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When:   February 16, 2011 7:00pm-8:30pm
Where:   Moorhead & Moorhead, 83 Canal Street, No. 309
Price:   $15 (early, by 2/7); $20 (late)
Type:   Arts

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Join Artists on the Brink and the YAAMNY for a rewarding and intimately scaled studio visit to the architecture and industrial design studio of Moorhead & Moorhead.

All are welcome, but space is strictly limited. Register immediately to secure your spot for our visit to an engaging, visually arresting, idea-rich design practice.

The substance of this studio visit will include: an introduction to Granger and Robert Moorhead and their practice; representative projects; insights into their design process; and the working space, materials, and tools of a design team. Moorhead & Moorheads projects address: design and social change (Cityracks Slipcover);�design and enriching civic space (Cityracks Slipcover,�Shade Station, Ice Heart)�and lived experience (Uruguay Compound); crafting a journey through physical space (Ecotones Exhibition); innovative use of materials (FeltStool,�Filament Wound Bench);�and the role of the built environment in capturing the public imagination (Ice Heart) or facilitating peace of mind, contemplation, and introspection (Mobile Chaplet,�Shade Station).

Brink Lab is the educational enrichment programming series of arts not-for-profit Artists on the Brink and introduces the public to a laboratory ideas on the creative process and effecting social change.

Company of Scholars is an initiative of the Yale Alumni Association of Metropolitan New Yorks Educational Programs Committee and encompasses a broad constellation of intellectually rich learning experiences from enlightening talks to encounters with cultural institutions to on the ground immersion in the places where light and truth collide.

Web Resources:

Moorhead & Moorhead website:

A New York Times shopping excursion with the Moorhead brothers:

Moorhead & Moorheads Ice Heart in Times Square:



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