Stories in Form: Chair Design by Portfolio Center Call for Entries! Design Conversation – The Strategic Designer Workshop Shop Switch Modern MODA! Drink in Design – Tricks of the Trade campMODA Skate It or Hang It!?  The Evolution of Skateboard Art Join MODA’s Founders Circle

Stories in Form: Chair Design by Portfolio Center

February 5 - June 3, 2012

This spring, the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA), in partnership with the Portfolio Center, presents an exhibition honoring history and design through the medium of the chair.

Stories in Form: Chair Design by the Portfolio Center runs February 5 through June 3, 2012.

For more information, click here.

Call for Entries!

OPPORTUNITY

MODA is looking for unique and innovative product and set/space designers from the southeastern United States to compete for a place in our upcoming exhibition, The South’s Next Wave: Design Challenge. These designers should exemplify the myriad new directions the Southern aesthetic has taken.

Selected designers will collaborate on an installation to be displayed at MODA from September 29, 2012 – January 6, 2013 and will compete for a cash prize of $6,000 and a feature article in a major Atlanta lifestyle magazine.

For more information, click here.


To download the full call for entries, click this link.

Design Conversation – The Strategic Designer Workshop

May 20, 2012

Join us for Design Conversation on Sunday, May 20 at 2-4 pm, as Dave Holston presents The Strategic Designer Workshop.

The Strategic Designer Workshop is an activity-based workshop that targets designers at all levels who want to find new ways to spark creativity and engage clients and audiences on a deeper level.

For more information about what you will learn and how you will benefit, click here.

Shop Switch Modern MODA!

October 2, 2011

Just a few months ago, MODA added a design shop to the lobby of the Museum.

Our new shop, Switch Modern MODA, is a collaboration between the Museum of Design Atlanta and Switch Modern, the premiere modern furniture and accessories showroom in Atlanta, Georgia.

For more information about Switch Modern MODA, please click here.

Drink in Design – Tricks of the Trade

May 31, 2012

Join us for a very special Drink in Design on Thursday, May 31 from 6-9pm. Yes, you'll need an extra hour for this event!

Are you looking to learn a new skill? Do you have questions about particular hobby? Love talking to people who spend their time doing fascinating things? Then, this is the event for you!

During Tricks of the Trade, MODA will create a non-traditional learning environment. Our galleries will be filled with local artists, designers, and craftspeople eager to share the tricks of their trades as they answer questions about their areas of expertise.

For more information, click here.

campMODA

Want your child to do something unique and absolutely cool? How about building and designing robots using LEGOs?

At campMODA, students 6-14 years old learn basic robotic engineering, programming principals, and science, technology, engineering and math concepts while having fun!

Your child’s natural curiosity and ingenuity will help them envision possibilities and develop innovative solutions to difficult technology problems.

For more information about Saturday camps, Home School camps, and Summer camps,click here.

Skate It or Hang It!? The Evolution of Skateboard Art

June 16 - September 16, 2012

Skate It or Hang It!? will be held at the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) from June 16, 2012 to September 16, 2012. The exhibition will examine the visual aspects skateboarding, a sport important to contemporary youth culture since the 1970s, by presenting a broad range of styles, imagery, and visual expression in skateboard art.

With a broad focus on skateboard graphics—in particular the styles and methods used to embellish skateboard decks—the exhibition will appeal to a broad range of skateboarders, designers, artists and to Atlanta’s youth in general. Visitors will come to understand skateboard graphics in a variety of ways, as Skate It or Hang It!?

For more information and for associated events, click here.

Join MODA’s Founders Circle

In March, MODA opened its doors at 1315 Peachtree Street. If you want to be a special part of our exciting first year in Midtown Atlanta, join the Founders’ Circle.

Your contribution of $1315.00 will enhance MODA’s position in Atlanta and help to bring design programming and educational events to the city.

For more information click here.
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Stories in Form: Chair Design by Portfolio Center

This spring, the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA), in partnership with the Portfolio Center, presents an exhibition honoring history and design through the medium of the chair.

Stories in Form: Chair Design by the Portfolio Center runs February 5 through June 3, 2012.

For more information, click here.

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Call for Entries!

OPPORTUNITY

MODA is looking for unique and innovative product and set/space designers from the southeastern United States to compete for a place in our upcoming exhibition, The South’s Next Wave: Design Challenge. These designers should exemplify the myriad new directions the Southern aesthetic has taken.

Selected designers will collaborate on an installation to be displayed at MODA from September 29, 2012 – January 6, 2013 and will compete for a cash prize of $6,000 and a feature article in a major Atlanta lifestyle magazine.

For more information, click here.

To download the full call for entries, click this link.

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Design Conversation – The Strategic Designer Workshop

Join us for Design Conversation on Sunday, May 20 at 2-4 pm, as Dave Holston presents The Strategic Designer Workshop.

The Strategic Designer Workshop is an activity-based workshop that targets designers at all levels who want to find new ways to spark creativity and engage clients and audiences on a deeper level.

For more information about what you will learn and how you will benefit, click here.

More>>

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Shop Switch Modern MODA!

Just a few months ago, MODA added a design shop to the lobby of the Museum.

Our new shop, Switch Modern MODA, is a collaboration between the Museum of Design Atlanta and Switch Modern, the premiere modern furniture and accessories showroom in Atlanta, Georgia.

For more information about Switch Modern MODA, please click here.

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