Design Expo Raleigh 2006

This is a calendar of events. It will be updated continuously as we make more plans. Check back soon for lecture titles, times and more information.

October 21 (Saturday)
Exhibit open to public (10am-5pm)
Location: Exhibit Space - 319 W Martin Street

Designers Market (10am-5pm)
Designers participating in the Design Expo Raleigh exhibition and other local designers will be selling their wares. Make sure to check out what they have for sale. Merchandise will include clothing, jewelry, hats, sporting goods, the Teastick, Onion Head Monster artwork and more....the Holidays are coming!

Location: Moore Square, Downtown Raleigh. In the event of inclimate weather, the market will be held inside our exhibition space at 319 W Martin Street.

October 22 (Sunday)
Exhibit open to public (12pm-5pm)
Location: Exhibit Space - 319 W Martin Street

Exploris Canstruction: Wonders of the World - Build Out Day
Canstruction features giant–sized sculptures designed by Triangle-area architects using nothing but canned and packaged foods. After event food is donated to local food banks. Click here for more info from www.exploris.org. (Starts at 12pm)
Location: Exploris Museum

October 24 (Tuesday)
Schools invited to visit & tour Exhibition
Exhibit open to public (12pm-5pm)
Location: Exhibit Space - 319 W Martin Street
Please contact Barret Roebuck to schedule a time and for more information: barret_r@yahoo.com

Interior Design: Student Night & Reception at Meredith
Are you interested in Interior Design? Do you have questions about the profession? Join the instructors and students at Meredith College for a video and Q/A session about Interior Design. Students will open studios for public tours with their work on display. Click here to see the flyer. (5pm)
Location: Meredith College, Martin Hall, Room 240

October 25 (Wednesday)
Schools invited to visit & tour Exhibition
Exhibit open to public (12pm-5pm)
Location: Exhibit Space - 319 W Martin Street
Please contact Barret Roebuck to schedule a time and for more information: barret_r@yahoo.com

Evening of Celebration at the School of Communication Arts
Please join the staff and faculty at the School of Communication Arts for an evening of celebration on October 25th between 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm. Their Fall 2006 Gallery Exhibition and Showcase of Digital Animation will be available for your viewing pleasure featuring the best work of students and faculty including digital animation, digital film, digital audio, digital graphic and web design. Special presentations will be provided throughout the evening in their Theatre. (6-8pm)

For additional information, please call Debra or Lynn at 919.488. 8500, or email Lynn at: lmcgee@higherdigital.com.

Location: School of Communication Arts, 3000 Wakefield Crossing Drive, Raleigh 27614. Directions are located on the website. Visitors will be greeted at the main entrance located at the front of the School by the outside sculpture. Ample parking will be available.

October 26 (Thursday)
Schools invited to visit & tour Exhibition
Exhibit open to public (12pm-5pm)
Location: Exhibit Space - 319 W Martin Street
Please contact Barret Roebuck to schedule a time and for more information: barret_r@yahoo.com

AIA Fall Meeting (Private Event) If you are an AIA member and would like more information, please contact Diane Williams at aiatriangle@bellsouth.net.
Location: GA Terminal

October 27 (Friday)
Schools invited to visit & tour Exhibition
Exhibit open to public (12pm-5pm)
Location: Exhibit Space - 319 W Martin Street
Please contact Barret Roebuck to schedule a time and for more information: barret_r@yahoo.com

NCSU Studio Tours & Tour of New Leazor Hall,
Studio Tours of all disciplines & Reception (6pm)
Location: NCSU College of Design and Leazor Hall

NCSU Pumpkin Carving Contest, (After Studio Tours)
Location: NCSU College of Design

AIA Movie Night: Frank Gehry (7pm)
The Triangle AIA is providing this lovely film about the famous architect Frank Gehry. Popcorn and soft drinks will be for sale during the movie.
Location: Exhibit Space - 319 W Martin Street

October 28 (Saturday)
Exhibit open to public (10am-5pm)
Location: Exhibit Space - 319 W Martin Street

Exploris Canstruction: Wonders of the World - Opening Day & Awards Ceremony
See this year’s amazing canstructions, find out who our jurors have chosen in the five award categories, then enjoy a presentation by Dr. Caroline Bruzelius, Professor of Art History at NCSU, on the real structures these creations have been modeled after. Go VOTE for your favorite! Click here for more info from www.exploris.org. (12pm-1:30pm)
Location: Exploris Museum

Industrial Design Student Portfolio Reviews
Join faculty and professionals as they critique portfolios for industrial design students. (12pm-6pm)
Location: NCSU College of Design

Anvil Prototyping Open House
Come see how rapid product prototypes and architectural models are made at a Raleigh-based prototyping facility. 3D Printing & Rapid Proto Demonstrations. (12pm-4pm)
Location: Anvil Prototyping, 1420 Brookside Drive, Raleigh

October 29 (Sunday)
Exhibit open to public (12pm-5pm)
Location: Exhibit Space - 319 W Martin Street

October 30 (Monday)
Schools invited to visit & tour Exhibition
Exhibit open to public (12pm-5pm)
Location: Exhibit Space - 319 W Martin Street
Please contact Barret Roebuck to schedule a time and for more information: barret_r@yahoo.com

Interior Design Lecture: What is LEED® Commercial Interiors and how is it influencing the design industry?
Michel Belland of Interface FLOR and the Triangle Chapter of the US Green Building Council Board will lead us through a discussion about what LEED® Commercial Interiors is, who can use it and how it is changing the design industry. We’ll also have representatives from the construction industry and a building owner available to share their perspectives on how LEED® is influencing their jobs and their role in the industry. (6-8pm)

This is an IIDA sponsored lecture and panel discussion. Entry is free for IIDA members and $10 for non-members. RSVP by October 26th, for attendance only to Cara Phillips at 919.878.1660 or cara@phillipsarch.com.

Location: Exhibit Space - 319 W Martin Street

AIA Architecture Lecture: John Oschendorf, MIT School of Architecture "On Structure and Form (6pm)
Location: NCSU College of Design, Bostian Hall. Room 3712. Click here for directions and parking information.

November 1 (Wednesday)
Schools invited to visit & tour Exhibition
Exhibit open to public (12pm-5pm)
Location: Exhibit Space - 319 W Martin Street
Please contact Barret Roebuck to schedule a time and for more information: barret_r@yahoo.com

Architecture, Landscape Architecture & Industrial Design Lectures

Architecture: "House as Product" Randy Lanou from Buildsense, Inc. will discuss product housing, what's available in the current not-so-pretty housing market, and a possible way to better address the real needs of the people shopping for a ready-made product house. Product houses (houses made for a market segment, not designed for an individual) are the way most of us purchase a new home. Have you found a house that addresses your needs in the subdivision nearest you?

Landscape Architecture: "Attention Shoppers: GREEN light special on aisle 3" Chad Smith of Philip Crawford and Associates will take a look at how we as designers (industrial, landscape and architecture) can deal with environmental issues in our current time through collaboration. This will be a loose discussion looking at current trends and missing links and at how we all can benefit from these and change the world we live in.

Industrial Design: details coming soon.

Lectures begin at 7pm. Stick around for open discussions. (7-9pm)
Location: Exhibit Space - 319 W Martin Street

November 2 (Thursday)
Schools invited to visit & tour Exhibition
Exhibit open to public (12pm-5pm)
Location: Exhibit Space - 319 W Martin Street

Animation/New Media: Lecture "Animation & The New Frontier"
Motricity, US Animation & Sales, Hal Meeks (7pm)
Click here for more information about the lecture panel.
Location: Exhibit Space - 319 W Martin Street

November 3(Friday)
Schools invited to visit & tour Exhibition
Exhibit open to public (12pm-5pm)
Location: Exhibit Space - 319 W Martin Street
Please contact Barret Roebuck to schedule a time and for more information: barret_r@yahoo.com

Graphic Design: American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), Lecture "Design for Democracy" Featured Speaker, Marcia Lausen In November 2000, one confusing ballot layout awoke the national consciousness to the power of design choices. It also provided a rare opportunity for design leaders, researchers, educators, and students to step forward and demonstrate how design can improve election materials and processes — and help make choices clear.

Marcia Lausen's forthcoming book "Design for Democracy: Election Design," and her ongoing work with the U.S. Election Assistance Commission document the creation of a comprehensive design system available to all states and counties over the last six years. Design for Democracy began as an initiative of AIGA, the professional association for design in the U.S., to apply design principles and solutions to improve government communication. It seeks to use the power of design to increase trust in government, increase the transparency of government activities, and facilitate citizen participation.

AIGA Raleigh and Design Expo Raleigh invite and welcome all who know that good design can truly change the world, to learn about this groundbreaking initiative at a date most relevant and timely.

About Marcia Lausen:
Marcia Lausen is an outspoken advocate for the power of design in corporate, consumer, and civic communications. Her experience in all three sectors is reflected in the client list of Studio/lab, an award-winning multidisciplinary design consulting firm which she co-founded with colleages in San Francisco and Chicago. Professor of graphic design at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Lausen also serves as Director of the School of Art and Design. She received her MFA in graphic design from Yale University and BFA in graphic design from Indiana University. Marcia is currently serving on the AIGA national board. She was named a Fast Company Master of Design in 2004 for her work with Design for Democracy.

November 4 (Saturday)
Exhibit open to public (12pm-5pm)
Location: Exhibit Space - 319 W Martin Street

Closing Reception & Catalog Release Party (7pm-11pm)
We will be releasing a printed catalog of the works that were exhibited in Design Expo Raleigh '06. Catalogs published by our sponsor Lulu.com.
Location: Exhibit Space - 319 W Martin Street

November 5 (Sunday)
Tear Down for Participants (2pm-5pm)
Participants, please stop by the exhibit space between 2pm and 5 pm to pick up your boards. Any boards not picked up will be held for two weeks by Erik Mehlman at Cline Design. After that, if you have not made other arrangements, you are knowingly risking the life of your boards. Thank you for participating!!
Location: Exhibit Space - 319 W Martin Street