forcasting

Milan’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile event is considered by many to be the most important international design event of the year. Why? – the answer is in my article published in the latest issue of PLiNTH & CHiNTZ.
I have many posts here about what is coming in the 2009 Milan Furniture Fair this month. The [...]



My Favourate Designs from Milan Design Week 2009 Previews

By Ty Wenzel • May 15th, 2009 • Category: Events, Interiors Exteriors, Style Trend Forcasting

I have published already a lot of previews of the much expected Milan Furniture Fair that will open next month. And many new are coming every day, especially on the site of designboom.

But my favoritepiece of furniture is the pure white cabinet designed for Bd Barcelona by the French graphic designers Antoine & [...]



Modern Economy Sample Sale this Saturday

By Ty Wenzel • May 1st, 2009 • Category: Events, Featured, Interiors Exteriors

Saturday, May 2, 2009, 10:30 AM to 3:00 PM
Conference Center at Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, California
Credit Card Only, All Sales Final
Admission is Free

VINTAGE KNOLL CHAIRS,BENT OAK,GREAT CONDITION EAMES ERA

0 Bid
US $49.99
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Mashable NextUp NYC: RSVP Today!

By Ty Wenzel • Apr 17th, 2009 • Category: Events, Featured, Techie News

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The second Mashable NextUp NYC is almost here! The next event in the series is titled Lessons from the Local Internet Startup Community, and focuses on lessons learned by 4 New York-based web startups: Snooth, Behance, Savvy Auntie and Aviary.
The evening event takes place on Tuesday, April 28, 2009, at 92Y Tribeca, 92nd [...]



DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS

By Ty Wenzel • Mar 28th, 2009 • Category: Events, Style Trend Forcasting

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One of my favorite aspects of the design world is when talented artists and designers come together to put on an event for a cause and DIFFA is the perfect example for just that. The Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS is launching their 12th National Tour of DINING BY DESIGN tomorrow in New [...]



HUGE BCBG Sale going on !!!

By Ty Wenzel • Jan 14th, 2009 • Category: Events, Fashion & Beauty, Featured, Sales & More Sales

Get your foxy butts right over to BCBG pronto – I have never seen a sale quite like this for BCBG!  Let’s fix this Bushified economy with Glam-Power!
For example:

SILK/RAYON TUNIC
$278.00
Now:
$83.40

BCBG N.RED JERSEY&SILK PLEATED BANDED DRESS NEW S

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Cafe Cadre Will Prepare Your Dinner Party!

By Ty Wenzel • Jan 11th, 2009 • Category: Events, Featured, Mama Ty's Personal Baggage

If you’re like me, you love a good dinner party – but you hate the actuality of putting it all together.  And with the country at the beginnings of a very-real recession, what better way to save money than by inviting good friends to your place, instead of going out to a restaurant – where [...]



Feral Cities

By Ty Wenzel • Nov 17th, 2008 • Category: Architecture, Events

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I’ve got two more events coming up in London, both on Wednesday, November 26. I’ll post more info about the first event in a bit. The second one, in the evening, has been organized by the Complex Terrain Laboratory, and it will take place in the J.Z. Young Lecture Theatre at UCL, inside the [...]



The Red Thread

By Ty Wenzel • Nov 15th, 2008 • Category: Events, Fashion & Beauty, Style Trend Forcasting

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The Red Thread is the first of Samsung’s Imagination Icon Series, a celebration of outstanding individuals who share Samsung’s passion for beauty and creativity. The series will include sites, exhibits, and events exploring each icon’s achievements. And in The Red Thread, Samsung celebrates the inspiration and passion of Valentino Garavani.

To experience Valentino’s [...]



Patricia Field for HSN

By Ty Wenzel • Oct 16th, 2008 • Category: Events, Fashion & Beauty

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Starting now, you can take home a piece of Sex and the City stylist Patricia Field’s collection, and for a special bargain too! The fashion guru has teamed up with HSN to bring you her iconic and exclusive fashion collection which includes dresses, tops, jackets, bags, belts, jewelry and so much more. [...]



Fashion Week Spring 09

By Ty Wenzel • Oct 16th, 2008 • Category: Events, Fashion & Beauty, Style Trend Forcasting

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Watch for this year’s fashion extravaganza – beginning Friday, September 5 to Friday, September 15, 2008 – as designers gather from around the world to exhibit their Spring 2009 collections. New York City hosts two major “Super Bowls of Fashion” with the big names of fashion unveiling their fall designs in February, [...]



Museum Openings

By Ty Wenzel • Sep 20th, 2008 • Category: Events

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A couple New York City museums are (re)opening their doors in the coming two weeks.

[Brooklyn Children's Museum as seen from Brower Park | image source]
The Brooklyn Children’s Museum opens its bright yellow doors on September 20, in its new expansion by Rafael Viñoly Architects (PDF link).

[Museum of Arts and Design | image source]
The [...]



Architecture School

By Ty Wenzel • Sep 20th, 2008 • Category: Architecture, Events

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Tonight is the premiere on Sundance Channel of their six-part docu-reality show Architecture School. Fellow architects have always agreed that there aren’t any TV shows about architects — unlike, say, lawyers or doctors — because it would be so boring. Well, now there’s a show about architects — well, students at least — [...]



Best News Mashups Announced in Daylife Challenge

By Ty Wenzel • Aug 25th, 2008 • Category: Events, Web 2.0 | API | Mashups

Daylife has announced the winners of the 2008 DayPI Developer Challenge. Their DayPI is a unique API for building news-based applications. We wrote about the DayPI Developer Challenge last month. The challenge offered a US $3,500 first prize and two US $750 runner-up prizes.
First prize was awarded to the NewsLine mashup, by Dipity. This winning [...]



Web 2.0 Bootcamp Commences in London

By Ty Wenzel • Aug 20th, 2008 • Category: Events, Techie News, Web 2.0 | API | Mashups

For the very first time in the UK, the Web 2.0 University is running a one day Executive Bootcamp on Tuesday 30th September in London.
Designed by Dion Hinchcliffe & O’Reilly Media, the Web 2.0 Executive Bootcamp is a one day event for a management and executive audience to gain a thorough brefing on the state [...]



The Affordable Art Fair, New York

By Ty Wenzel • Aug 17th, 2008 • Category: Design & Graphics, Events

I probably shouldn’t be blogging while on vacation, but I really have to post this. I’ve just gone to the preview of The Affordable Art Fair (AAF) on 135 W. 18th Str, NYC, all thanks to Carrie. It was jammed packed, and obviously it’s for one good reason, great artworks at affordable prices. Uhuh, for [...]



Modish July Giveaway

By Ty Wenzel • Jul 11th, 2008 • Category: DIY Junkies, Events

Enter the Modish July giveaway where you can win up to $880 worth of handmade goodness. Visit Modish for more details on how to enter. The deadline is Friday, July 11th at 11:59 PST.
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International Contemporary Furniture Fair Highlights

By Ty Wenzel • Jun 8th, 2008 • Category: Events, Interiors Exteriors, Style Trend Forcasting

This weekend the International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) celebrates its 20th anniversary at the Jacob K. Javitz Center in New York
One of my favourate products is Rapsel’s Arne bath tub – its name directly communicates to the curves of Arne Jacobsen’s furniture

Another notable product is the Bamboo Basket Chair by Isamu Noguchi: a result [...]



Dwell on Design, June 5 -8, 2008

By Ty Wenzel • Jun 8th, 2008 • Category: Events

You must’ve heard it around the blogland, dwell is having the 3rd Annual Dwell on Design on June 5-8, 2008 in Los Angeles. It includes Conference (June 5-6) , Exhibition (June 6-7), and Home Tours (June 7-8).
Here are the highlights of the events:
Conference: June 5-6
More than 50 incredibly talented and diverse speakers ranging from legislators [...]



Do you want to be a kitchen star?

By Ty Wenzel • Jun 8th, 2008 • Category: Events, Interiors Exteriors, Style Trend Forcasting

To celebrate its 90th anniversary Electrolux are looking for 90 Electrolux kitchen owners across Europe – all with a special story to tell. To become an Electrolux Kitchen Star, take a picture of yourself in your kitchen, e-mail the picture together with a short description of when you felt like a star in your kitchen. [...]



Milan Design Week Opens Today

By Ty Wenzel • Jun 8th, 2008 • Category: Events, Interiors Exteriors, Style Trend Forcasting

I am pleasantly surprised (agian) by this new “Enlaced Antibodi” from Patricia Urquiola for the Italian furniture manufacturer Moroso. Very elegant, modern and practical addition to the outdoor series that she is creating lately for different companies
(picture from the house of g )

A report with great images can be seen on designws.com
I like what Andrée [...]



The DC Design House

By Ty Wenzel • Jun 6th, 2008 • Category: Events, Interiors Exteriors

Designer Michael Roberson, photography by Lee Boden for The Washington Post

Designer David Mitchell, photography by Lee Boden for The Washington Post
Designer Kelley Proxmire, photography by Lee Boden for The Washington Post
Designer Victoria Neale, photogrpahy by Lee Boden for The Washington Post
A former Georgetown boy’s school is the [...]



Decoration + Design Seminar Series

By Ty Wenzel • Jun 2nd, 2008 • Category: Events

I thought I would let you know about the Decoration + Design International Seminar Series being held in Melbourne 17th/18th July 2008 in conjunction with the Decoration + Design Trade show & also Furnitex. Amongst a round up of International Industry leaders I will be hosting a 1 hour seminar about the Phenomenon of Blogging [...]



Vita interactive by Massimo Mariani

By Ty Wenzel • May 20th, 2008 • Category: Design & Graphics, Events, Interiors Exteriors

Milan 08: at the furniture fair last month MDF Italia presented Vita interactive by Massimo Mariani , an infinitely variable, computer-generated storage system that can be customised to each client’s requirements. (more…)

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NEW BOOK The Architecture of Happiness De Botton, Alain
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Milan Design Week 2008: Exansaldo

By Ty Wenzel • May 11th, 2008 • Category: Events, Style Trend Forcasting

The huge Exansaldo space in Zona Tortona is just across the street from Superstudio Più, so it was a natural progression to drift into more great design from established companies and the excellent That’s Design exhibit that featured student work from all over the world. Stockholm’s Konstfack was well-represented, showing a knitted radiator [...]



Kera – 001/001

By Ty Wenzel • May 11th, 2008 • Category: Events, Interiors Exteriors

Kera is a solid brass rhino, plated in polished chrome by Scott Wilson (MNML) in conjunction with Kohler. This 27lb piece is part of Humanscale’s Faces in the Wild live and online auctions that take place May 13 to raise money for the World Wildlife Fund.
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Milan Design Week 2008: Design Factory Brainport Eindhoven

By Ty Wenzel • May 11th, 2008 • Category: Events, Interiors Exteriors, Style Trend Forcasting

Design Factory Brainport Eindhoven.com was another lively exhibition of work from the Netherlands in the Zona Tortona area of Milan. Among the work of the many young designers represented, we were most drawn to Anna Ter Haar ’s stools and Julien Carretero ’s colourful concrete bench. It was fun to see [...]



Art Events New York – April 2008

By Ty Wenzel • Apr 19th, 2008 • Category: Design & Graphics, Events

I have decided to post a list of art and design events in New York city at the beginning of each month. I am hoping that this list will grow and you the readers will contribute to this ongoing posting:
April Events:
Murakami
Brooklyn Museum
April 5-July 13, 2008
more info
Tribeca Film Festival
April 23-May 4th, 2008
more info
Color Chart: Reinventing Color, [...]



Mashups in Learning-Focused Organizations

By Ty Wenzel • Apr 9th, 2008 • Category: Events, Web 2.0 | API | Mashups

The New Media Consortium (NMC), “an international not-for-profit consortium of nearly 250 learning-focused organizations dedicated to the exploration and use of new media and new technologies,” highlighted data mashups as an important emerging technology in its 2008 Horizon Report. The report estimates that it will take 2 to 3 years (PDF) for mashups to [...]



Inaugural Brooklyn Flea Market

By Ty Wenzel • Apr 7th, 2008 • Category: Events, Interiors Exteriors

Brooklyn Flea Slideshow
Despite the blustery day, the first day for Brooklyn Flea was packed with people. Brownstoner counted around 20,000! After all the positive press, we knew it would be busy. The first day saw a mix of vendors selling old and new, with the most popular vendors selling used furniture, housewares, coffee, and vintage [...]



PlantTherapy: Upcoming April Garden Events in the City

By Ty Wenzel • Apr 7th, 2008 • Category: Events, Interiors Exteriors

Amy Stewart is coming to the HSNY
April kicks off ‘National Gardening Month’ and ‘Million Trees NYC Month’ – Here is a short list of lectures and events in April happening all over the city. Do you know one that’s not on the list? Post it in the comments and [...]



Christopher Milne’s Paintings in Saks Fifth Avenue Windows!

By Ty Wenzel • Apr 7th, 2008 • Category: Design & Graphics, Events, General

I’m sorry, but HOW FABULOUS AND CHIC IS THAT PAINTING???
I’ve known Christopher Milne since college at the Fashion Institute in New York circa 1980s. He is a dear, deep and funny man. And although I have not been able to see him in person even though he’s one of the few people I [...]



Art Events New York – March

By Ty Wenzel • Mar 20th, 2008 • Category: Design & Graphics, Events

I have decided to post a list of art and design events in New York city at the beginning of each month. I am hoping that this list will grow and you the readers will contribute to this ongoing posting:
March Events:Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today MOMA New YorkMarch 2–May 12, 2008more info
50th Annual [...]



STAY FOREVER THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF DUSTY SPRINGFIELD

By Ty Wenzel • Mar 17th, 2008 • Category: Events

THE LAST NIGHT OF THE SHOWFLYERPRODUCER JORJA FOXCRITIC REVIEWSINGER LELAH FOSTER
JORJA FOX ON KTLA
With only three performances left, Feb 29th, March 1st and March 2nd. You can’t afford to miss this fantastic show. Produced by Jorja Fox of CSI fame.
The show includes one of my oldest friends singer Lelah Foster who is amazing.
Playing at the [...]



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