Design Life Now: National Design Triennial is a traveling exhibit organized by the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in NYC. Inaugurated in 2000, The National Design Triennial is an ongoing exhibition series showcasing innovative work from across the fields of product design, architecture, furniture, film, graphics, new technologies, animation, science, medicine and fashion. The traveling exhibit of "Design Life Now: National Design Triennial 2006" presents the best designs to emerge from these disciplines between 2003 and 2006. The show started at the Cooper-Hewitt in NYC, then traveled to Boston, and now it's heading to The Contemporary Arts Museum at Houston Jan 26 - April 20. The exhibit showcases experimental projects, emerging ideas, major buildings, new products and media created by 87 designers and firms--including yours truly.
If you can't make it to the show, there's a book "Design Life Now: National Design Triennial 2006" which profiles everyone chosen for the 2006 Triennial including Pixar, Google, Apple, and Nike among many others. We were blown away by the recognition for "Embodying both the current trend towards individual customization and the increasingly transient nature of our lives...." and for being an "innovative alternate to traditional wallpaper and painted walls." The highlighted photo above is of a temporary outdoor art installation we did for Barbara Bestor Architecture in Silverlake, CA. Dubbed "Big Red Wall," Barbara asked us to blik out a 100 foot long exterior wall--looks like graffiti, doesn't it?
Needless to say, we are honored and proud to have been recognized by such an outstanding organization. For more info on the DLN 2006 exhibit in Houston: DLN. And to see photos from our installation at the kick off of the exhibit at the Cooper-Hewitt, see our archived blog from 12.2006. More to come!
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