News Bites

edited by Sheila Kim-Jamet -- Interior Design, 11/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Enlightened by Ando

"Tadao Ando: The Process of Creation" assembles 10 personal sketchbooks in the emaki style, i.e. accordion-folded hand scrolls. They depict both unrealized and completed projects and are embellished with photos and text. At New York's Yoshii Gallery through January 21…

Taking Wing

Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects is renovating a 60,000-square-foot facility for Seattle's Wing Luke Asian Museum, the first Smithsonian affiliate in the Pacific Northwest. The 1910 hotel will now hold galleries, classrooms, and a theater. Construction starts at year's end…

The Incredibles

Celebrating one of the most successful animation studios in the U.S., "Pixar: 20 Years of Animation" is coming to New York's Museum of Modern Art with paintings, concept art, and works on paper, plus film screenings. Opens December 14…

Industrial Strength

Known for combining traditional craftsmanship with technology, Hella Jongerius has won the industrial-design category of the Rhode Island School of Design's annual Athena Award. Other recipients are performer Laurie Anderson, artist Kiki Smith, and jeweler Tiffany & Co., which was this year's corporate leader…

She Stacks Up

Stone, metal, and glass aren't the mediums of choice for every sculptor. In "Foldoverfold: Marcie Miller Gross," opening December 16 at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri, clothing and towels form minimalist towers…