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April 13–April 19, 2014

1/ Balanced Team Sunday Salon
In coordination with LeanUX NYC 2014, Balanced Team will hold a one-day synthesizing symposium to share ideas, socialize, and continue the conversation.
When: Sunday, April 13, 2014, 10am–4:30pm
Where: Pivotal Labs, 625 Avenue of the Americas, Second Floor, NYC
Price: $10 general public

2/ Accumulated Wisdom: The Collector as Inventor
When is a discovery an invention? When is accumulation art? Is recombination transformation? In an evening of short performances and talks, artists and scholars consider case studies in the relationship between collecting and creating.
When: Tuesday, April 15, 2014, 6:30 pm. The exhibition A Collective Invention: Photographs at Play will be open at 5:30 pm for program attendees
Where: The Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, NYC
Price: $10 for Morgan members; Free for students with valid ID, $15 general public

3/ Music, Machines, and Meaning
Andy Cavatorta, MIT Media Lab alumnus, Bjork collaborator, and TED exhibiting artist, explores the pleasures and perils of creating sound and music using physical machines and materials. Topics include recent projects, a brief history of musical machinery, unusual aesthetic issues, an overview of useful skills, and the importance of fake rules.
When: Wednesday, April 16, 2014, 6pm–8:30pm
Where: School of Visual Arts, MFA Interaction Design, 136 West 21 Street, 3rd Floor, NYC
Price: Free and open to the public

4/ History Behind Trends
Amy Azzarito, managing editor of Design*Sponge, will talk about pieces you see everywhere—from inlay furniture (currently the rage at Anthropologie) to the Crate and Barrel standby, the Windsor chair—and delve into the history of these iconic design objects.
When: Wednesday, April 16, 2014, 6:30pm–8:30pm
Where: New York School of Interior Design, Satz Auditorium, 170 East 70th Street, NYC
Price: Free NYSID students, $10 students/seniors, $12 general public

5/ Nicholas Blechman: Food Chain
Join us for a fascinating night of conversation with Nicholas Blechman about the future of food through the eyes of a designer.
When: Thursday, April 17, 2014, 6:30pm–8:30pm
Where: Tishman Auditorium, Parsons, 66 West 12th Street, NYC
Price: $10 AIGA members, $30 general public

6/ OLD’S KOOL: The Roots of New York Graffiti
Blazing a trail for graffiti art back in the 1970s, New York City teens claimed the city’s walls and mass transit system for their canvases—and in the process invented a new art form. Jay J.SON Edlin, veteran graffiti artist, historian, and author of Graffiti 365, discusses graffiti and street art with revolutionary but unsung writers of the ‘70s: icons COCO 144, JESTER ONE, LSD OM, and Al Diaz, a.k.a. BOMB ONE and later SAMO (in collaboration with Jean Michel Basquiat). Presented in conjunction with exhibition, City as Canvas: Graffiti Art.
When: Thursday, April 17, 2014, 6:30pm
Where: Museum of the City of New York, 1220 5th Avenue, NYC
Price: Free MCNY members, $12 students, $16 general public

7/ Sites of Criticism: Studio and School
The critique is a cornerstone of a studio education in design and art. This use of criticism can be a generative and positive force encouraging growth and refinement for the individual maker. Exploring how the critique is embraced, rejected and manipulated, this roundtable discusses the role of criticism in the sites of the designer’s studio and the school.
When: Thursday, April 17, 2014, 7pm
Where: Museum of Arts an Design, 2 Columbus Circle, NYC
Price: Free with Pay-What-You-Wish museum admission

8/ Post Typography: Greatest Misses
Nolen Strals and Bruce Willen of the Baltimore design studio Post Typography give a behind-the-scenes peek at the design process, illustrated with never-before-seen projects that fell short, missed the mark, or were blown off-target by the fickle winds of client taste.
When: Thursday, April 17, 2014, 6:30pm–8:30pm
Where: Type Directors Club, 347 West 36th Street #603, NYC
Price: $5 TDC members, $15 students, $20 general public

8/ Francis Bitonti vs CRATED on Disruptive Manufacturing
Join Francis Bitonti (best know best for Dita Von Teese’s 3D printed dress) and the VFL’s Artists in Residence, Maddy Maxey and Mari Kussman from CRATED, for a debate on disruptive manufacturing.
When: Friday, April 18, 2014, 6pm
Where: School of Visual Arts, Visible Futures Lab, 132 West 21st Street, 7th floor, NYC
Price: Free and open to the public

9/ Ai Weiwei
In celebration of the exhibition Ai Weiwei: According to What?, attend special screenings of films by and about the artist throughout the day.
When: Saturday, April 19, 2014, 11:30am–5:30pm
Where: Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn
Price: Museum admission