Seasonal Brunch and Design Speed Dating at Van Alen Institute

JOIN US AT VAN ALEN FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF DESIGN SPEED DATING Design Speed Dating Saturday, May 19 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Van Alen Institute 30 West 22nd Street, 6th Floor New York, NY 10010 Design Speed Dating returns at Van Alen on Saturday, May 19 with our seasonal brunch and portfolio review series that pairs emerging designers with architects, educators, and critics for a session of fast-paced round-robin reviews. At a time of critical need for designers’ voices in shaping the future of the public realm, Van Alen invites an interdisciplinary team of jurors—architects, design critics, scholars, graphic designers, publishers, gallerists, real estate professionals, policymakers, and nonprofit leaders—to critique not just portfolio presentations but how today’s young designers can best bring their visions to the broader civic conversation. We’ll pair four lucky emerging design professionals with this round’s jurors, followed by a dialogue between participants, jurors and attendees. All Van Alen members, friends, and supporters are invited to take part in the action, enjoy a festive brunch in our public gallery, and explore innovative ideas and fresh talent in the company of the greater New York City design community. RSVP now to {encode="[email protected]" title="[email protected]"} We'll be joined in this round by our terrific panel of jurors Leslie Gill of Leslie Gill Architect, Scott Stowell of OPEN, Marc Turkel of Leroy Street Studio, and Bryan Young of Young Projects, along with our speed-daters Daphne Lasky, Caio Barboza, Leo Mulvehill, and Caleb Lowery. Stay tuned for the line-up of emerging designers!

Design Speed Dating: Discussion from Van Alen Institute on Vimeo.

Past reviewers include Vishaan Chakrabarti (Columbia GSAPP), Wendy Feuer (NYC Department of Transportation), Daniel Hernandez (Jonathan Rose Companies), William Menking (The Architect’s Newspaper), Lars Müller (Lars Müller Publishers), Signe Nielsen (Mathews Nielsen), Charles Renfro (Diller Scofidio + Renfro), Michael Sorkin (Sorkin Studio and City College of New York), Suzanne Stephens (Architectural Record), Frederieke Taylor (Frederieke Taylor Gallery), Marc Tsurumaki (LTL Architects), and Anthony Vidler (The Cooper Union). Check out photos and videos from past rounds of Design Speed Dating on Facebook and Vimeo. Portfolio submissions for this round are now closed. Sign up for our newsletter to hear about upcoming opportunities! www.vanalen.org www.twitter.com/van_alen www.facebook.com/pages/Van-Alen-Institute/290624483874