Saturday marks the start of National Design Week. Now in its sixth year, the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum-sponsored series of programs and events (including the National Design Awards gala) falls in the middle of “Archtober,” New York’s inaugural Architecture and Design Month, which means that there are more ways than ever to celebrate. Here are five of our favorites:
The National Design Week fun kicks off tonight at Knoll (this year’s National Design Award winner for corporate and institutional achievement). The fabled furniture company will open its New York showroom for a discussion with Masamichi Udagawa and Sigi Moeslinger of Antenna Design, architect Lee Mindel, and Cooper-Hewitt curatorial director Cara McCarty.Got kids? Locate some by Saturday, when the Cooper-Hewitt hosts “Target Design Kids: Kid Made Modern.” Kids ages 5 to 12 are invited to create modern design pieces from everyday and recycled materials with Todd Oldham (Mr. Kid Made Modern himself) and his crew. At a similar event held last year for the toddler set, Oldham spotted a promising artist-in-the-making. “This one little girl, she was tiny and had to stand in the chair, and she went immediately for the paint. She started layering on these colors that were so exquisite, like chocolates into navys, completely non-intuitive color combinations with the most sophisticated brushstrokes,” he tells us. “She was like Rothko in a jumper. It was truly shocking.” Oldham immediately notified her parents. “They had no idea, and the little girl didn’t have any art supplies at home,” he says. “I know that kid’s life changed, because the parents took it really seriously once they saw her work.”
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