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JDS建築師事務所創辦人Julien De Smedt先生台北新書發表酒會及講座

Thursday, July 1, 2010 民國九十九年七月一日星期四
18:00 – Doors Open 開放入場
19:00 – Lecture by Julien De Smedt  先生演講
20:00 – Book Launch 新書發表酒會
Invited Professor: Aleppo Liu 特別邀請 劉育東教授 及
Honorary Guest: Tony Lu 捷年集團總裁呂台年先生

A bit last minute.. but here it is!

AGENDA book launch in Vilnius:

Saturday, 22nd of May, 2010 at 18.00 o‘clock

Place:
Domus Gallery
P. Luksio st. 32
Vilnius, LITHUANIA

Regine Debatty, who runs arts blog We Make Money Not Art (WMMNA), recently reviewed Agenda, click HERE to read her review!

TOKYO BOOK LAUNCH AND LECTURE
Julien De Smedt to lectures at INAX Ginza, Tokyo for Agenda Book
Launch, Wednesday, March 31, 2010
INAX Ginza 3-6-18 Kyoubashi
Chuou-ku, Tokyo 104-0031
18:00 – Doors open
18:30 – Lecture
20:00-21:00 – Book launch reception
admission: 500 Yen

KYOTO BOOK LAUNCH, LECTURE AND EXHIBITION
Julien De Smedt will lecture at Sfera, Kyoto for Agendibition; a
presentation in a spatial format of our recent book, Agenda.
Opening Friday, April 2, 2010.

The exhibition will be from the 2nd April – 9th May.
SferaExhibition 17 Benzaiten-cho,
Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto 605-0086
17:30 – Doors open
18:00 – Lecture Symposium “Case of Dezain 10: Julien De Smedt x Eizo Okada”
19:30 – Book launch reception
admission: 500 Yen

JDS Architects exhibition at Sfera: AGENDIBITION
Gallery Hours 11:00 – 20:00
Closed Wednesday
Exhibition admission: free

Agendibition is an exhibition of architecture through the expansion of a book, turning a narrative into a space. Presented as a spatial experience, the book is laid out so that the entire contents can be seen all at once on the gallery walls. The pages are supplemented by physical models and images on display in the center of the gallery space. Agenda started as an architecture book, occupying the territory between a monograph, a diary, and a collection of essays, interviews, and conversations. It documents the work and thinking of JDS Architects over a specific year marked by crisis, beginning on September 15th, 2008, the day that Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy.

Rather than a definitive direction, our agenda is a definitive attitude – of eagerness, enthusiasm, and optimism, of criticality and concern, of fun and inquiry. It is a directive, a motivation to act, at times without clear knowledge of where our agenda will lead. The task of Agenda is to explore what kind of change will be needed if architects are to assume a political and social agency in this new landscape.

Bringing together diverse forms of content, Agenda is a product of vigilant observation, introspection, and engagement with outside thinkers and collaborators – artists, curators, politicians, authors, economists, journalists, developers, educators, and architects. The final result, on display at Sfera, is the book as it has never been seen before.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THE LECTURES, PLEASE RSVP, INCLUDING THE NAMES OF THOSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING:

for TOKYO lecture: lectures [at] jdsa.be

for KYOTO lecture: exhibition [at] ricordi-sfera.com

Congratulations Kasia Korczak and Boy Vereecken for their Fernand Baudin 2009 prizes and nominations:
-Objectifs of Vertu, Artist Instruments and Thingamajigs
-Trail house
-AGENDA

Fernand Baudin Prize is a Belgian award competition that reference books reflecting high quality design achievements: graphic and editorial, printing and finishing.
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You are invited to join the DESIGNR.RDV event tonight at THEWHITEHOTEL in Brussels, come and catch us at room 43! Champaign is on us!

Thewhitehotel [map]
Avenue Louise 212
1050 Brussels
+32 (0) 2644 2929

JDS and Dezeen have teamed up to give away 5 copies of AGENDA.  To enter this competition email your name, age, gender, occupation, and delivery address and telephone number to competitions@dezeen.com with “JDS Agenda” in the subject line.  Visit AGENDA on Dezeen here for more information.  Competition closes 30 December 2009.

JDS Architects invites you to the AGENDA book launch this Thursday, December 10th at the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York City.

There will be limited copies available for the discounted price of $20, and Julien and all the editors will be present to sign copies of AGENDA.

Contributors Michael Speaks and Geoff Manaugh will also be present.

TIME: 7 PM – 9 PM
ADDRESS: 97 Kenmare Street, New York, NY 10012 [map]

AFTER PARTY AT BEast FROM 10 PM [map]
DJs = DFA’s Justin Miller | Alex from Tokyo | Silas DK

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULIEN!
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Check out the YouTube preview of AGENDA

AGENDA is now available on Amazon.com as well as Actar.com

You can download the movie HERE for your iPhone or other mobile device here, so you can show your friends, family, and strangers on public transportation, it’s an excellent conversation starter!

The soundtrack is a selection from “A New Error” by Moderat, a JDS Brussels office favorite.