October Events across Newcastle: Design Event 09

Design Event 09 Celebrating design across the North East

The 5th Birthday of the Design Event festival takes place this year from 16th October to 25th October 2009 with a packed programme of events and exhibitions based around the theme of Politics and Play.
 
Design Event 09 focusses on the design of products, graphics, illustration, fashion and architecture from all across the North East of England, celebrating the area’s innovation and creativity.

Last year’s Event 08 had over 180,000 visitors who enjoyed architectural tours, design talks, exhibitions and a fashion show: Design Event 09 promises to deliver once again and much more!

Design Event 09 Listings Include:

    
TREE: Simon Heijdens
15th October – 25th October
 
Time: from Dusk – Late, a projected installation
Venue: Brunswick Place, Monument (between Waterstones and Monument Mall) / High Friar Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne

Doing It For The Kids
16th October – 25th October
 
Time: Monday to Saturday 10.00 – 17.00, Sunday 14.00 – 17.00
(The exhibition will be closed on 22 October from 13.00 reopening at 13.00 on 23 October)
Venue: Great North Museum Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4PT
 
An exhibition of sustainable play design.
For further information visit  www.redesigndesign.org or telephone 0191 2226765
 
Objectified: a film by Gary Hustwit
24th October
Watch the Trailer!
 
Time: please visit Tyneside Cinema website
Venue: Tyneside Cinema, 10 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 6QG
Tickets: £7, £6
 
A feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them.
What can we learn about who we are, and who we want to be, from the objects with which we surround ourselves?

The Supremes
24th October – 24th January 2010

Time: Monday to Saturday 10.00 – 17.00, Sunday 14.00 – 17.00
Venue: Shipley Art Gallery, Prince Consort Road, Gateshead, NE8 4JB
 
The Story of the Supremes from the Mary Wilson Collection
A V&A exhibition in collaboration with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.
The exhibition will be accompanied by an events and activities programme including the Shipley Lates: Fashion Fix event on 30 October. Please visit the website for more details or telephone 0191 4771495

Design Event Talks in association with Newcastle College

20th October: Jonathan Barnbrook
Time: 6.00pm
Venue: DanceCity, Temple Street, Newcastle upon Tyne
“Jonathan Barnbrook and his studio have been active since 1990, working across a broad range of disciplines including graphic design, industrial design, typeface design and film. Based in London, the studio divides its time between commercial work on an international basis for museums and cultural institutions and non-commercial projects.”

22nd October: Sam Jacob from Fashion Architecture Taste (FAT)
Time: 6.00pm
Venue: DanceCity, Temple Street, Newcastle upon Tyne
“Sam Jacob is a founding director of FAT, architect, writer and critic.  He has been responsible for a range of award winning projects including the Hoogvliet Heerlijkheid – a park and cultural centre in the Netherlands which won a RIBA European Award and was shortlisted for the World Architecture Award.
FATs projects engage with the world around them through familiar references, graphic boldness, humour and a desire to communicate. From objects to buildings and masterplans, FAT use the idea of play as a way of speculative thinking, suggesting that design is about developing scenarios and narratives addressing social and cultural activity rather than producing singular functional solutions.”
 
DanceCity Box Office: 0191 261 0505

See the Links below for a complete program listing

External Links:
Design Event
Design Event Diary
Create Democracy at Your Projector Blog
Design Event 2009 on Cool Hunting
DanceCity Website