THIS WEEK at PennDesign - October 12, 2012

Friday, October 12
ARCHTOBERFEST HAPPY HOUR
5:30PM, Meyerson Plaza

Today is ARCHtoberfest, a happy hour sponsored by the architecture department! Bring IDs to participate.

Monday, October 15 
NIALL HOBHOUSE 
6PM, Meyerson B3

The writer, curator, and client of various designers at Hadspen will offer Reflections on “Holding the Pass: the client, the architect, and landscape design.”

Tuesday, October 16 & Wednesday, October 17
CLAY OPEN STUDIO FOR THE EMPTY BOWLS PROJECT
2-5PM, Addams Hall Clay Studio

The Fine Arts Program is hosting the clay open studio in support of the Empty Bowls Project, a grassroots movement to help end hunger. Students are invited to use the Addams clay studio and create bowls using plaster press-molds. Within an hour, you will learn to make hand-made bowls, and support the Empty Bowls cause by donating them. Contact Sumi Maeshima at smaeshima@gmail.com now for access to the clay studio in the Addams building on October 16, 17, 24, and 25 between 2 pm and 5 pm. Faculty and staff members are also welcome. 

Thursday, October 18 
FIA BACKSTRÖM
Visiting Artist
6:30PM, Institute for Contemporary Art

Fia Backström's work focuses on the fabric of our co-existence with and construction of subjectivity through the social life of images. Backström works with structures of political address, corporate logic, and pedagogical methods, destabilizing authorship and the semiotics of images.

through January 18
UNCOMMON MODERN: Commercial Vernacular Architecture in Greater Philadelphia, 1937-1970
10AM-5PM, Kroiz Gallery, Architectural Archives

Works on view include a remarkable series of recent photographs by Betsy Manning as well as rare original drawings by figures such as Louis I. Kahn who contributed to this important and underappreciated architectural legacy.

Friday, October 12
VISTA SANS WOOD TYPE PROJECT
5:30PM, AIGA Space
Co-Sponsor: DesignPhiladelphia

Tricia Treacy and Ashley John Pigford created a Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) router to then create wood type of the digital font Vista Sans™ and sent it to 20 international designers/artists/printmakers/studios. Each participant was challenged to interpret these materials as an edition of prints. The exhibition includes all of the prints and video documentation of how the type was made.