FURNITURE SOCIETY GOES URBAN IN LA: TEAMS UP WITH ‘DWELL ON DESIGN’
The Furniture Society—the national organization of studio furnituremakers—is coming to Los Angeles to team up with Dwell magazine for a week-long celebration of design and creativity, June 20-23. Anchored at the downtown Los Angeles Convention Center, events and activities are being planned across the Southland.
FS 2013 HIGHLIGHTS
Thursday, June 20 Lecture: Historical Perspectives on the Furniture We Make by Alf Sharp — MorYork Gallery, Los Angeles Tour: Getty Museum Furniture Friday, June 21 Exhibit: Faculty Selects at Dwell on Design* Lecture: A Design Journey by David Trubridge* Tours: Maloof / Gamble House Eames House / Getty Villa / Modernica Factory Reception: Craft + Design Exhibition — Fifth Floor Gallery, Chinatown Reception: 100% California Exhibition — TBA Saturday, June 22 Exhibit: Faculty Selects at Dwell on Design* Tour: Schindler House Reception: Craft in America Study Center** Lecture: The Then-and-Now of Furniture Design by Jo Lauria** Screening: Furniture Segments from Craft in America** Sunday, June 23 Exhibit: Faculty Selects at Dwell on Design* Lecture: Who Is Running Our Furniture Business? by Brian Boggs* Panel: 100% California, moderated by Regina Connell* Lecture: History of Creative Play by Garry Knox Bennett, Michael Collins* Lecture: California Design by Katie Nartonis* Panel: Collaboration & Marketing, moderated by Leigh Spencer* Lecture: The Creative Process of Design by Frank E. Cummings III* * at Los Angeles Convention Center ** at Craft in American Study Center
FS13: LOS ANGELES SYMPOSIUM
The Furniture Society is departing from its traditional “conference retreat” format to go urban, with FS13: LA Symposium. A mixture of presentations, exhibitions, tours, receptions, and screenings are being planned at various venues, covering historic and contemporary topics. The following is the preliminary program, available at press time: Presentations: Period furniture maker Alf Sharp will give a historical perspective on furniture (June 20); New Zealand-based furnituremaker and lighting designer David Trubridge will discuss the design process embracing new technology (June 21); exhibition curator Jo Lauria will talk about the evolution of furniture design (June 22); furnituremaker Brian Boggs will explore the business of furnituremaking (June 23); furnituremakers Garry Knox Bennett and Michael Collins will take a playful look at studio furniture design (June 23); Bonhams furniture specialist Katie Nartonis will give a historic overview of California design (June 23); and former Cal State Fullerton Dean of Art Frank E. Cummings III will explore the creative process of design (June 23). In addition, there will be panel discussions on contemporary California furniture, moderated by Handful of Salt Editor Regina Connell, and on collaboration and marketing, moderated by Leigh Kivowitz Spencer, of the LA Box Collective. Exhibitions: Craft + Design: Furniture Society Member Exhibition (June 20-30); Faculty Select: Student Exhibition (June 21-23); and 100% California (location to be announced).
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