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GRAY’s top picks for events, fairs, and happenings on the international design scene.

SEATTLE DESIGN FESTIVAL

AUG 21–22 | SEATTLE

Seattle Design Festival, the city’s annual celebration of architecture and design, is back this August with a free outdoor event. Presented by Design in Public with the theme “Emerge,” the two-day event will be held in Lake Union Park and will focus on community, creativity, and reconnection. The always-popular Block Party will consist of interactive built design installations (participants include MG2, Johnston Architects, and Olson Kundig), as well as pop-up design activities and experiences for all ages and abilities. Festival highlights include walking design tours with Seattle Architecture Foundation, printmaking, home-built-boat races, a site-responsive performance set in Freeway Park, and more.

CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE BIENNIAL

SEPTEMBER 17–DECEMBER 18 | CHICAGO

Embracing a collaborative, community-led design approach, the fourth edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, this year titled The Available City, will present transformative possibilities for vacant urban spaces that are created with and for area residents. Led by artistic director, designer, and educator David Brown, the multimonth event will employ talks, build-outs, exhibitions, and events to confront, and create a dialogue around, the often-opaque process of city design and development, and propose alternative, more inclusive design processes. Biennial programming will take place across digital platforms and throughout Chicago neighborhoods with happenings and installations that activate community gardens, decommissioned schools, and storefronts, in addition to vacant lots. Participating design studios include Borderless Studio, Norman Teague Design Studios, architect Negin Moayer of BNMO Design, and Open Architecture Chicago. »

Design Connects

The IDS Vancouver official offsite program of curated live events is taking place in and around Vancouver, BC from Sept 30-Oct 3, 2021.

IDS Vancouver is proud to present this exciting program that continues to prove their investment in and love of the West’s design industry.

Interior Design Show Sept 30-Oct 3 2021 Vancouver

Wonderment Offsite at IDS Vancouver 2020 by LM Studio & Studio Block, Presented by Green Theory Design

Salone del Mobile, Milano 2019.

SUPERSALONE

SEPTEMBER 5–10 | MILAN

Supersalone, the new event being held under the banner of Salone del Mobile and curated by Italian architect Stefano Boeri, will celebrate the resilience of the international design community throughout the past 18 months. For many brands, the September happening will mark the first opportunity in more than a year to show their products at a physical event. Working with a team of collaborators, Boeri has proposed a fresh format inspired by the idea of a large design library, in which work from hundreds of international brands will be showcased in thematic exhibitions. The fair will also feature distinct zones for panel talks and speaker presentations, lounges for meetings, food courts, and areas for lounging. Attendees will be welcomed at the entrance with an installation of 200 trees, provided by Forestami, that will be relocated to Milan’s metropolitan area after the fair. h

S2 E6 | Bashar Wali and Kate Buska of Practice Hospitality join host Brandon Gaston In the Design Lounge at High Horse in the Bidwell Marriott.

THURSDAYS AT 4PM PT / 7PM ET

Pour a beverage and join us IN THE DESIGN LOUNGE, where we’re mixing business with pleasure over swanky cocktails, casual conversations, and some fun and games. Host Brandon Gaston visits with guests for an inside look at what drives their creativity, innovation, and success. Cheers!

DETAILS: graymag.com/in-the-design-lounge YOUTUBE CHANNEL: GRAY Magazine Presents

AUG. 12 | SEATTLE

To mark the launch of this issue, GRAY will bring the magazine to life with an immersive, improvisational experience. For one night only, the creative community will come together to celebrate the accomplishments of designers and the ideas featured in the latest edition. Subscribe to our e-newsletter for details and ticket info.

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