Photo: Museum of Art and Design
Running from November 17 to May 15, 2011, at New York's Museum of Arts and Design, the "Global Africa Project" is an extensive exhibit of contemporary African art, design, and craft, as well as an exploration of the socioeconomic impact of art-making in local communities. The long-gestating Broadway show Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, directed by Julie Taymor—known for her groundbreaking spectacles—with music by Bono and the Edge from U2, debuts in January at Foxwoods Theatre in New York.
Photo: Museum of Art and Design, Courtesy of Spiderman Turn Off the Dark
Whether in shades of tangerine, pumpkin, or—as Pantone calls it—"coral rose," orange was one of the hottest color trends during the spring 2011 shows at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.
Courtesy of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week
For events without bartenders, Vino Solo combines a 187-milliliter bottle of wine with a plastic drinking flute. It's available through Philadelphia-based KDM Global Partners. Custom labels can be made with a company's logo.
Photo: KDM Global Partners
Ideal for meetings and presentations, the Edifier Soundbar USB ($49.99, available through Apple in December) is a 10-inch speaker that connects to a laptop through a USB port and emits stereo-quality sound.
Photo: Definition Branding & Marketing
Available November 16, the Food Network South Beach Wine & Food Festival Cookbook from Clarkson Potter commemorates 10 years of the festival with chef interviews, recipes, and other behind-the-scenes tidbits from director Lee Brian Schrager.
Photo: Courtesy of the Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival
Three feeds worth following on Twitter: The Design Observer Group (@designobserver) delivers newsy updates on worldwide "design, culture, change." For cultural, political, and just plain inspirational tweets, Yoko Ono (@yokoono) fits the bill. Zappos C.E.O. Tony Hsieh (@zappos) mixes thoughts on marketing and business with daily (often funny) musings.
Photo: BizBash
Central Florida-based paper goods company Rifle Paper Co. has a charming blog where owner Anna Bond shares her latest projects and design obsessions, from vintage book covers to retro interiors.
Photo: Rifle Paper Co.
For the Hotel Plaza Athénée Paris's new winter menu, head pastry chef Christophe Michalak created "Chestnut," a rum baba with vanilla chantilly cream, spiky points of meringue, and chestnut Bavarian cream.
Photo: Courtesy of Dorchester Collection
"The chic fashion line Leroy and Perry has delighted me in spades with its inventive reuse of soda cans this fall. The fine sprays of sequins that give a little sparkle to a new line of shift dresses are, in fact, fashioned from recycled pop cans. Super cool, right?" David Stark, president and creative director, David Stark Design and Production, New York
Photo: Courtesy of David Stark
The AppLounge at the 2010 London Design Festival featured a curated selection of ebooks, MP3s, and online services. The sleek pop-up is a stylish example of how to showcase digital products.
Photo: Method
