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March 11 – March 17, 2012

1/ Meredith TenHoor, The Infrastructure of Mass Consumption

Meredith TenHoor will present some of the markets, transportation networks and other infrastructures which made the mass consumption of designed goods possible in the 1960s and 70s.

When: Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Where: Design Criticism MFA Department, School of Visual Arts, 136 West 21 Street, 2nd Floor, NYC

Price: Free and open to the public, reservations are required

2/ From Museums to Sex Shops by Base

Join Base founding partners Dimitri Jeurissen and Thierry Brunfaut for the tales behind why the studio consciously chose early on to “specialize in not specializing”.

When: Wednesday, March 14, 2012, 6:30 pm – 10:30 pm

Where: Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, NYC

Price: $10 AIGA members and student members, $20 general public

3/ Trade School

Trade School will take over multiple spaces throughout the Museum giving all visitors the opportunity to learn, teach, and swap knowledge.

When: Thursday, March 15, 2011, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Where: Museum of Arts & Design, 2 Columbus Circle, NYC

Price: Museum admission

4/ Design the Life You Love, a workshop led by Ayse Birsel

Workshop led by Ayse Birsel, partner of Birsel + Seck and designer of the Herman Miller Resolve office system and the M’Afrique collection for Moroso. In an all-day workshop Birsel will offer a design process, Deconstruction and Reconstruction™, as a creative tool to help you create the life you want to live.

When: Saturday, March 17, 2012, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Where: Design Criticism MFA Department, School of Visual Arts, 136 West 21 Street, 2nd Floor, NYC

Price: $250 general public