The Armory Show Art Week

Concurrent Events

Architectural Digest Home Design Show • Pier 94 • 55th St. at Westside Highway
March 18-21, 2010

Now in its ninth year, the Architectural Digest Home Design Show features 300 exhibits brimming with the latest home furnishings – from furniture to fabrics, tabletop to technology. The event also offers complimentary seminars with design world luminaries, cooking demonstrations with celebrity chefs, one-on-one design consultations and interactive displays geared to entertain and inspire.

For tickets and full details, visit www.archdigesthomeshow.com.

DIFFA’s 13th Annual Dining by Design • Pier 94 • 55th St. at Westside Highway
March 18-22, 2010

DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS is one of the country's largest supporters of direct care for people living with HIV/AIDS and preventive education for those at risk. Merging care and commerce, supporters of DIFFA come from all fields of fine design and the visual arts, including: architecture, fashion design, interior design, photography and consumer product design.

Every spring in New York, DINING BY DESIGN premieres in a brilliant blast of cuisine, creativity, and spectacle. On March 18th, DIFFA will launch the 13th National Tour of DINING BY DESIGN. Be prepared for the same dazzling dining installations, the delectable food and wine pairings of TABLE HOP & TASTE, and the astounding innovation of the Student Design Initiative. The New York launch of DIFFA's DINING BY DESIGN 2009 will coincide and be located next door to the Architectural Digest Home Design Show at Pier 94.

For tickets and more details on Dining by Design, please visit www.diffa.org/events.asp

Go Green Expo • Pier 92 • 55th St. at Westside Highway
March 18-21, 2010

The 2010 Go Green Expo offers 250+ exhibitors featuring eco-friendly products for the home and business. Visitors will learn how green alternatives can positively change the way you impact the environment and the show will appeal to anyone interested in environmentally friendly goods and services for use in modern everyday living.

Visit www.gogreenexpo.com for more information.

The AIPAD Photography Show New York • Park Avenue Armory
March 18-21, 2010

One of the most important international photography events, The AIPAD Photography Show New York, will be presented by the Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) from March 18 through 21, 2010.

More than 70 of the world's leading fine art photography galleries will present a wide range of museum-quality work including contemporary, modern and 19th century photographs, as well as photo-based art, video and new media, at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City.

The 30th edition of The AIPAD Photography Show New York will open with a Gala Preview on March 17 to benefit the John Szarkowski Fund, an endowment for photography acquisitions at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

For more information, please visit http://www.aipad.com/photoshow/new-york/

7 West Designer Day • Pier 94 • 55th St. at Westside Highway
March 18, 2010

7 West brings their monthly Designer Day to the ADHDS by sponsoring Robyn Waters, Target’s former VP of Trend, Design and Product Development, as the opening day keynote presentation

For more information, please visit: www.7wnewyork.com

Sustainable Furniture Council: GREENleaders Certified Sustainability Training
New York Design Center 200 Lexington Avenue
March 22, 2010  • 10 AM—5 PM

This industry first, 6-hour exam course was developed in conjunction with the Sustainable Furnishings Council, the #1 organization with board members including ranking staff of World Wildlife Fund, Rainforest Alliance, and one of the co-founders of the USGBC. This is the most comprehensive green furnishings training program available, providing designers with the knowledge and credentials to differentiate themselves as experts in sustainability. Written by an accredited LEED-CI/AP

For more information, visit www.sustainablefurnishings.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=67

Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum: Design USA Exhibit
October, 2009 - April 1, 2010

On view through April 4, 2010, Design USA celebrates the accomplishments of the winners honored during the first ten years of the prestigious National Design Awards. The exhibition features outstanding contemporary achievements in American architecture, landscape design, interior design, product design, communication design, corporate design, interaction design, and fashion. Developed in collaboration with the renowned firm 2x4, Design USA focuses on innovation through the lens of technology, material, method, craft and transformation.

For more information, please visit: http://cooperhewitt.org/exhibitions/Design-USA/

Museum of Arts & Design • 2 Columbus Circle

The Museum of Arts and Design collects, displays, and interprets objects that document contemporary and historic innovation in craft, art, and design. In its exhibitions and educational programs, the Museum celebrates the creative process through which materials are crafted into works that enhance contemporary life.

MAD is offering $3 off admission March 18-21 to all Architectural Digest Home Design Show guests. Shuttles will be running between the Show and MAD during afternoon hours.

The Museum of Modern Art • 11 West 53rd Street

The Museum of Modern Art is a place that fuels creativity, ignites minds, and provides inspiration. With extraordinary exhibitions and the world's finest collection of modern and contemporary art, MOMA is dedicated to the conversation between the past and the present, the established and the experimental. MOMA’s mission is helping you understand and enjoy the art of our time.

MOMA offers free admission during Target Free Friday Night, Friday, March 19, 4:00–8:00 p.m. Tickets for Target Free Friday Nights are not available in advance. The line for Target Free Friday Night tickets can be long, so consider arriving after 6:00 p.m.

A&D Building Forum • 150 E. 58th St.
March 16, 2010

Daylong event w with NKBA Manhattan Chapter offers 6-CEU Credits with choice of 5 seminar classes in the morning and 6 classes in the afternoon, followed by a panel discussion at 5pm. Breakfast, Lunch and Cocktail Reception in Miele, GE Monogram and Sub-Zero/Wolf Showrooms, respectively.

For more information, please visit: www.adbuilding.com/calendar

WALLWORKS Contemporary Pictorial Wallpapers ∙ International Print Center (Chelsea)
March 11-April 24, 2010

This exhibitionexamines the evolution of wallpaper design over a period of some two hundred years. Presenting 35-40 examples of commercially available wallpaper, the exhibition will document the relationship between the decorative arts and the fields of cultural history, social history, popular culture, political history, printmaking technology and international affairs.

For more information, please visit: www.ipcny.org

American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) NY Chapter Student Career Day • Pier 94
March 18, 2010  • 10 AM—6 PM

The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Metro NY hosts their annual Career Day on Thursday, March 18 welcoming design students from throughout the area.

Madison Square Garden Tour

Architectural tour of the new MSG development including tickets to a Knicks game