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December
2020
Dec 2 – 5
Art Basel
The premiere of ‘OVR: Miami Beach’, a new iteration of Art Basel's Online Viewing Rooms that will feature galleries accepted to the 2020 edition of the show. 'OVR: Miami Beach' will be accompanied by a program of online events, including talks and gallery Walk-throughs.
Through Dec 4
World Architecture Festival
A virtual festival where architects and designers from around the world come together for panel discussions, prizes, and other events at a crucial time.
Dec 3
GRAY Awards 2020: The Movie!
Join GRAY online for a live watch party, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. Pacific. Featuring GRAY Awards winning projects reveal, guest appearances from Niya Bascom and Anishka Clarke, Tom Dixon, Jeanne Gang, Guo Pei, Martha Schwartz, Mphethi M. Morojele, Pierre Yovanovitch, and performance by the GRAY Band of designers.
D E T A I L S
Through Dec 6
SOUK
A curated showcase and marketplace of exceptional items for the everyday modern lifestyle, SOUK extends an invitation to connect with Montreal's finest designers and makers.
Through Dec 6
Design Miami
Design Miami/Podium's 2020 theme America(s), by curatorial director Aric Chen, calls into question the meaning and understanding of America and its identity through the juxtaposition of important works of design and craft. The hybrid exhibition has both in-person events and an online shop.
D E T A I L S
Dec 9
Design Against Gender-based Violence
The virtual World Design Talk from 8 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. EST, will showcase work happening around the world by designers, activists, and innovators to end gender-based violence and injustice. Presented as part of the United Nations UNiTE campaign marking “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence,” World Design Organization, in collaboration with UN Women Asia and the Pacific
Through Dec 12
Never Normal
An exhibition that expresses the ever-changing viewpoint of the designer's perspective on the built world.
Through Dec 31
Revolutionary Icons
I-MADE's digital edition of Revolutionary Icons, curated by Giulio Cappellini, is a curated selection of timeless Italian products celebrated for their ground-breaking debuts.
Ongoing
Provenanced
Created by New York design brand TRNK, a digital exhibition that celebrates African and indigenous contributions to western visual languages and design culture.
D E T A I L S
Dec 17
Live Launch
Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemic Brothers
The Design Museum's curated film tour of the London exhibition featuring interviews from legendary musicians and designers.20:00 GMT
Through Jan 3
Modern in the Making: Post-War Craft and Design in B.C.
Featuring over 300 works, the Vancouver Art Gallery exhibit examines the furniture, ceramics, textiles, fashion, and jewelry that defined West Coast modern living in the mid-twentieth century.
Through Jan. 5
17th Annual DWR Champagne Chair Contest
Raise a glass to the DWR Champagne Chair Contest! Create a miniature version of an iconic or original chair, using only the foils, label, cage, and cork from a maximum of two champagne bottles. For each entry, Herman Miller Cares is donating $50 to Artist Relief, a charitable initiative providing financial help to artists during the pandemic.
January
2021
Jan 11 – 14
CES 2021
Worldwide
This year an all-digital show, CES showcases breakthrough technologies and global innovators from large tech brands such as Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft. Highlights include keynotes, exhibitors, and conferences.
Jan 30
The World Around Summit 2021
Bringing together innovative practitioners who are shaping the future of architecture and design, the summit speaks to world-wide issues of today from politics, indigenous rights, racial justice, education, and health. Streamed and local in-person discussions in 10 international cities.
Jan 22 – 31
Design TO
Both distanced and digitally, Design TO is celebrating design as a multidisciplinary form of creative thinking and making, with over 100 exhibitions and events forming Toronto’s design week.
Through Feb 7
About Time: Fashion and Duration
The Costume Institute's 2020 exhibition traces a century and a half of fashion—from 1870 to the present—along a disruptive timeline, on the occasion of The Met's 150th anniversary. Employing Henri Bergson's concept of la durée (duration), it explores how clothes generate temporal associations that conflate past, present, and future. Virginia Woolf serves as the "ghost narrator" of the exhibition..
