By focussing his design around his invented street rather than around the exhibition space itself, Fuksas departed from the model that most architects have used in designing convention centers.
In addition to the master plan, OMA designed the convention center, Congrexpo.
With this knowledge, he has designed a convention to run according to what he calls "political programming," and, he says, "I mean programming in the true TV sense"..
Mr. Carter's tribute is not the only way the Democrats have designed their convention to be like, or unlike, the Republican gala in Philadelphia last week.
With this knowledge, he has designed a convention to run according to what he calls "political programming," and, he says, "I mean programming in the true TV sense"...
The annual art and design convention that showcases collectible toys, designer apparel with urban, underground and pop art will be held in Pasaden from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday at the Pasadena Convention Center, 300 East Green St.
At Designer Con, the annual toy, art and design convention which runs the weekend of Nov. 21 and 22 at the Pasadena Convention Center's Exhibition Hall, the significance of play is elevated to an out of this world status.
Saturday November 20, DesignerCon--the annual art and design convention that smashes together collectible toys and designer apparel with urban, underground and pop art--comes to the Pasadena Convention Center with 90 vendors and over two dozen artists, including the celebrated pop master Ron English.
Robert Wennett, a property player who is trying to realise a Rem Koolhaas-designed convention centre, says that Miami was once about one thing at a time – tourism, gambling, retirement – but now is acquiring multiple layers: "You had a place with no culture that was just basically in the sun, but it grows up and becomes a real city".
Another, the Mehrzeller, would bury the industry's boxy design convention for good.
