Tuesday May 11, 2010

7 pm
STRAIGHTFORWARD Perspectives on New Finnish Design lecture at Scandinavia House, Paula Bello and Teemu Oksanen (free, for reservations email event_reservation@amscan.org or call 212.847.9740)

Friday May 14, 2010, 11 am – 8 pm

11 am – 1 pm
Urban Visions: Resilient Cities seminar at STRAIGHTFORWARD lounge (free, rsvp required)

6 pm
Date the Designers at STRAIGHTFORWARD lounge (free, rsvp required)

Saturday May 15, 2010, 11 am – 8 pm

2 pm
Curators’ Tour, Paula Bello and Teemu Oksanen

4 pm
Legacy of Finnish Design, lecture by Pekka Korvenmaa, Vice Dean, Professor of Design and Culture, Aalto University, School of Art and Design, followed by book signing, Finnish Design – A Concise History (free, rsvp required)

5pm

Book Signing: Michail Galanakis, Space Unjust – Socio-Spatial Discrimination in Urban Public Space. Cases from Helsinki and Athens; and Paula Bello, Goodscapes: Global Design Processes

6 pm
Date the Designers at STRAIGHTFORWARD lounge (free, rsvp required)

Sunday May 16, 2010, 11 am – 6 pm

2 pm
Curators’ Tour, Paula Bello and Teemu Oksanen

4 pm

STRAIGHTFORWARD Statements by students of Aalto University

7 – 9 pm
VIP party (by invitation only)

Monday May 17, 2010, 11 am – 6 pm

Documentaries on Finnish design screened throughout the day

Please, send your RSVP to all events from Friday to Sunday to events@straightforward-design.net