Meatpacking Design District New York
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The Meatpacking District will host the fifth annual Meatpacking Design District New York, a series of exhibitions, product launches and panel discussions culminating in a district-wide open house on Sunday May 16th from Noon – 8PM.
This year, the theme – the Five Senses, embraces the many ways that design impacts our lives. The renaissance of the Meatpacking District has drawn world-renowned retailers from Vitra, Diane von Furstenberg, Stella McCartney and arts organizations such as Milk Gallery and the Whitney Museum, all of who have staked their claim in this lively, twenty-four hour neighborhood. “The city has become far more vibrant design destination since Mayor Bloomberg declared New York Design Week four years ago,” says Abe Gurko, and who has spearheaded off-site design culture in the city for the past eight years.
MPDDNY is a collaboration with the Meatpacking District Initiative, “Our neighborhood is the perfect place to stage alternative design events since so many incredible architectural and retail design projects are constantly underway here,” says Annie Washburn, Executive Director.
Highlights of Meatpacking Design District New York 10 Include:
-STRAIGHTFORWARD
New Finnish Design @ 410 West 16th Street - Innovative solutions to
matters of everyday life by both young and established individual designers and
design oriented companies from Finland.
-Dune
@ Milk Gallery - Dune exhibits its 2010 Furniture Collection featuring new
designs by Harry Allen, Jozeph Forakis, Karim Rashid, Carlos Gastelum, Claesson Kovisto Rune and Richard Shemtov.
-Inter-Connected
by Touch @ 805 Washington Street - The work of twelve product and
furniture designers from Brazil and Portugal curated by Zoë Melo.
-Uncomfortable
Conversations @ 803 Washington Street - Design that provokes an
uncomfortable conversation by designers Harry Allen, Design Glut, Nooka, Karl
Zahn, and Scott Amron among others.
-Whitney On Site: New Commissions Downtown @ Gansevoort Street and Washington Street
-Vitra.
- presents a tribute to the Panton Chair for the 50th anniversary of its
production.
-Royal
Botania Outdoor Luxury @ Spice Market Square, 13th Street & Ninth Avenue - Presenting `The Wave`, a signature piece from their new collection of modern, all-weather furniture.
-Sounds Like @ DDC Lab - Nine designers and five musicians reinterpret American designer Joey Roth's award-winning Ceramic Speakers. Talents include Tobias Wong, David Lynch and Matthew Waldman.
-Additional exhibitions at Hudson Furniture, Design Within Reach and Hugo
Boss.
-ITRE Light Lounge @ Little West 12th St. and 9th Ave. - To mark the occasion of New York Design week the premier Italian lighting manufacturer ITRE will create a “lounge of lights” in front of the New York City gastronomic favorite, Pastis.
-Breakable
@ Heller Gallery – The American Design Club (ADC) presents “Breakable”, an
exhibit on Glass by Design.