Amsterdam
ExperimentaDesign Amsterdam 2008 Biennale: Space and Place
September 18 to November 2
Design, architecture and creativity will once again be the driving force behind this biennale, held for the first time in Amsterdam. This year’s theme, Space and Place, highlights urban culture as the playground for global citizens.
+31 0205 235058
Boston
Design for Sustainability Workshop
September 30
A pre-conference workshop to accompany The Green Media Show, this workshop addresses sustainability for product design and biodegradability.
SustainCommWorld Exhibit Hall
4735 E Mercer Way
(206) 275-9992
Calgary
Artcity 2008
September 5 to 14
This festival of art, design and architecture brings the arts into public spaces.
(403) 870-2787
Grand-Métis, Quebec
International Garden Festival
Through October 5
Thirteen contemporary gardens have been cultivated by more than 40 designers from Italy, France, Germany, the United States, Ontario and Quebec. Architects, landscape architects, designers and artists have all made contributions. Films, lectures, guided tours and tastings will also be offered.
Les Jardins de Métis/Reford Gardens
200, route 132
(418) 775-2222
London
London Design Festival
September 13 to 23
The biggest annual celebration of design in the U.K.
+44 020 77346444
New York
Conflux Festival
September 11 to 14
This art and technology festival for contemporary psychogeography – investigating urban life through artistic, technological and social practice – encourages people to reimagine the city as a playground.
Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Pl.
(212) 683-0023
Toronto
Green Building Festival
September 9 and 10
Highlighting the best and brightest in green building innovation, the fourth annual festival takes an in-depth look at the impact of green building.
Toronto Congress Centre
650 Dixon Rd.
(416) 364-0050
Queen West Art Crawl
September 12 to 14
Launched in 2003 to help anchor local creative and cultural resources in the community, this three-day, multi-neighbourhood festival highlights more than 1,700 established and emerging artists, complete with an outdoor art sale and live music.
(416) 516-8301
Venice
Architecture Biennale
September 14 to November 23
The 11th International Architecture Exhibition, entitled Out There: Architecture Beyond Building, features installations and experiments to help make sense of the modern world.
+39 041 5218711
