Museum of Design Atlanta Announces 2014 Exhibition Schedule

ATLANTA - Dec. 11, 2013 - PRLog -- The South’s only museum dedicated to the study and celebration of design in its many forms, Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) announces its 2014 schedule. Exhibitions featuring graphic design, industrial design and fashion design make the calendar as well as a MODA-curated exhibition honoring the positive impact design and design thinking can have on the lives of humans and other living things.

In conjunction with each exhibition, MODA will present a diverse schedule of events and educational opportunities that expand on the material covered in the exhibitions. Design thinking workshops, guest speakers and programming for children and students are among the offerings the museum plans to host during the year.

Paul Rand: Defining Design
Through January 30, 2014
Closing Party Come as Your Favorite Font - Saturday, January 25, 2014

Paul Rand: Defining Design presents the work of American designer Paul Rand (1914 – 1996) in an entirely new way by juxtaposing his iconic designs with some of the writings from his books Thoughts on Design, A Designer's Art, Design Form and Chaos and From Lascaux to Brooklyn. Visitors get a deeper insight into Rand's work through his own words and discover what can elevate an ordinary design into something to be considered art. The exhibition is curated by Daniel Lewandowski, creator of the website www.Paul-Rand.com.

Paul Rand: Defining Design is generously sponsored by Unboundary, Neenah Paper, Primal Screen, Son & Sons and City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Power 2 Give Program.

Hidden Heroes: The Genius of Everyday Things
February 23 through May 11, 2014
Opening Reception - Saturday, February 22, 2014

This exhibition comes to MODA via the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany and highlights the stories behind the design of 36 ordinary objects that have revolutionized the way we live. In Hidden Heroes: The Genius of Everyday Things, visitors have the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of everyday objects by means of images, patent drawings, films and audio that illuminate four aspects of their design: innovation, production, evolution and inspiration.

Design Revolution: Innovating for a Better World
May 25 through August 3, 2014
Opening Reception Saturday, May 24, 2014

Based on the idea that design is a way of looking at the world with an eye for changing it, Design Revolution: Innovating for a Better World offers a view into the ways designers, engineers, students, professors, architects and social entrepreneurs from the Southeast are designing solutions to the problems of the 21^st century.

The revolution continues today as designers apply design principles to the world’s most pressing problems. Design Revolution demonstrates how firms and practitioners across Atlanta and the Southeastern United States are using design methodologies to tackle a wide-range of real-world challenges, from the purification of water to the provision of shelter for the homeless and from the re-thinking of transportation systems to the development of games that produce positive world outcomes by teaching, training and raising awareness of social issues. This MODA-curated exhibition will feature local designers, but their solutions might be used in any part of the world.

A Visual History of AIGA: 1913 – 2013
August 17 through October 5, 2014
Opening Reception Saturday, August 16, 2014

During the last century, AIGA (initially known as the American Institute of Graphic Arts) has grown to become the leading international communication design organization. As the graphic design profession and society evolved, so did AIGA. The groundbreaking work featured in this exhibition was created for the organization by the industry’s greatest talents including Andy Warhol, Paul Rand, Saul Bass, Ivan Chermayeff, Alvin Lustig, Stefan Sagmeister, and Michael Vanderbyl. The exhibition will present a walk through the history of graphic arts and design.

Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair
October 19, 2014 through January 4, 2015
Opening Reception Saturday, October 18, 2014

For more than half a century beginning in 1958, the Ebony Fashion Fair brought couture designs from Paris, Milan, New York and London to African Americans in more than 70 American cities including Atlanta, Chicago, Montgomery and Savannah. Founded by Eunice Johnson, wife of publishing mogul John H. Johnson, the Fashion Fairs exposed ordinary African Americans to high fashions they would otherwise never be able to see, and thus changed the way black people thought of themselves. Organized by the Chicago History Museum, Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair is the first major fashion exhibition of its kind in Atlanta.

Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair is generously sponsored by City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Power 2 Give Program.

MODA’s exhibitions are supported in part by the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs and the Fulton County Board of Commissioners under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council.

About Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA)

Celebrating 25 years in 2014 and located within the Midtown Arts Corridor since March 2011, MODA is the only museum in the Southeast devoted exclusively to the study and celebration of all things design.  MODA advances the understanding and appreciation of design as the convergence of creativity and functionality through exhibitions, education and programming for visitors of all ages. MODA’s vision is of a world that celebrates design as a creative force that inspires change, transforms lives and makes the world a better place. MODA regularly features exhibitions of architecture, industrial and product design, interiors and furniture, graphics, fashion, and more.

www.museumofdesign.org

MODA is located at 1315 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30309.