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Month of Design 2023

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DETROIT MONTH OF DESIGN KICK-OFF PARTY

  • 09/01/2022
  • 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
  • 2905 Beaufait St #4, Detroit, MI 48207

To kick off the 12th Annual Detroit Month of Design Festival, please join us to celebrate the designers, products and projects that showcase our city’s creative talent and small businesses at Spot Lite Detroit, sponsored by DTE Energy and DTE Foundation. There will be live entertainment, live art, DJs and food trucks throughout the night.

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Love IT Detroit

Installation
Consulate of Italy in Detroit
09/01/2022 - 09/30/2022
Consulate of Italy in Detroit
09/01/2022 - 09/30/2022
1001 Woodward Avenue Detroit 48226
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Love IT Detroit

Installation

LoveITDetroit. Context. Exhibition. Experience. In September 2022, at the vibrant beating heart of downtown Detroit during its liveliest month, in simultaneous collaboration with Detroit Month of Design, NAIAS, Detroit Jazz Festival, Dlectricity and more, we are bringing you LoveITDetroit, an active design, innovation and architectural exhibition like nothing Detroit has experienced before. More Italy in Detroit. More Detroit in Italy. In highly experiential,...

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Solar Juke

Installation
Ash Arder
09/03/2022
Ash Arder
09/03/2022
2689 Hunt St Detroit, MI 48207
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Solar Juke

Installation

Solar Juke is a garden party and sound performance that uses Whoop House - a completely solar-powered sound sculpture - as a musical instrument to explore and uplift environmental themes within African diasporan music.

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PROJECT HOPE : Creative Revolution Mural

Installation
College For Creative Studies
09/07/2022
College For Creative Studies
09/07/2022
Walter B. Ford II Building 301 Frederick St, Detroit, MI 48202
5:30 am - 8:30 pm

PROJECT HOPE : Creative Revolution Mural

Installation

This event is the the grand unveiling of the final installation of Project: Hope, the creative revolution, a mural project that began as the senior thesis between two international students at the College For Creative Studies and soon became a cross department collaboration project first of its kind. We were inspired by the Diago Rivera mural at the DIA and wanted to create...

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The Art of Stone; A Cambria quartz sustainability story at DTE’s Beacon Park

Installation
DTE's Beacon Park
09/17/2022 - 09/30/2022
DTE's Beacon Park
09/17/2022 - 09/30/2022
1901 Grand River Ave. Detroit, MI 48226
6:00 am - 10:00 pm

The Art of Stone; A Cambria quartz sustainability story at DTE’s Beacon Park

Installation

Experience the beauty of natural stone products by Cambria through Blasius in our Beacon Park art gallery installation. The pandemic has impacted how we source materials and finishes and how we feel about our home and work environments. Cambria offers a hygienic, maintenance free quartz surfacing solution which highlights craftsmanship, performance, and service. As an American-made, family-owned company, we are committed to the...

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Shop Downtown Detroit

Installation
Design Core Detroit and Bedrock
09/24/2022
Design Core Detroit and Bedrock
09/24/2022
Multiple - Downtown Detroit - 6 Salon Roasting Plant, Citizen Yoga Detroit, Hot Sams, Greyson Detroit, Good Neighbor, The Lip Bar, House of Pure Vin Shinola Retail Store (Woodward)
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Shop Downtown Detroit

Installation

A one day shopping event and experience to support downtown Detroit retails and local designers. The event will feature in-store events, giveaways and creative experiences. The collaboration, occurring during regular retail hours, September 24th, will showcase entrepreneurship, create conversation, and foster stronger relationships between the public, retailers and creatives. Shop Downtown Detroit is a featured event for the 12th Annual Detroit Month of...

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TWMIG: A Mural Experience

Installation
Malika N Pryor
09/30/2022
Malika N Pryor
09/30/2022
4719 Woodward Ave. Detroit, MI
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm

TWMIG: A Mural Experience

Installation

TWMIG: A Mural Experience is an event and installation that is born of a larger project, To Whom Much Is Given. Each element shares a single body of goals: to connect Detroit and it's future (the youth) to the decades long legacy of Black Detroit led arts movements and arts institutions; to historicize the professional life-work of Dell Pryor and Josephine Love; and...

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Workshop: How to start and build an equitable enterprise in Detroit

Unlocking the Visual Language of Live Event Design

Unlocking Opportunities for Makers

University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) Student Union Expansion Tour: Expanding on a Legacy

University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) Student Union Expansion Tour: Expanding on a Legacy

Unity: Interior Art Design Open Studio & Exhibit

Trashion Show

Tour the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue

Thread: Hand Embroidered Meditations on Canvas

The Prelude – NOVA24 | Photo + Film Festival

The Kollective at K. Walker

The House that Robot Built

The Creative Voice Podcast: Month of Design Edition

The Business of Graphic Arts: Essentials of Pricing & Ethical Guidelines

TEDxDetroit 2023

Tablescape Detroit

 

2023 Schedule

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MoD – Outdoors
Outdoors 22 events
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WORKSHOPS 4 events
MoD – Inclusive Filter
Inclusive design 15 events
MoD – Installation Filter
Installations 4 events
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Detroit Month of Design Opening Party and Design Crawl
Design Core Detroit
September 1, 2023
Design Core Detroit
Shop and See 2023
Design Core Detroit
September 1, 2023
Design Core Detroit
Siren Art Wall - Botanical City
Gucci Changemakers
September 1, 2023
Gucci Changemakers
EEFH-AOTL-3
Art on the Lawn
Ford House
September 1, 2023
Ford House
ROSSETTI BLOCK PARTY
Paul Karas
September 1, 2023
Paul Karas
Thread: Hand Embroidered Meditations on Canvas
Elizabeth Salonen + I.M Weiss Gallery
September 1, 2023
Elizabeth Salonen + I.M Weiss Gallery
The Creative Voice Podcast: Month of Design Edition
Elizabeth Mays, Danni Wu
September 1, 2023
Elizabeth Mays, Danni Wu
Mobile Detroit 2050 - A tourist guidebook created by AI
Lawrence Technological University
September 1, 2023
Lawrence Technological University
The Kollective at K. Walker
K. Walker Collective
September 1, 2023
K. Walker Collective
LoveITDetroit
Consulate of Italy in Detroit|Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan
September 1, 2023
Consulate of Italy in Detroit|Dante Alighieri Society of Michigan
WORKS IN PROGRESS
College of Architecture and Design, Lawrence Technological University
September 1, 2023
College of Architecture and Design, Lawrence Technological University
Mike Han: United By Design
PLAYGROUND DETROIT
September 2, 2023
PLAYGROUND DETROIT
re:animation Artist Talk
I.M. Weiss Gallery
September 2, 2023
I.M. Weiss Gallery
Matterfruit Workshops
Matterfruit
September 2, 2023
Matterfruit
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Showering with Identity
The CRITICAL
September 7, 2023
The CRITICAL
The House that Robot Built
Citizen Robotics
September 7, 2023
Citizen Robotics