Episteme and Techne

Architecture For Humanity Atlanta is proud to announce its 1st Design Auction. This August, Studioplex will play host to an outdoor event celebrating activist design, and we are seeking your support by way of birdhouse design and construction. Your submissions will be part of a silent auction and all proceeds will benefit activist design programs developed by Architecture for Humanity’s Atlanta chapter.

Please submit a sketch or description of proposed birdhouse indicating how your design will need to be displayed for the event. Designers will have three options for display:
1. Hanging (Simple metal hooks will be provided for the event)
2. Standing (Stands will also be provided for the event)
3. Self-provided means of display (if you plan to include a stand or display mechanism in the design of the bird house)

Please submit to Sarah Green at sarah.gre@gmail.com no later than July 25th so we can have a clear idea of how many hooks/ stands we will need to provide, as well as spatial arrangements for the event.
Finished birdhouses must be submitted by August 15th to 520 Park Ave, Atlanta GA, 30312. Please contact Paulita Bennett to arrange the time of drop off. If you are submitting from outside the Atlanta area, please allow for shipping time to ensure that all houses are received by August 15th.

Complete details can be found in this PDF:afhatl_artistscall-2

Deadline Extended for SE Fall Conference Call for Posters

2009 ACSA Southeast Fall Conference
Architecture is a Thing of Art
October 8-10, 2009 | Savannah, Georgia
Host School: Savannah College ofArt and Design, School of Building Arts, Department of Architecture
Co-chairs: Matthew Dudzik & Alexis Gregory

August 3, 2009: Poster submissions due to ACSA website
August 17, 2009: Authors of posters notified of acceptance status
September 10, 2009: Accepted poster presenters must register for conference by this date

For complete details please visit:
http://www.acsa-arch.org/conferences

Dwell Magazine and Inhabitat.com are pleased to announce the first ever Reburbia competition: a design competition dedicated to re-envisioning the suburbs.

Congratulations to SCAD Department of Architecture faculty member Professor Julie Rogers Varland who will be presenting at the annual SECAC conference in Mobile, AL. Prof. Rogers Varland’s proposal was accepted for the Liminality Panel, and she will present her research titled, “Engawa and More: Japanese Concepts and Architectural Behaviors of Liminal Space”. Prof. Rogers Varland’s travel to Japan in the summer of 2008 to conduct research was partially supported by the SCAD Presidential Fellowship program. The SECAC conference will take place October 21-24, 2009.

Art vs. Design

An international Open Call for Unique Talent
Details: http://www.artistswanted.org

Images are power. In this dynamic era compelling design can move millions and transcendent art can inspire a generation. From cave paintings of early man to today’s industrial designers, art & design has uniquely shaped the world around us, each in its own distinct way. This contest is designed to answer the age old question: What shapes our world more, art or design?

Join thousands of creative people in this visual dialogue.

Mark Mothersbaugh, acclaimed artist and lead singer of art-rock band DEVO leads a panel of judges including Jarrett Gregory (curator at NYC’s New Museum) and Donwan Harrell (founder and creative director of Akademiks clothing) in selecting the top artist or designer to be featured at a gala reception at the New Museum in June. The public also plays judge - determining the most powerful medium of the moment - in an online face-off that pits art submissions against design submissions.

Opportunities will be created for everyone who participates and we are awarding over $11,000 in prizes.

Grand Prize & Student winner will be awarded with:
A gala reception at the New Museum in New York City

$2009 cash grant
International Publicity, including a feature in Filter Magazine and work shown through Gawker Artists exposing the winners art or design to hundreds of thousands of visitors across 190+ website galleries

$500 in gear from Akademiks
Plus the Red Bull Prize: Offering a choice of: A vintage Vespa OR a trip to London to visit the Tate Museum and the Design Museum OR a fully loaded Mac Book Pro

Every participant gets:

An online portfolio and international exposure
A $70 “Thank You” package with gear and discounts to help further your work

Registration is open now and continues through Midnight May 31st.
Details: http://www.artistswanted.org/

Art VS Design was put together by a handful of Brooklyn based artists and designers who have experienced first-hand the difficulties of achieving national attention. We believe both Art & Design hold a powerful place in our society and it is our intention to break-out new talent through a process that is dynamic and open-ended.

Don’t forget to submit your abstracts for the 2009 ACSA Southeast Fall Conference hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design Department of Architecture. Abstracts are due Monday May 4th, and there are several outstanding paper sessions! Complete conference information, descriptions of the session topics, and session topic moderator information is available on the ACSA website.

This will be a very good talk - Do not miss your chance to see Mr. Bergdoll speak…

April 21
“Exhibiting Architecture at MoMA: Engaging Public and Professionals” Lecture by Barry Bergdoll
Tuesday, 5 p.m., Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St., Savannah, Ga.
The Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art, Barry Bergdoll leads a journey through the process of curating one of his many modern architecture exhibitions. An expert in modern French and German architectural history, Bergdoll’s research has filled five tomes, and he has launched some of MoMA’s most interesting exhibitions of 19th- and 20th-century architecture. SCAD Style events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

As part of the SCAD Style event, Clive Wilkinson will be lecturing today…

April 20
“Creativity and the Workplace” Lecture by Architect Clive Wilkinson
Monday, 3 p.m., Student Center, 120 Montgomery St., Savannah, Ga.
Fast Company deemed Google headquarters, Clive Wilkinson Architects’ most recent notable project, a “paean to boundless ambition and nonconformity.” Since founding his firm in 1991, Wilkinson and his team have developed an international reputation for workplace design through such projects as TBWA/Chiat/Day’s “advertising city” headquarters and JWT. Wilkinson understands the impact of a person’s surroundings on creative work, and his firm’s influential and perceptive ideas celebrate architecture as a wonderful life support system for a rapidly changing world. SCAD Style events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

Architect’s Journal

Swiss architect Peter Zumthor named the winner of the 2009 Pritzker Prize.

Links:
NYTimes
Chicago Tribune
BBC