This juried art exposition features the following artists including Outdoorz Gallery designer Deger Cengiz. Open house Saturday, May 5th & 6th from 11- 5pm.  143 Reade St, NY, NY.  The exposition runs through September 4.  If you can't get to New York, check out Deger's work here.

The Museum of Art and Design has just purchased a piece from  Outdoorz Gallery designer Floris Wubben for their permanent collection. 

The Museum of Arts and Design (“MAD”) explores the blur zone between art, design, and craft today. Accredited by the American Association of Museums since 1991, MAD focuses on contemporary creativity and the ways in which artists and designers from around the world transform materials through processes ranging from the artisanal to the digital. In September, 2008, MAD opened the doors to its home at 2 Columbus Circle to the public.

If you can't get to N.Y. or Paris visit Floris' work here.

" ALTERNATIVE" (n.) a possibility of choice, especially between two things.  The latest exposition at Galerie Seine 51, Paris explores this theme with works by Mathieu Ducournau's thread on canvas (shown above) paintings by Sergey Nielsen and drawings by Juan Francisco Casa.  Also featuring Bench no3 by Floris Wubben and le Semainier by Ru Editions. Till April 21, 2012.  51 rue de Seine, Paris.

This thematic exhibition will explore the magical and mysterious worlds of fairytales, fantasies, and fears.  The works of three contemporary artists - Mattia Biagi known for his work in tar, Mark Newport with his hand knit super heroes, and paper artist Kako Ueda - will be supplemented by permanent collection objects from the Mint Museum of Craft + Design and loans from local collectors.

Fans of Tom Price will recognize his PP Tree installation, (featured above) which will also be one the the show's highlights.

In the Resource Center adjacent to the gallery will be the fairy tale films of animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger (1899-1981).  Her technique of painstaking, freehand cutting of paper silhouettes combined with stop-motion camera work has never been duplicated. On display her 1954 classic,  Sleeping Beauty.

For more info visit The Mint Museum site or their wikiMint expo page. The show runs from 3 March to 7 July.

" GEOMETRY CLASS- Recalling the clean lines of S/S 12's luxe sport looks, Israeli designer Rami Tareef's geometric-weave chair (part of his Crafts Oriented Design Project) is fabricated using ancient techiniques learnt from a wicker craftman in the Old City of Jerusalem."  See Rami's work here ,  see Demi everywhere.

The new book from Martine Vincent and Bridgette Durieux showcases photographs, documents, contributions from architects, graphic designers, furniture designers, historians and sociologists.  The Eiffel tower, symbol of Paris, symbol of an age,  has inspired artists and designers alike.  French sculptress Caroline Corbeau's tribute to Eiffel, entitled Sifel Chair is one of the more inspiring furniture designs. See Caroline's chair here.  Order your copy of 'Le Style Eiffel' through Editions de la Martiniere.

Ten up-and-coming designers have one more reason to be happy: The German Design Council has selected them for the YDMI Days 2011 in Hong Kong. The young professionals can look forward to a diverse program and the unique opportunity to present themselves and their work to a wide international audience at one of the most important brand and design events in Asia.

Product designers Kai Linke, Yi-Cong Lu, Eva Marguerre, Agnes Morguet, Marko Müller, Florian Schmid and Christoph Thetard and communication designers Katja Baumann, Maria Fischer and Martina Morth will be representing up-and-coming German design in Hong Kong between November 25 and December 3, 2011.

Renowned stylist Lidewij Edelkoort has been invited by Moscow Design Week 2011 to curate a design and architecture exhibition and unveil her vision of a more organic future.

The chair has been chosen as a textural and tactile structure from which to investigate the architectural themes of the exhibition: on exhibit will be recent designs by Steven Banken(Netherlands), François Brument (France), Nacho Carbonell (Spain), Alejandro Ceron (Spain), Peter Donders (Belgium), Karin Frankenstein (Sweden), Studio Aisslinger (Germany), Studio Job(Belgium), Nendo (Japan) and Martin Vallin (Sweden) for Cappellini. These items will be displayed alongside nature films by the world-renowned documentary-maker David Attenborough (Britain).

This exhibition will explore how designers and architects have embraced a more organic language, welcoming technology while not letting go of our more primal instincts.

till November 30, 2011 excerpt on youtube

PULLED, a catalog of screen printing by Mike Perry takes a look at how the technique still has relevance in the world of graphic design. 

From the New York Times book review by Steven Heller "The book itself is among the best of the eye-candy genre (and I don’t mean that with a hint of disparagement). Perry has become the master of all things manual, having written previous books on hand lettering and graphic patterns. He documents the current practitioners, bringing to light a range of craft and aesthetics at once playful and serious."

Although digitally printing a book that is about hand printing could have been problematic, the images manage to maintain their integrity and unique quality through the way they were photographed. The vast visual content of the book is great both for those knowledgeable about the field as well as for those curious about design. The images are truly a joy to behold.

For your own handpainted Mike Perry Eames chair, visit Mike's page at Outdoorz.

Architectural Digest France has just published its special edition with a selection of the best designs and designers of 2011. A special look at the latest design trends, includes a rethinking of materials and techiniques both in eco friendly concepts and new technological possibilities. Outdoorz Gallery is proud to have designers Peter Donder's C Bench, Bashko Trybek's Anti Stress Chair, Jessica Carnavele's Stretch Collection and Adam Goodrum's Carousel included in this prestigious and comprehensive selection. Well done !