Hasta La Ideas

The first-annual Savannah Stopover gives bands a new destination on the U.S. circuit

by Gregory Stefano

Savannah, Georgia may be more well-known for its BBQ, but students attending the Savannah College of Art and Design have helped redefine the Southern city as an artistic hub. In response to its burgeoning local music scene, earlier this year Savannah hosted dozens of bands for a three-day music fest leading up to SXSW.
Savannah Stopover, as it’s called, brought us down too and in this video we check in with groups from Brooklyn (
Das Racist and Class Actress) as well as
The Shaniqua Brown, who hail from Charleston, SC, to learn about life on the road.

Join our Editor in Chief, Allan Chochinov, as he moderates a panel discussion on the evolution and best practices of design thinking with Core77 columnists Helen Walters (Doblin) and Bill Moggridge (Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum), along with Deb Johnson (Pratt), Stephan Clambaneva (IDSA), Cliff Kuang (Fast Company) and Mark Payne (Farenheit 212)!

Tuesday, June 28 at 6:30pm
655 Broadway @ Bond St. 4th FL
Discussion begins promptly at 7:00pm, with reception to follow

RSVP Required at rsvp@idsanyc.org

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This Thursday, June 23 at 6:00 pm, Hand-Eye Supply is proud to host Hot One-Inch Action!

The exhibition features the original work of fifty different artists presented on one inch buttons. These one inch buttons are displayed on the wall and the audience is offered the opportunity to buy randomly selected buttons in mixed bags of five for $5. If the bag purchased does not have the desired button, trade with the people around you. How badly do you want that button?! That’s when the “hot action” starts. The evening becomes an interactive party as people barter and trade for the buttons they really want!!

Thursday, June 23rd
6PM PST
Hand-Eye Supply
23 NW 4th Ave
Portland, OR, 97209
RSVP on Facebook

Portland’s Hot One Inch Action features art on 1″ buttons from: APAK, Amy Jenkins, Amy Ruppel, Anna Magruder, Audrey McNamara, Brian Bump, Bryan Sculthorpe, Charlie Alan Kraft, Chris Haberman, Chrissy Ortez, Dan Osterman, Danielle Weiss, David Herrick, Erik Heumiller, Erin Nations, Erinn Hatter, Gabriel Amadeus, Griffon Jillson, Hadley Hutton, Ian Anderson, Jackie Dives, Jackson Smith, James Baker, jennifer mercede, Jenn Woodward, Jesse Narens, Jesse Reno, Kaitlin Sambrooke, Karl Edwards, Kasey Tararuj, Kelly Williams, Klutch, Lida Avery, Martin A. Eggiman Jr, Matt O. Cosby, Melissa Levin, Nathan Parr, Neil M. Perry, Nicole Linde, Randall Foster, Richard Schemmerer, Robert Oreo, Rory Phillips, Santiago Uceda, Sasha, Friedman, SD Elliott, Sean Lanusse, Skye Blue, Tara Stansberry, and Zhoh Autrite Mauw.

Hot One Inch Action is the original, one-night only show of button art and social interaction from Vancouver, BC. Conceived and curated by Jim Hoehnle and Chris Bentzen. Since 2004.

Photos from Hot One Inch Action 2009 by Stephen Chong

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Just as the past decade has seen the rapid rise of the bicycle as a viable mode of transportation in American cities, so too has the Bicycle Film Festival (BFF for short) grown from a grassroots production to one of the most anticipated annual urban cycling events in over two dozen cities worldwide.

Herds of bicycle enthusiasts from around the world will flock to New York City this June for the Bicycle Film Festival’s Eleventh year in NY, to celebrate the world’s best invention: the bicycle.

We are proud to announce the Bicycle Film Festival’s 11th year in New York City, where the BFF was born! … From its roots in New York City, the BFF has grown into a multi-faceted, global event that will travel to over 25 cities this year, from Milan to Tokyo, Minneapolis to Sydney.

In 2001, Founding Director Brendt Barbur, was compelled to start the Bicycle Film Festival after being hit by a bus while riding his bike in New York City. He was inspired to turn this negative experience into a positive one, and created a festival that celebrates the bicycle through music, art, and film. The festival merges many creative communities, including fashion, music and art, as well as various bicycling communities—road cycling, mountain biking, fixed gear, BMX, cyclocross—over a shared passion for bike riding.

“NY is one of the greatest bicycle cities in the world” says Brendt Barbur. “We are very happy to bring the BFF back home.”

The film highlight is the world premiere of Racing Towards Red Hook, Jessica Scott & Hyde Harper’s documentary about three riders’ disparate paths to the Red Hook Criterium: a relative unknown Frank Warren, seasoned rider Al Barouh and defending champion Dan Chabanov. Check out the trailer below:

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Dwell on Design is back. The West Coast weekend of modern design events—from seminars and discussions to exhibits and self-guided tours of modern homes—kicks off on Friday in Los Angeles with a keynote address by William McDonough. The architect, designer, and author will describe how Cradle to Cradle thinking about design, architecture, and industry can create a future that is “more good” rather than “less bad.” Also part of McDonough’s discussion of the future of dwelling: the non-profit Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute. Other featured presentations at Dwell on Design will focus on landscape design, sustainability, and what it’s like to live in an Airstream (we’re thinking more good and less bad?). On Sunday, Architecture for Humanity will cap off the three-day confab with a regeneration-themed Pecha Kucha. Ready to seize this opportunity to donate your heartbeat to a good cause and meet Ed Begley Jr.? Tickets are available here. Enter code DWELLUNBEIGE83 to receive $15 off Conference Plus and $15 off Exhibition Plus tickets.

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