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Palladio at The Morgan

Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey features thirty-one original Palladio drawings from the Royal Institute of British Architects. These exquisite drawings, which were exhibited only once before in America and never in New York, will be on view to the public for the first time in over thirty years. They are presented with rare architectural texts to illustrate the journey from Italy to North America of Palladio’s design principles of proportion, harmony, and beauty.

Palladio’s work has significantly influenced American architecture from colonial times to the present day. Focusing on the artist’s original drawings and following the trajectory of his ideas, the show also traces the story of American Palladianism. The drawings are supported by numerous architectural models. Three large examples—the Pantheon, Villa Rotunda, and Jefferson’s unrealized design for the White House—programmatically illustrate the journey from Rome to America. Smaller models, along with rare architectural texts and pattern books through which Palladio’s ideas were primarily transmitted, reinforce the themes of the exhibition.

The Morgan Library & Museum is located at 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016

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Fuel up at the Shake Shack near you

Following the lead of our favorite Belgian chef — Le Pain Quotidienne — Shake Shack is opening in neighborhoods nearer to you,..Enjoy!

Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business — June 16, 2010

Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business caffeinated-conference takes place at Comix - Wednesday, June 16.

1:00pm - 1:45pm - Registration

1:45pm - Open Remarks

2:00 – 2:45 Panel Discussion: Creative Risks
Moderated by Ellen McGirt, Senior Writer, Fast Company
- Chris Barbour, Head of Digital Marketing, Sports Style Division, Adidas
- Kimberly Davis, President, JP Morgan Chase Foundation
- Susan Smith Ellis, CEO, (RED)

2:45 – 3:00 Jumping Into the App Game
Igor Pusenjak, President and Founder, Lima Sky

3:00 – 3:45 Panel Discussion: New Media and Mad Men
Trends in cross-platform and new media and how they affect our identities, relationships and even our experiences of being human.
Moderated by Anya Kamenetz, Staff Writer, Fast Company
- Soraya Darabi, Product Lead, Drop.io
- Ray Kurzweil, Inventor and Cofounder, Singularity University
- Josh Sapan, CEO, Rainbow Media

3:45 – 4:00 Idea Playground
An exploration of the essential synergy in a creative company that must exist between—talent, workplace and projects
Mark Fuller, Chief Excellence Officer, WET Design

4:00 – 4:25 Solving an Identity Crisis
Companies, brands and individuals all struggle to creatively express who they are and what they do. Director Jesse Dylan explains his techniques for distilling an identity down to its core and shows how to convey that insight to the largest number of people through a multi-media approach. Examples will range from Bill Clinton to Desmond Tutu to CERN’s Large Hadron Collider.
Mark Borden, Senior Editor, Fast Company
Jesse Dylan, Director, Form; Founder, FreeForm

4:25 – 4:40 Bridging A Visual Divide
Zachary Lieberman, Co-creator, open Frameworks; Professor, Parsons The New School for Design

4:40 – 4:55 The Untold Story
Franklin Leonard, Director of Development, Universal Pictures

Cocktail Reception to follow

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Shore up for Summer at Salon AKS

The Brazilian Hair treatment at Salon AKS will coat your hair with acai and other natural fortifiers — protecting your hair from the ravages of sun and chlorine. And it will give you blown dry straightness - from towel dried hair.

Salon AKS is located at 689 Fifth Avenue at 54th Street. For more information,…

Romantic Gardens: Nature, Art, and Landscape Design at The Morgan

Scenic vistas, winding paths, bucolic meadows, and rustic retreats suitable for solitary contemplation are just a few of the alluring naturalistic features of gardens created in the Romantic spirit. Landscape designers of the Romantic era sought to express the inherent beauty of nature in opposition to the strictly symmetrical, formal gardens favored by aristocrats of the old regime.

This exhibition features approximately ninety highly influential texts and outstanding works of art, providing a compelling overview of ideas championed by the Romantics and also implemented by them in private estates and public parks in Europe and the United States, notably New York’s Central Park.

Drawn from the Morgan’s holdings of manuscripts, drawings, and rare books, as well as lavishly illustrated landscape albums from private and other public collections, the exhibition attests to the artistic creativity and intellectual ferment of the era, a time when technological advances in book production greatly enhanced the transmission of ideas.

The Morgan Library & Museum is located at 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

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Young Guns 5+5 at The Art Directors Club

ADC Young Guns Presents 5+5:

5 ADC Young Guns 7 + 5 Mentors present their work, Pecha Kucha-style: 20 slides + 20 seconds each = 400 seconds to tell their story.

Qian Qian, ADC Young Guns 7 + Kevin Grady of Crispin, Porter + Bogusky

Wesley Allsbrook, ADC Young Guns 7 + Adam Schmidt

Matt Smithson, ADC Young Guns 7 + Hayley Morris

Brian Close, ADC Young Guns 7 + Shoplifter

Dora Budor & Maja Cule, ADC Young Guns 7 + Micah Lidberg

The evening will be moderated by Bill Oberlander, past President of the Art Directors Club and Chief Creative Officer, Cossette New York.

Drinks to follow, providing an opportunity to speak with the presenters.

The event also kicks off with an Adobe CS5 Workshop led by Dan Rodney, Senior Tech Guru and Instructor at Noble Desktop. This hour-long workshop is included in the event ticket price.

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Palladio at The Morgan

Palladio and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey features thirty-one original Palladio drawings from the Royal Institute of British Architects. These exquisite drawings, which were exhibited only once before in America and never in New York, will be on view to the public for the first time in over thirty years. They are being presented with rare architectural texts to illustrate the journey from Italy to North America of Palladio’s design principles of proportion, harmony, and beauty.

The Morgan Library & Museum is located at 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

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Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century at The MoMA

Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century

Henri Cartier-Bresson’s (1908–2004) inventive work of the early 1930s helped define the creative potential of modern photography. MoMA’s retrospective surveys Cartier-Bresson’s entire career, with a presentation of three hundred photographs.

The Museum of Modern Art is located at 11 West 53rd Street,
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What Was Good Design? MoMA’s Message 1944–56

What Was Good Design at mid-century is still good design.

From 1944 to 1956 the Museum of Modern Art played a leading role in defining taste. This installation presents selections from MoMA’s design collection that embody the primary values of Good Design as promoted (and disputed) by museums, design councils, and department stores. Iconic pieces by designers like Charles and Ray Eames and Hans Wegner are shown alongside more unexpected items, such as a hunting bow and a plumb bob, as well as everyday objects including an iron, a hamper, a rake, a cheese slicer, and Tupperware.

The Museum of Modern Art is located at 11 West 53rd Street.

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Have a lovely week-end

BLACK BEARS Photograph by Andrew H. Brown, Courtesy of National Geographic.

We wish you a week-end filled with fun and adventure. Whether your adventures are in 3D or online, Enjoy!