Newsbites

Edited by Sheila Kim-Jamet -- Interior Design, 10/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Asia Major

Interior Design China will be presenting awards to that country's top designers at an October 27 dinner held during the 17th annual China Institute of Interior Design conference. The event opens October 26 at the International Exhibition Center in Guilin, Guangxi…

Just Add Popcorn

After designing its share of Broadway sets, the Rockwell Group moves from stage to screen with the Elinor Bunin Film Center, future home to New York's Film Society of Lincoln Center. The $30 million project will involve a box office, two theaters, and an amphitheater. Construction is slated to begin in 2007…

Bronze Age

A favorite of Peter Marino and Robert Couturier, artist-designer Ingrid Donat has landed an exhibition at New York's Barry Friedman gallery. Her limited-edition bronze furniture arrives November 3. Look for art nouveau influences that gradually give way to art deco and tribal forms…

Ando at the Clark

Tadao Ando is working on plans for an addition to the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Part of a broad expansion, the 32,000-square-foot building will house galleries for work ranging from 18th-century French silver to 20th-century photography. Groundbreaking is set for 2006…

Precious Metal

Christie's, New York, did so well with its special Georg Jensen sale last January—tripling presale estimates to bring in a total of $8.9 million—that the auction house has established a permanent Jensen category. It debuts October 27 with highlights such as Henning Koppel's silver water pitcher, expected to fetch $15,000 to $25,000…