The Gamble House museum turns 50, ceramic art inspired by the LA River, Diavolo’s “architecture in motion,” designing with all your senses, and SCI-Arc’s graduate thesis projects. Here are 5 design things to do this week.
1) Hearing Light… Seeing Sound: Designing with All Your Senses
We all know that the knee bone is connected to the thigh bone, but do we think about how all our senses are connected? How does the interplay of our senses cross pollinate our creativity energies? Thomas Lavin Presents at the Pacific Design Center, brings together distinguished professionals across multiple arts disciplines to discuss how memorable design has informed their work. Panelists include furniture designer Dakota Jackson, music supervisor Bonnie Greenberg, and painter Raffi Kalenderian. Writer and editor Michael Slenske moderates.
When: Wednesday, September 21, 4 pm. Reception following.
Where: Pacific Design Center, 2nd Fl. Conference Rm. 8687 Melrose Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90069
Tickets: Free. RSVP admin@thomaslavin.com
2) Eat the River
French movie industry and landscape designer Frederick Gautier comes to the U.S. for Please Do Not Enter’s first artist-in-residence program. In Eat the River, Gautier has captured the essence of the Los Angeles River, by mining sections with an archaeologist’s eye and then making cast imprints and ceramic figures from the landscape and the remnants of discarded culture he finds. The project is an “intervention of excavation” to remind us of the environmental importance of the river, an artery which literally runs through the heart of Los Angeles.
When: Wednesday, September 21, 6 – 9 pm
Where: Please Do Not Enter, 549 South Olive Street, Los Angeles 90013
Tickets: Free and open to the public. More information here or RSVP by calling (213) 263-0037.
3) SCI-Arc: Selected Thesis Exhibition
Come see how a new generation is looking at the world differently through innovative design and architecture. SCI-Arc Gallery will be displaying exceptional thesis projects by 2016 graduates, featuring the 2016 Gehry Prize winning thesis and a selection of best graduate thesis projects.
When: September 23 through October 2
Where: SCI-Arc Gallery, 960 East 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Tickets: Free and open to the public. More information here.
4) Diavolo
Once again, Diavolo brings its signature “architecture in motion” to The Broad Stage. With gravity-defying grace and soul, the troupe engages the audience with themes of the tenuous balance of life’s transitions and journeys. They return with the audience favorite, Trajectoire, followed by their new work, Passengers, built around a giant morphing staircase with multiple doors, passageways, and shifting surfaces.
When: Friday to Sunday, Sept 23-25 (various times)
Where: The Broad Stage, 1310 11th St, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Tickets: $55-$90. More information and tickets here.
5) The Gamble House 50 th Anniversary Public Celebration and Self Paced Tour
Designed by turn-of-the-(20th)century architects, Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene, the Gamble House is considered an exceptional example of the craftsman style of the era, and a legendary living environment that was beautiful, functional and modern. It was originally gifted to the city of Pasadena and the University of Southern California in January 1966. This month, the Gamble House will be celebrating its 50th anniversary as a museum with several events honoring the preservation and presentation of this historic monument. The open house on Sunday will include food trucks, fun family activities on the lawn such as soap carving, kids’ woodworking workshops, live music and much more. Events also include an Anniversary Gala Dinner on Wednesday, September 21, and an Alumni Day Open House for former Gamble House Scholars in Residence and the USC School of Architecture on Saturday, September 24.
When: Sunday, September 25, noon – 5 pm
Where: The Gamble House, 4 Westmoreland Place, Pasadena, CA 91103
Tickets: $1. More information here.