This event is organized and presented by University of the Arts.

The University of the Arts School of Design will hold workshops for high school students and their teachers on site on Saturday, October 14, 2017. High schools with curriculum in design and/or design thinking will be invited to participate in the design workshops. 

The workshops will be led by University design and education faculty, who will be assisted by high school art/design teachers. Students from the University of the Arts School of Design and Art and Design Education Program will assist each workshop leader as peer tutors and technical assistants for the high school students.

The day long workshops culminating in a professional critique will be followed by a double-lecture by two Philadelphia-based thought leaders in design. The public is invited to the evening lecture free of charge to be held at the University of the Arts, 211 South Broad Street, Kaplan Recital Hall, 16th Floor. 215-717-6000

This event is organized and presented by Millésimé.

Celebrate Philadelphia’s Design Community with Giulio Cappellini, creative director of iconic Italian design brand, Cappellini.

Founded in 1946, Cappellini is synonymous with contemporary, avant-garde design.

Over the years, Cappellini has launched some of the world’s greatest designers, producing innovative and high-quality furnishings.  Giulio Cappellini is the creative director of Cappellini and an emblematic figure in the international design scene.  He is universally recognized as a talent scout of young designers.

Millésimé is a full service 9,000 square foot design showroom located in Old City Philadelphia representing a collection of modern and contemporary kitchens, furniture, lighting and accessories for residential and commercial use.

This event is organized and presented by the MEDstudio@JEFF.

Closing Reception and Discussion on Ending Hunger in Philadelphia

MEDstudio@JEFF’s Graphic Medicine program explores how visual narratives communicate complex ideas, transcending verbal language to help build better communication for all. This first installment of MEDstudio’s Graphic Medicine with artist Tom Judd, Philabundance and Mural Arts Philadelphia investigates the way mural-making can help us understand hunger in the Delaware Valley—a problem that affects so many yet remains largely invisible and misunderstood.

View Tom Judd’s An Apple a Day mural, and discuss finding potential solutions to Ending Hunger in Philadelphia.

Proudly serving refreshments by Philabundance Community Kitchen.

MEDstudio@JEFF is grateful for the support of the Jefferson University Office of the Provost, Philabundance, and Mural Arts Philadelphia.

This event is organized and presented by Tongue & Groove Spontaneous Theater.

Describe a design of yours that floundered and/or flew – a life design, love design, work design, art design.

Inspired by your anonymous responses submitted pre-show, this unique unscripted theater ensemble instantly performs a montage of hilarious and heartbreaking scenes and monologues exploring the human experience.

Post-performance Q&A with cast; includes discussion: ‘how is improv designed?’

“Dazzling.” Inquirer.
“Hilarious….and fearless.” Phila Weekly.
“Will explode your expectations of what improvisation can be.” Phawker.
“Improv or not, this is great theater…acted with soul-baring sincerity, intelligence and humor. Go see this!” City Paper.

Tongue & Groove Artistic Director Bobbi Block is offering an Applied Improvisation workshop on Oct 14, 1 - 3pm: $18.  Buy both a show and the workshop together:  $25

This event is organized and presented by PhillyRow.

Join us for a family friendly exhibition and celebration. PhillyRow will be debuting limited edition prints featuring homes from Fishtown, Passyunk Square and Spruce Hill. Our "One-Brick Rowhouse" crafting station will be stocked with paint, stencils and other art supplies so kids of all ages can paint their own One-Brick Rowhouse. Prints available for purchase. . Bring your smocks, this may get messy!

This event is organized and presented by Tongue & Groove Spontaneous Theater.

Improvisers know that creating something out of nothing is a process of discovery, not invention.  
Being Present. Being open to outcome. Releasing internal scripts.  Being comfortable in the unknown. Accepting change. Flexibility in the face of disruption. Listening.
These are the skills of the improviser.  And they can be learned and applied to every aspect of work and life.

Come play in the world of improv and practice these skills! The workshop is designed to create a safe, comfortable environment in which you can release fear and explore.  No one is singled out — the activities are collaborative and supportive.  This is not about performing — it’s about learning the skills that performers use, and applying them to your own needs.  No experience necessary; Design Thinkers, Artists, and the Improv-curious are all encouraged to play.

This event is linked to Tongue & Groove's performance 'BY DESIGN.' Combine both the workshop and a performance for only $25! Purchase a ticket to the show and receive a discount code to use when purchasing the workshop. 

This workshop is taught by Tongue & Groove Spontaneous Theater’s Artistic Director Bobbi Block; Tongue & Groove performs BY DESIGN on Oct 13 @ 8pm and Oct 14 @ 4pm: $18.   Buy both a show and the workshop together:  $25  

This event is organized and presented by InLiquid Art + Design and Park Towne Place.

Park Towne Place and InLiquid present "Configuration," an exhibition of ceramic sculptures by Nicholas Kripal. Kripal’s collection of tightly conceptual sculptures contain layers of meaning expressed elegantly in seemingly simple and minimalist form. Throughout his career, Kripal was inspired by tools and objects from everyday life, such as hand tools and baking molds. His sculptures combined these forms into symmetrical clusters and stacks, altering color, and shifting scale. The objects are rich in association, and are transformed by the change. In creating artwork from common forms, Kripal celebrated humble handywork, elevating the ordinary into something to be revered. "Configuration" displays a collection of these artworks, which together tell a story of a time and place through objects.

Reception for Configuration                                                                                        @ North Tower Gallery, Park Towne Place                                                                  Saturday, October 14, 5:30 - 8pm

Gallery Talk, 6:30pm: Jeffrey Mongrain, distinguished professor & head of ceramics/MFA sculpture at Hunter College and long-time collaborator and friend of Nicholas Kripal, will speak in depth about Kripal’s artwork and practice.

The reception for Configuration will be preceded by an afternoon of festivities from 1-8pm with activities by The Clay Studio, InLiquid, Schuylkill Banks, and more on the Great Lawn at ParkTowne Place Museum District Residences. There will be claymation and painting workshops, a biergarten and food trucks, and riverboat tours of the Schuylkill. This is a Closing Reception for DesignPhiladelphia. RSVP at InLiquid.org

Full List of Activities:

Guest DJ Kevin Kong, 1 - 5pm, Lawn: DJ Kong is a well versed multi-genre DJ with a strong connection to the dance floor. He’ll be cranking out tunes for the festivities on the lawn all afternoon.

Claymation Workshop, 1 - 3pm, Lawn: Guests will work with professionals from The Clay Studio to create and animate clay characters using the art of stop motion. After the event videos will be edited and posted to YouTube.

Pint Painting, 1 - 4pm, Lawn: In a second activity on the lawn, participants will customize pint glasses by painting their own designs. Materials will be provided and InLiquid Member Scott Schultheis will lead the workshop, providing instruction along the way.

Philadelphia Brewing Company and Food Trucks, 1 - 5pm, Lawn: InLiquid will partner with the local brewery and select food trucks for refreshments and food to be available for purchase.

Schuylkill River Boat Tours, 5:30 & 7pm, Walnut Street Dock: Take a one-hour fun and fact-filled guided tour that highlights the past, present and future of the Hidden River. Discover the sights, sounds, and history of the river, from the early 1700s at historic Bartram's Garden, to the 1800s at the Fairmount Water Works, to award-winning 21st century skyscrapers. The Banks offers a setting and experience unlike any other in Philadelphia.

https://www.schuylkillbanks.org/events/riverboat-tours/secrets-schuylkill-15

This event is organized and presented by the Center for Architecture and Design.

Roll up your sleeves and get ready to plan and build the paper metropolis of your dreams! This 90-minute workshop was custom designed for the Center for Architecture and Design by a Stanford d.school professor. Kids will warm up with some rapid prototyping and 3-dimensional thinking exercises, then dive deep into their imaginations to collaboratively plan and build their dream city using Paper Punk kits (think LEGO meets Origami). "Design Thinking" concepts and techniques will guide the kids to a visually delightful hands-on model building experience. Yes, you can be anything they want to be…and for 90 minutes, everyone gets to be an architect! Ideal for ages 8-12

This event is organized and presented by Institute of Classical Architecture & Art.

Learn how best to digitally capture the impressive Georgian architecture at Christ Church, where George Washington, Betsy Ross and Benjamin Franklin were regular parishioners. This hands-on workshop will be led by Tom Crane, Philadelphia’s leading architectural photographer. Both general instruction and individual feedback will be included, as well as a brief presentation about post-production methods by Benjamin Riley.

Christ Church is known as “The Nation’s Church” due to its impressive roster of Revolutionary parishioners. The church was founded in 1695 and the current Georgian style structure dates to 1727. Christ Church includes a steeple designed by Robert Smith and financed by a lottery organized by Benjamin Franklin, an original chandelier in use since installation in 1740, and the baptismal font in which William Penn was baptized among other treasures waiting to be captured in photographs. 

Christ Church has had many great organs in its history, including the mid 1830s organ designed by Henry Erben and installed in the West Gallery. Christ Church is currently replacing this instrument and C.B. Fisk will be installing a mechanical action organ into the restored Erben organ case.  Fisk is working with Christ Church, John Milner Architects and other consultants to install this new instrument, which evokes organs of the past and will beautifully and rightly serve the liturgy in our time and the future. Christopher Miller AIA, Principal at John Milner Architects, will describe the project.

Tom Crane’s love of architectural photography began when he was a Peace Corps volunteer fascinated by the designs embedded into mud buildings in northern Nigerian villages. Upon returning to the United States he apprenticed with Ezra Stoller, the “grandfather of architectural photography”. Crane has been based in Philadelphia since 1971, and his independent architectural and interior photography practice has documented several regional projects. His studio has been located in a restored barn in Bryn Mawr for the past 30 years. Crane is currently a board member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art.

This event is organized and presented by NextFab.

Calling all makers and shakers! Join us for a community market featuring handmade crafts and local eats for sale, as well as creative do-it-yourself activities at NextFab. Discover what’s being made right in the neighborhood by Philly artists and designers working in a range of media. Stock up on and enjoy food and drink, and try something new at our make-and-take stations. Donate your crafting materials that you no longer need and anything else that could be creatively re-purposed to The Resource Exchange, Philadelphia’s Creative Reuse Center. Stop by our community market to get a taste of what’s being made right here in Philly and even take a piece of it home with you. Interested in selling your work? Contact us at events@nextfab.com.

This event is organized and presented by the Center for Architecture and Design.

Most people cannot see ghosts. Can you? Join us for a reading of Mac Barnett's delightful tale about a helpful spirit: "Leo, A Ghost Story", illustrated by Christian Robinson. Following the reading, make your very own pop-up card featuring a ghost of your own design. Will anyone be able to see your ghost? Ideal for ages 5-8 

This event is organized and presented by Liquid Stone Concrete Designs LLC

Forget what you think you know about CONCRETE! This is a whole new world for an age old material. Join us for our Open Design Studio featuring amazing functional art using the ancient recipe for concrete. Countertops, Sinks, Fireplaces, Furniture, and polished concrete floors. All these and more are on display in our studio. There are many pieces for sale and we are ready to design something special for you!

STUDIO HOURS:

Friday, October 6, 2017
Start Time       12:00 PM
End Time         8:00 PM

Saturday, October 7, 2017
Start Time       9:00 AM
End Time         4:00 PM

Friday, October 13, 2017
Start Time       12:00 PM
End Time         8:00 PM

Saturday, October 14, 2017
Start Time       9:00 AM
End Time         4:00 PM

This event is organized and presented by Tongue & Groove Spontaneous Theater.

Describe a design of yours that floundered and/or flew – a life design, love design, work design, art design.

Inspired by your anonymous responses submitted pre-show, this unique unscripted theater ensemble instantly performs a montage of hilarious and heartbreaking scenes and monologues exploring the human experience.

Post-performance Q&A with cast; includes discussion: ‘how is improv designed?’

“Dazzling.” Inquirer.
“Hilarious….and fearless.” Phila Weekly.
“Will explode your expectations of what improvisation can be.” Phawker.
“Improv or not, this is great theater…acted with soul-baring sincerity, intelligence and humor. Go see this!” City Paper.

Tongue & Groove Artistic Director Bobbi Block is offering an Applied Improvisation workshop on Oct 14, 1 - 3pm: $18.  Buy both a show and the workshop together:  $25

This event is organized and presented by Philadelphia Emerging Architects, a committee of AIA Philadelphia.

Find out "What's next for Philly" from a lineup of presenters as they Fast Forward through their bold ideas and budding ventures in six-minutes-forty-seconds flat. The conversation continues offstage over light refreshments. "$5 online and at the door - FREE if pre-registered by 9/29/2017. Learn more at fastforwardphilly.blogspot.com

This event is organized and presented by Architecture Demarest.

The world around us is held to standards to ensure security and equality. How designers meet this standard is a seemingly endless series of combinations and creative problem solving. Presented by Architecture Demarest this workshop, we will work with models to showcase these spatial requirements that our built environment is molded around and explore new design solutions.

This event is organized and presented by Scout and the Center for Architecture and Design.

This past February, Bok Bar commissioned eight local individuals and small teams of designers, makers, and artists to create bespoke furniture for Bok Bar. The teams that were chosen are diverse - from emerging visual artists to long-time Philly furniture designers.

Guillio Cappellini of the world renowned Italian furniture company, Cappellini, will moderate a panel of designers including Daniel Saldutti (DNL-DSN), Steven Dailey (Traction Co.), Jeff Rubio, Kyle Burke, Austin McInnis, Dianne Loftis and Lydia Smith, representatives from KSS Architects/StudioRON, and Milder Office.

Have a sip and a bite while you get the inside scoop on how these unique and peculiar pieces were designed, from concept to final product.

This event is organized and presented by Main Line Art Center.

Jenny Drumgoole’s Digital Artist in Residence debut coincides with Main Line Art Center’s Happily Ever After Opening Reception and Artist Talks on Friday, October 13 from 5:30-8:00pm.

Main Line Art Center is proud to announce our 2017 Digital Artist in Residence, Jenny Drumgoole. Selected by Main Line Art Center's Artistic Advisory Board through a competitive application process, Drumgoole is a Philadelphia video-based performance artist who inserts herself into marginal spaces for pseudo-celebrity within popular culture. Her most recent work involves physically and virtually infiltrating competitive events with subversive art actions, which are meant to question our obsessions with celebrity, desire and the limits and illusions of individuality in popular culture. The 2017 Digital Artist in Residence is part of the biennial festival Panorama: Image-Based Art in the 21st Century, a Greater Philadelphia-wide celebration of photography and digital art, coming in the fall of 2018.

For more information please visit www.mainlineart.org or call 610-525-0272.

This event is organized and presented by Philadelphia Community Corps.

Philly Reclaim, powered by Philadelphia Community Corps, is hosting an industry appreciation event for designers, architects, interior designers and all who work in or with the building trades in our architectural salvage and reclaimed building materials center. The event will offer a silent auction featuring a round office table with bowling alley top, hand crafted by our salvage carpenters.

All Design Philadelphia participants who attend will receive three free auction bids (additional available for purchase on site) and enjoy 20% off of all in store purchases that evening. Light refreshments will be served. 

This event is organized and presented by University of the Arts.

Spark-Fuel-Ignite! is a collaboration between Hallahan High School, Science Leadership Academy@Beeber, Charter High School for Architecture + Design, String Theory High School, Philadelphia Public History Truck, and The University of the Arts’ Museum Studies Department to further build awareness and diversification of Philadelphia’s design community. 

These students went through a design-thinking co-creation process with local community partners. While testing prototypes to explore the concept of “family,” this diverse group realized: “humans have more in common than we have differences”. The exhibit encourages finding connections with strangers.

Join the SFI! team to participate in a "maker" cardboard workshop, test student prototypes, and experience the pop-up exhibit, "Family of Strangers: Why We Connect". Snacks/refreshments provided.

This open house is a part of the Fishtown Design Crawl. Explore design businesses all around the neighborhood from 4-7pm on October 13th.

Firth & Wilson Transport Cycles is a full-service bicycle shop and retail showroom specializing in transportation and cargo bicycles. Now located at 1105 Frankford Avenue in Fishtown, the shop caters exclusively to the urban cyclist with a full range of bike accessories and bicycles from Breezer, Brompton, Linus, Pashley, Pure Fix, Pure City, Simcoe, SE, Xtracycle, Yuba, Babboe, Gazelle, Nihola, & Larry Vs. Harry. The option of a custom fabricated bicycle is also on offer, designed by the shop's owners under the labels David Wilson Industries (DWI) custom cargo bikes and Hanford Cycles custom frames.

Experience a unique group of design businesses during the North Philly Design Crawl. The doors of the following businesses will be open from 4-7pm, drop on by! 

Firth and Wilson Transport Cycles
1105 Frankford Ave
Custom bike frames. www.transportcycle.com

Wells Vissar Inc.
1205 N 4th St
Architectural sculpture. www.scagliola.com

Erdy McHenry Architecture
915 N. Orianna St    
Architecture studio. www.em-arc.com

GDLOFT
1400 N American St, Crane Arts Building, Studio 402
Graphic design studio. www.gdloft.com

Singletary Design Group
2424 E York St, Studio 229
Graphic design studio. www.singletarydg.com
 
Bluecadet
1526 Frankford Ave
Digital agency. www.bluecadet.com

At Home Modern
526 E Girard Ave
Vintage modern furniture, art and objects. www.athomemodern.com

Michael Morgan Brickworks
2054 E. Somerset St
Brick sculptor. www.michaelmorgan.net
 
Metal Incorporated
2609 E Cambria St.
Metals studio. www.metalincorporated.com 

Algotsson
Custom hand built seat furniture. www.algotsson.com

Philadelphia Community Corps
Architectural salvage. www.phillyreclaim.com

This open house is a part of the Fishtown Design Crawl. Explore design businesses all around the neighborhood from 4-7pm on October 13th.

Erdy McHenry Architecture is an award-winning firm located in Northern Liberties. We invite you to tour our studio, view on-going work, network with colleagues and meet our staff over refreshments.

This open house is a part of the Fishtown Design Crawl. Explore design businesses all around the neighborhood from 4-7pm on October 13th.

Singletary Design Group is a small graphic design and production studio with 12 years of experience in the healthcare industry. We're excited to open our doors to the design community for the first time. Come check out our studio, meet the group and see our work. Refreshments will be available.

This open house is a part of the Fishtown Design Crawl. Explore design businesses all around the neighborhood from 4-7pm on October 13th.

I am a brick sculptor, whose concepts derive from the brick as a clay/earth unit. Guests can see my studio and various permanently and temporarily installed work, plus images of sculptures in various locations throughout the USA and England.

This open house is a part of the Fishtown Design Crawl. Explore design businesses all around the neighborhood from 4-7pm on October 13th.

Metal Inc is a community Design/Build metals studio in PortRichmond. Join us, see our sculptures and what we offer in classes. Even try making something!  Light refreshments and blacksmithing demonstrations. 

This open house is a part of the Fishtown Design Crawl. Explore design businesses all around the neighborhood from 4-7pm on October 13th.

Bluecadet is based in an 8,400-square-foot office and production studio in Philadelphia’s Fishtown neighborhood as well as a studio in the Chelsea section of New York.

Participants will be able to see how we work on every aspect of our projects, from roadmapping, to development, to design and quality assurance.

This open house is a part of the Fishtown Design Crawl. Explore design businesses all around the neighborhood from 4-7pm on October 13th.

At Home Modern specializes in vintage modern furniture, art and objects from the second half of the 20th century. Come browse a carefully curated selection of our finest finds, and learn about our interior styling services.

This open house is a part of the Fishtown Design Crawl. Explore design businesses all around the neighborhood from 4-7pm on October 13th.

The decorative-plasterwork atelier Wells Vissar makes some of the most convincing faux marble in the design world. ly a well-trained eye could identify the tops of two English Palladian tables in New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art as contemporary faux marble. Or discern that an ornamental fireplace at Tavern on the Green restaurant in Manhattan isn’t an 1870 original. The seemingly timeworn creations are the handiwork of Wells Vissar, a Philadelphia decorative-plasterwork atelier catering to designers and homeowners with a taste for fine finishes. “Clients don’t necessarily hire us for a specific technique,” says studio cofounder Kathleen Vissar, who’s crafted everything from pilasters and arches for a Georgian-style estate to ceiling medallions for an urban hotel. “They want an old-world effect but don’t know how to achieve it.”

This open house is a part of the Fishtown Design Crawl. Explore design businesses all around the neighborhood from 4-7pm on October 13th.

GDLOFT is an award winning collaborative design studio based in Philadelphia, specializing in elevating the visibility and accessibility of creative, cultural, and educational institutions and individuals. For 15 years, we have worked with local and international artists, higher education institutions, cultural art institutions, nonprofit organizations, and much more.

This event is organized and presented by Algottson Design.

Join us on October 13, 2017, from 4:00 - 9:00 pm for the launch of Algotsson Design’s new line of custom, hand built seat furniture, featured at Kensington Yards Condominium. Recognized for comfort, durability and fine detail, our bespoke line of furniture is designed and produced in Philadelphia. Built to requested size, dimension and finish, each piece is designed just for you or your clients; residential and commercial. 

We will be available for questions and consultation Wednesday 10/11 thru Saturday 10/14; 11:00 - 2:00 pm as well.

RSVP and Inquiries, email algotssondesign@gmail.com