Update

Catch these events in November and December

Edted by Jen DeRose -- Interior Design, 10/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

1. Organized by the Palm Springs Art Museum in California, "Multicultural Modernism: The Work of Steven Ehrlich Architects" showcases 36 projects through models, drawings, and floor plans. The retrospective begins with the Los Angeles firm's founding in 1979 and culminates with buildings such as this biotech research laboratory in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The $50 million design, completed in 2003, features a ventilated curtain wall made of terra-cotta. November 11– April 15; 760-325-7186; psmuseum.org.

2. "Alan Fletcher: 50 Years of Graphic Work (and Play)" honors the late creative director of Phaidon Press and cofounder of Pentagram—known for designing the Victoria and Albert Museum logo. Until his September death, Fletcher had been helping prepare this retrospective at London's Design Museum, to which he'd already donated his archive of collages and illustrations. The show, scheduled to open as planned, includes this promotional blotter for a 1958 issue of Fortune. November 11– February 18; 44-8708-339955; designmuseum.org.

3. The animated Edna Mode played fashion designer to the superheroes in The Incredibles, but mere mortals can experience her work in "Design Life Now: National Design Triennial" at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, in New York. As part of a selection of Pixar clips, Edna appears along with Chado Ralph Rucci's real-life Trellis dress, Herman Miller's New Office Landscape furniture, and Lazor Office's FlatPak prefab housing—all among the curators' 87 favorite U.S. designs from the last three years. December 8–July 29; 212-849-8400; cooperhewitt.org.

4. Representing an ongoing dialogue with Francisco de Goya's etching series Desastres de la Guerra, the notorious 1993 sculpture Disasters of War is among the star attractions in "Jake and Dinos Chapman: Bad Art for Bad People" at the U.K.'s Tate Liverpool. The British brothers' first major museum survey in their native country, the show was originally slated to run three years ago; it was postponed for undisclosed reasons. December 15–March 4; 44-151-702-7400; tate.org.uk.

5. Just blocks from the fray of Art Basel Miami Beach, the Wolfsonian–Florida International University is simultaneously taking advantage of its prime location and recognizing Miami's bilingual community with a site-specific installation, (Lo & Behold)(Mira & Ve). Conceptual artist Lawrence Weiner will paint those two translated phrases on the museum's 1927 facade, then repeat them on the lobby's walls and terra-cotta fountain. December 8–February 28; 305-531-1001; wolfsonian.org.

Update November

"Rosemarie Trockel: Country Life, New Ceramics, and Pottery"

Through November 25

Gladstone Gallery, New York; 212-206-9300; gladstonegallery.com.

"Where We Live: Photographs of America From the Berman Collection"

Through February 25

J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; 310-440-7300; getty.edu.

"Shin Banraisha: A Cultural Memory"

November 1–April 1

Noguchi Museum, Long Island City, New York; 718-204-7088; noguchi.org.

"Tigers of Wrath: Watercolors by Walton Ford"

November 3–January 28

Brooklyn Museum, New York; 718-638-5000; brooklynmuseum.org.

"Smith-Miller + Hawkinson Architects: Recent Work"

November 9–December 1

Parsons the New School for Design, New York; 212-229-8955; parsons.edu/architecture.

"Richard Hamilton"

November 11—December 15

Dickinson Roundell, New York; 212-772-8083; simondickinson.com.

Gold Key Award for Excellence in Hospitality Design

November 13

Mandarin Oriental, New York; 914-421-3206; ihmrs.com/goldkey.

"Africa Comics"

November 15–March 18

Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; 212-864-4500; studiomuseum.org.

"Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination"

November 17–February 19

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.; 202-275-1500; americanart.si.edu.

"Murderme Collection: In the Darkest Hour, There May Be Light"

November 25–January 28

Serpentine Gallery, London; 44-20-7298-1515; serpentinegallery.org

Interior Design Hall of Fame

November 29

Waldorf-Astoria, New York; 646-746-7252; interiordesign.net.

Interior Design Best of Year Awards

November 30

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; 646-746-7012; interiordesign.net.

Update December

Ecobuild Federal and AEC-ST Federal Conference

December 4-7

Washington Convention Center, District of Columbia; 800-996-3863; ecobuildfederal.com.

Tour Abitare Italia

December 5

Avenues of Art & Design, Los Angeles; 323-936-1447; tourabitareitalia.com.

NADA Art Fair Miami

December 6-10

Ice Palace Film Studios; 212-594-0883; newartdealers.org.

"Athens-Sparta"

December 6–May 12

Onassis Cultural Center, New York; 212-486-4448; onassisusa.org.

Tour Abitare Italia

December 7

South Florida's "design triad:" Miami Beach, Coral Gables and Dania Beach; 305-864-3434; tourabitareitalia.com.

Art Basel Miami Beach

December 7-10

Miami Beach Convention Center; 305-891-7270; artbaselmiamibeach.com.

Design Miami

December 7-10

Moore Building; 305-572-0866; designmiami.com.

Pulse Miami

December 7-10

Wynwood Arts District; 212-255-2327; pulse-art.com.

Scope Miami

December 7-10

Roberto Clemente Park, Miami Beach; 212-268-1522; scope-art.com.

"Graphic Content: Contemporary and Modern/Art and Design"

December 8–February 2008

Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; 513-345-8400; contemporaryartscenter.org.

"VantagePoint VI: Tom Hunter"

December 23–July 8

Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina; 704-337-2000; themintmuseums.org.

American Institute of Architecture Students Forum: Transitions

December 29–January 1

Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston; 202-626-7472; aias.org.