The Agenda: SF Design Week, Jean-Louis Deniot for Baker, and Richard Prince
Author:Lindsey ShookCollection Launch
Jean-Louis Deniot for Baker Furniture
Jean-Louis Deniot brings his Parisian chic to Baker Furniture. The company has commissioned the world-renowned designer and architect to create an impressive 91-piece collection of case goods, upholstery, occasional and tabletop pieces, mirrors, and lighting—all of which inject fresh new life into the 126-year old brand. Feast your eyes on the stylish collaboration in showrooms across California come June.
When: Arrives to showrooms in June
Where: Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Laguna Niguel showrooms
Exhibit
Male-dominated Silicon Valley casts the light on three women artists in a group show at Works/San Jose. Bay Area artists Elvira M. Dayel, Sharon Kyle Kuhn, and Victoria Welling contemplate balance—between beauty and repulsion, chaos and order, and the never-ending battle to resolve a constantly changing reality.
When: Fri. 6/3 – Fri. 7/15
Where: Works/San Jose, 365 S. Market St., San Jose
SF Design Week, conceptual de Young Museum
Design Series
The 10th annual, weeklong event is upon us, chockablock with receptions, discussions, exhibits, open studios, and open houses—including Dwell’s tour of a 600-square-foot prefab Monogram Modern Home at Larkspur’s Marin Country Mart. Many events are already sold-out, so comb the schedule for whatever suits your fancy and sign up now. Also, keep an eye out for High Up, a series of billboards throughout the city created by graphic designers and presented by the Municipality of Milan, The Italian Cultural Institute, California College of the Arts, and SF Design Week—on view through June 17.
When: Thurs. 6/2 – Thurs. 6/9
Where: Various venues, San Francisco
Exhibit
“Richard Prince: The Douglas Blair Turnbaugh Collection”
For the first time ever, the private collection of writer and producer Douglas Turnbaugh will be on view to the public. The collection of photographs, drawings, correspondence, and ephemera by Richard Prince consists of more than 200 individual pieces, including works from his iconic Entertainer series, plus self-portraits, informal sketches, and letters. The personal relationship and flirtation between the artist and collector becomes apparent, as played out in Prince’s creative development in his formative years.
When: Sat. 6/11 – Sat. 7/16
Where: Edward Cella Art + Architecture, 2754 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles
Exhibit
In_Sight On_Site: Beyond Function
In AIA’s spring gallery exhibit, architects and designers showcase their talents beyond design work for the built environment. Expect both the conceptual and creative, imaginative and innovative, and even the impossible.
When: 6 – 8 p.m., Fri. 6/10
Where: AIA, San Francisco, 130 Sutter St., Ste. 600, San Francisco
