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Wednesday, November 3, 6:30 p.m.
Japanese Design: The Art of the Everyday Object
Japanese culture has been a powerful factor in the arts in New York ever since the arrival of the first Japanese ambassadors to New York in 1860. From the influence of Japanese prints on Impressionist painters and designers like Louis Comfort Tiffany to the impact of manga and anime on contemporary designers and artists, New Yorkers have been fascinated with Japanese design. Join design expert and author Phil Patton as he moderates a conversation featuring Chay Costello, Product Manager, MoMA Retail, and Adam Glickman, formerly of TOKION magazine, about the progression, prevalence, and production of the familiar, everyday objects that were born from New York and Japan’s enduring legacy of cultural design exchange. Presented in conjunction with Samurai in New York: The First Japanese Delegation, 1860.

Tuesday, November 9, 6:30 p.m.
Spotlight on Design: The Taxi of Tomorrow
Few objects are more recognizable as quintessentially New York than the yellow taxicab. Yet today’s taxi fleet is composed of 16 different vehicle types, all of which are retrofitted to meet city regulations. The New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission “Taxi of Tomorrow Project” is an effort to identify a new vehicle through an international design competition. Join us as Commissioner David Yassky of the Taxi and Limousine Commission unveils some of the new designs and joins a panel discussion moderated by Deborah Marton, Executive Director, the Design Trust for Public Space, featuring Paul Herzan, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution; Louis Infante, Executive Director, Military & Government Markets, Ricardo, Inc.; Cliff Lloyd, independent taxicab owner; and Ronald Sherman, President of the Metropolitan Taxicab Board of Trade. This program is presented as part of the ongoing series The Urban Forum: Spotlight on Design. Co-sponsored by the Design Trust for Public Space.

Tuesday, December 7, 6:30 p.m.
The New York City Subway Map – Form v. Function in the Public Realm
Massimo Vignelli’s 1972 New York City subway map, produced by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, was considered a design triumph — earning itself a place in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art — but it was criticized as confusing to passengers. A new version of the subway map was released earlier this year, re-raising the enduring dilemma: how best to achieve both functionality and beauty. What alternate versions of the map might be created to encourage ridership and appeal aesthetically? Join the creators of several subway maps, including John Tauranac and Massimo Vignelli, for a discussion about designing for the riding public, featuring Eddie Jabbour, creator of the Kick Map and the NYC subway app, and Paul Shaw, author of Helvetica and the New York City Subway System: The True (Maybe) Story (110 Editions, 2009).

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