June Event - Round Table

Event: Round Table June 19, 2013 6-8pm

Where: Janus et Cie, 349 Peachtree Hills Avenue, NE Suite A5 Atlanta, Georgia 30305

Title: Round Table

JANUS et Cie, the leading resource for indoor and outdoor furnishings, provides elegant design solutions for residential, hospitality, corporate, site, and retail clients worldwide. Committed to outstanding quality and service since its founding in 1978, JANUS et Cie has 175,000 square feet of production facilities at its Los Angeles, California headquarters. It can ship immediately from its extensive inventory to outfit a single space or entire project. JANUS et Cie operates showrooms and sales offices throughout the United States and Mexico, and also has representation in top multi-line showrooms and through preferred retailers nationwide. For more information about JANUS et Cie products and services, visit www.janusetcie.com.

Our members have requested to have more focus on issues affecting our industry so we're hosting another round table event. Please bring your ideas, issues, & questions for discussion points. This is your chance to get to know your fellow DC members on a more personal level.

May Event - Is Hiring a Designer Worth It?

Design Collective, a members-only organization of designers and allied professionals, is opening their doors to the public for an unprecedented presentation. Three Atlanta-area clients who have recently embarked on the design process will talk with moderators, Hillary Linthicum, co-founder of Design Collective, and Matthew Quinn, the award winning-designer and owner of Design Galleria Kitchen & Bath Studio and Matthew Quinn Collection. They will discuss selecting a designer, understanding the design process, setting a budget and how proper management of the project can improve your overall lifestyle and enjoyment of your home. 

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.  Don't miss this exciting opportunity to hear from real clients about their experiences.

Seating is limited. Reservations are required. To reserve your seat, send an email to rsvp@designcollectiveatl.com.

Atlanta Decorative Arts Center

Presentation Room, First Floor Atrium

349 Peachtree Hills Ave NE Atlanta, 30305

april event

About our Host: Steve and Jill McKenzie opened our interiors and lifestyle store in Sept. 2012. The brand offers a design sensibility that converges two fundamental influences - the graciousness that the McKenzies have grown to appreciate while living in the south and their personal love for the mid-century modern aesthetic. The store combines products designed by the McKenzies with handmade pieces from southern artisans. The cornerstone of the store's offerings is Steve's textile designs that are derived from the canvases of his artwork. The McKenzies have also brought together wares that are wrought with adept southern craftsmanship. This includes Blenko Glass from WVA, Colsen Keane leather goods, two reclaimed wood furniture artisans, The Old Wood Co. and 2nd Story Wood. steve mckenzie's also serves as the Grange showroom for the southeast. The blending of this fine French furniture line with the pieces the McKenzies have brought together exemplifies the confidence of mixing aesthetics.

Fine art is very important in the home and is shown in home vignettes in the showroom. They represent Deanna Sirlin, Steve McKenzie, Rebecca Wood and T.L. Lange.

About our Event: This event is to spotlight a local Atlanta artist, Susan Zinger.  Susan says, "After spending over 30 years in executive positions in the Interior Design industry in Michigan and Georgia, it’s time to feed my creative soul and return to my roots as an artist-- Recognition of my budding artistic career began in the 6th grade when Sister Ellen Ann told me I had a natural talent for decorating. I liked it that she praised me for intuitively knowing that the letters we were hanging along the corkboard should float up and down in an irregular pattern to make them appear to dance. Her compliment sparked something in me! Since that time, my work has moved from corkboard to acrylic paint on canvas. It continues to come from within me- how I’m feeling, what I’ve seen and where I’ve been, what has implanted on my subconscious on any given day that I choose to pick up a paintbrush-- or a putty knife, or just my fingers.  Some days playful, some days gutsy, the results of which are what you see in my first exhibition at Steve Mckenzie’s entitled 'Awakenings'."

Members Only, Please RSVP: rsvp@designcollectiveatl.com

Steve McKenzie’s

996 Huff Rd NW Ste E

Atlanta, GA 30318

April 17, 2013 6-8PM

march event

A special Design Collective event brought to you by Bjork Studio & MODA in the final week of The South's Next Wave Exhibition.  We are the first and only group to have this privilege.  You do not want to miss this event.  

Members Only, Must RSVP: rsvp@designcollectiveatl.com

The South’s Next Wave: Design Challenge

THE MUSEUM: As the only design museum in the southeastern United States, the Museum

of Design Atlanta strives to advance the understanding and appreciation of design as the

convergence of creativity and functionality through exhibitions, education, and programming for

visitors of all ages.

THE EXHIBIT: The South’s Next Wave: Design Challenge, part exhibition, part

competition; the exhibition pairs designers of interior spaces with object designers to create

imaginative vignettes throughout the museum. Curators David Goodrowe and Tim Hobby co-

founders of Aesthetic Identity Design™ firm Goodrowe | Hobby™ have directed the work of

set /interior designers and of object designers in fields from furniture to fashion who exemplify the

myriad new directions the Southern aesthetic has taken.

SPONSOR OF THE EVENT: Designer Collective member BJORK STUDIO – a custom

upholstery, furniture and vintage atelier on Atlanta’s Westside. Conceived at the turn of THIS

century by longtime American interior designer Amy Wikman and her Swedish engineer husband

Tomas, this is also a marriage of culture and design as BJORK STUDIO creates furniture

made entirely in Atlanta, GA, USA as well as imports classic vintage modern furniture from

Scandinavia. BJORK STUDIO owner Amy Wikman is one of the designers featured as a

furniture designer in The South’s Next Wave with her esteemed vignette partner fine artist

Nancy VanDevender in their collaborative vignette “Wicked Games.” www.bjorkstudio.com

“The design of the vignette, Wicked Games, is based on Afrikan Tahti, a Finnish board game in which the players search for famous gemstones that now reside in the British Crown Jewels and return them to their homeland. Inspiration is taken from the game itself and vintage films in which board games are integral parts of the social plot. The wallpaper is the game board; the fantastical furniture, the pieces. Wicked references the duplicity, the conniving, the many hands and routes the ruby passes before finally being returned.

MODA is located at 1315 Peachtree Street. Link for parking and a map: http://

www.museumofdesign.org/visit/

february event

About Edelman Leather:
Edelman Leather is the premier brand of luxury leathers. “We continue the founding Edelman family tradition to design for designers, through innovation and imagination,” Amy Darrah, President.
Today, with awards such as consecutive “Best on the Best” House & Garden award (2005-06), Robb Reports 2006 “Best of the Year” award, and 2007 “BEST of Year” for product from Interior Design, the business has become a lifestyle company. The projects range evenly among high-end residential, hospitality, contract, and aircraft. The clients’ homes, their yachts, their offices, the restaurants they eat in – a lifestyle, all involving Edelman Leather.
The craft of leather making is practiced here. Creativity rules. 
Our craft is leather. Good leather is produced using hands, eyes, and sensitivity to beautiful product. Edelman Leather crafts the best leather in the world.
Edelman hides are FULL GRAIN. Custom coloring and hand finishes are usual; cowhide and calfskin are the leathers used – always European in origin.

About February Event:
We spoke, we listened.  You want to have more focus on issues affecting our industry.  This is your chance to get to know your fellow DC members on a more personal level at the First Annual Design Collective Round Table.

Members RSVP: rsvp@designcollectiveatl.com

january 2013 event

Since 1977, Designer Antiques has been a family owned business. From our beginnings as a direct importer of English and Irish pine antique furniture, our custom work developed out of a desire from our clients to delivery high quality furniture to fit their specific needs. Solid wood, locally made, built to size. "handcrafted in Atlanta since 1977"

Our January event is an Artist Spotlight on R. Matthew Songer
Matthew was born in Mableton, Georgia, on August 27, 1958. His family soon moved to Cumming, Georgia, where he grew up and attended school. Raised on a farm, Matthew spent much of his time out of doors, helping on the land, wandering in the woods, fishing and drawing. Born into a family that encouraged creativity, he explored art, music, science and engineering before settling into art in high school.

The Southern landscape touches me deep inside. The compliment regarding my work that I enjoy hearing the most is “The way it all looks, it draws me in. I feel that I can just step inside the picture”. The mountains of the Blue Ridge, the marshes of the Coast, and the farms of the Piedmont and Plains all hold a special place, a magical spell on my heart. I try to render these images so the magic will be felt by anyone who views my art.

He is glad to present this group of works from the past ten years, Visions of the South.

Members RSVP: rsvp@designcollectiveatl.com

November event

 *Please note that this event is on the 4th Wednesday (NOVEMBER 28th) to accomodate the Thanksgiving holiday.

** Please no guests, this is a special members-only event.  

November is our special year-end event for members only.  We will be giving out our yearly awards and celebrating all we've accomplished this year.  

Members RSVP: rsvp@designcollectiveatl.com