Fashion

Knit wit: Local crafter Daddy Lion Legs makes made to-order hats and scarves

By Bree Davies Wed., Nov. 14 2012 at 9:47 AM
Categories: DIY, Design, Fashion

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A Daddy Lion Legs original scarf.
A Daddy Lion Legs piece is unmistakeable -- thick knitting stitches run diagonal and in tube-like formations, brightly-colored fabrics clash pleasantly with muted yarn. And the designs -- all one-of-a-kind, made-to-order pieces -- come from a single knitter, Jennah Black. What started out as a hobby is now a part-time job, and Black hopes to make it a full-time thing, as she knits every spare moment she can wrangle.

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Design

DasHAUS: The future is here, in Sustainability Park

By Susan Froyd Mon., Oct. 15 2012 at 6:42 AM
Categories: Architecture, Design

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dasHAUS: What's on the horizon of home-building.
What is dasHAUS? Created in Germany, the compact pavilion demonstrates the most up-to-the-minute green technologies in home-building, from the sleekest of sustainable materials to renewable energy systems. Packed full of bright ideas, dasHAUS started a fourteen-city tour of the U.S. a year ago; now it's at home in Denver's Sustainability Park, the tour's last stop, for a ten-day layover. Following is an introductory video.

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Museums

Design Within Denver trunk show kicks off with Vital Industries at MCA Friday

By Bree Davies Thu., Aug. 9 2012 at 8:49 AM
Categories: Art, Design, Events, Museums

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Hand-screened glassware from Design Within Denver's first local trunk show, Vital Industries.
When Sandra Fettingis looked at the shop housed within MCA Denver, she saw potential beyond the traditional confines of a retail space. The buyer for Shop MCA, Fettingis was interested in bringing "secondary programming" to the museum -- an event beyond staple art openings and the consistently challenging Mixed Taste series.

The Design Within Denver series, which has its first edition tomorrow night, was the result. Fettingis has curated a local-centric trunk show showcasing new art, wares and the like that will be featured at the MCA every second and fourth Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

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- Noah Van Sciver goes punk at MCA Denver
- New York Times finds Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver mighty tasty


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Calling female fashion designers: Athena Project's theater/design crossover competition

By Shaughnessy Speirs Thu., Jul. 19 2012 at 1:07 PM
Categories: Design, Fashion, Festivals, Theater

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Athena Project's Plays in Progress series is now in full swing, and while the plays are only getting a workshop treatment, one of them will win a full production at next spring's Athena Project Festival -- and that means it will need a costume designer.

Cue the festival's newest opportunity: a fashion design competition, in which one designer will win the chance to produce the costumes for next year's headline production at the Athena Project Festival.


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Athena Project Festival, Fashion, Fashion Denver, Mondo Guerra, Theatre
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Feeling innovative? Enter the Inventor Art Competition

By Patricia Calhoun Wed., Jul. 18 2012 at 6:57 AM
Categories: Design

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After you do your artistic duty for the Denver Art Museum's Open for Design project, consider entering the second annual Inventor Art Competition -- a graphic precursor for the 2012 DaVinci Inventor Showcase.

"We think the convergence of Denver's new Patent Office and the area's growing culture of innovation will give rise to a new global image for Denver, and we hope the Inventor Art Competition can help serve as a catalyst for making that happen," says Thomas Frey, executive director of the DaVinci Institute.

The theme of this competition: inventors with their great inventions or innovations.

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See something that needs fixing? Snap a photo for the DAM's Design Dilemma

By Susan Froyd Wed., Jul. 18 2012 at 6:00 AM
Categories: Art, Design, Museums

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The Collective, Denver Art Museum.
The delivery date for submissions in the Denver Art Museum's Open for Design community challenge is closing in. Have you been dragging your feet because you just don't know how to come up with a solution that fits the problem within the framework of the challenge?

The DAM isn't about to let you off the hook. On the next page, see its re-tooled challenge, put forth by the museum's interactive blog page The Collective, for folks who have ideas but can't seem to put the pieces together.

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- The Denver Art Museum wants you for the Open for Design challenge.
- At the Denver Art Museum, change is good.
- Visit the Denver Art Museum through the eyes of Instagram users.


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