Highlights: Boston Design Week

We are excited that the first annual Boston Design Week is here (March 20-30)! There will be a wide-range of events over the next 10 days. We are highlighting a few events from the guidebook that seem really fun to experience. Design can: trigger the human spirit, promote productivity and create clarity. What is the value of design in your life?

So many of our design disciplines and talents intersect–get out in the city and enjoy. Here are a few that represent a variety of interests:

Artisan’s Asylum Somerville, MA |  Multiple Days (Tours, Open House)
At Payette we are passionate about craft in architecture;  this non-profit serves the local and global creative makerspace community–from jewelry making to bike building.

Lecture: How Boston Designers Changed the World
Massart, Boston | March 24, 6-7PM
How Boston-based designers have instigated change across multiple disciplines from communication, to apparel, to military equipment. Our city has played a vital role in design – in our day-to-day professions, we are typically immersed in the “now” and future – this lecture looks like an interesting historical perspective.

Industrial Revelation: Re-purposing – Residential, Restaurants, Retail … & Refreshments
Restoration Resources, Washington St., Boston | Monday, March 24, 6-8PM
Revamping salvaged pieces can be rewarding and always guarantees a unique outcome.  Learn from Brendan Haley of B Haley Designs how to be more creative in your re-purposing endeavors.

Lecture: About the Process–The Production and Design Process of the TV Series This Old House
Boston Architectural College, Boylston Street, Boston |  Tuesday, March 25, 6-7:30PM
Check out behind the scenes of this classic. A topic we all love coming from the architecture world. Hear from the Senior Producer and Interior Designer of this popular PBS series.

Lecture: Art and Design as Practical Social Action
Boston Society of Architects, Congress Street, Boston | Tuesday, March 25, 6:30-8:30PM
Speakers discuss South-Boston’s based Artist for Humanity to serve as a model for integrated art, design, innovation and entrepreneurship that lead to revitalized communities.  Looks like a great talk to realize Boston’s strength in community-building via art.

Building Brands
Neoscape, Drydock Ave., Boston | Thursday, March 27, 3-5PM
Hear from the Neoscape Creative Team on how brands can successfully be integrated into a building. One of Payette’s Architecure Forums covers this very topic in a more discussion-based format.

Design Specialist Panel at West Elm Fenway
West Elm Fenway, Brookline Ave., Boston | Thursday, March 27, 6-7:30PM
Because… who doesn’t want inspiration to refresh their home? Topics range from small space solutions to the art of layering.

Youth Build Boston, The Designery
Washington St., Boston | Multiple Days (Tours, Open House)
Learn about this team-based after school program and how you can inspire young kids to follow in your creative footsteps. Take home a fun project designed by the young designers.

Over-Time: Defining Modern Boston through Photography
cultureNOW at BSA Space, Congress Street, Boston |   Thursday, March 27, 6-8PM
A great round-up of speakers including some of Boston’s leading architectural photographers discuss Boston’s ever-changing cityscape and architecture.