Current Exhibitions

On You 2

June 11 through August 14, 2010

Following the success of the wearable electronics exhibition ON YOU, Clint Zeagler and Thad Starner have curated a second exhibition entitled ON YOU 2 which looks specifically at conductive thread embroidered and fabric manipulation interfaces. Garments design by Clint Zeagler and Tiffany Teague will be on display along side garments designed by students showcasing Clint Zeagler and Thad Starner's Georgia Tech research in wearable technology.

LoveNests: Photographs and Objects

February 27, 2010 to August 14, 2010

MODA will present a photography exhibition developed by the Portfolio Center in conjunction with the Georgia Tech Industrial Design Program under the direction of Raja Schaar and Michael West. This exhibition will highlight, through one-of-a-kind displays, fascinating individuals and the objects they can't live without.

LoveNests will showcase the lives of a colorful collective of Atlanta locals through design. The exhibition is a collaborative effort between Portfolio Center photography and Georgia Tech industrial design students. Through interviews, storytelling, and photography, the curators will delve into the personalities and histories of popular Atlantans and discover what objects define, inspire, and capture the essence of their individuality. Once this process is complete, the photographers and designers will work together to translate and engineer each person's symbolic spirit, so to speak, into a three-dimensional representation. Structural, abstract, graphic and diverse, each Atlantan is tangibly personified at MODA through designed environments. LoveNests serves as an engaging, illustrative biography of our Atlanta favorites.

Press Contact: Suzanne Shaw, srshaw@mindspring.com

Atlanta: Beyond Bricks & Sticks
How green design is changing the places in which we live, work, learn and play.

In celebration of Atlanta’s diverse mix of certified green building projects, MODA presents ATLANTA: Beyond Bricks & Sticks, an exhibition that will travel to some of the city’s high-profile venues during February and March. Spotlighting many of the metro area’s outstanding design examples, MODA’s Atlanta: Beyond Bricks & Sticks tells the stories of the people who live, work, learn and play in the city’s sustainable structures. Exhibit components include an interactive Atlanta Green Map, a “What is Your Carbon Footprint?” quiz, video interviews, an intimate look at student life at Dekalb County’s LEED Silver Certified Arabia Mountain High School and many other features that explain and celebrate green living.

Curation of the exhibition includes a broad spectrum of buildings reflective of the metro area’s commercial and residential projects along with large-scale developments that incorporate environmental features. All of the exhibit’s projects either meet the US Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building rating system or the Southeast’s EarthCraft House certification program. The exhibit has been thoughtfully designed with sustainable materials to fit the theme while allowing for the challenges of traveling to the various settings.

ATLANTA: Beyond Bricks & Sticks Travelling Schedule

World of Coca-Cola
February 10 – 13
121 Baker St. NW, Atlanta, GA 30313-1807
(404) 676-5151

CNN Center
February 16 – 25
190 Marietta Street, Atlanta, GA
(404) 827-2300

Cobb Galleria Centre
March 3 – April 12
2 Galleria Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30339-5938
(770) 955-8000

Atlanta Dogwood Festival
April 16 – 18
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, GA 30309

Atlanta City Hall
April 20 – April 30
55 Trinity Avenue, Atlanta, GA, 30303
(404)330-6000

Porter Sanford III Performing Arts & Community Center
May 4 – May 12
3181 Rainbow Dr., Decatur, GA, 30034
(404) 286-7356

Phipps Plaza
June 2 – June 21
3500 Peachtree Rd Ne, Atlanta, GA 30326
(404) 261-7910

Lenox Square Mall
June 23 – July 12
3393 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30326
(404) 233-6767

Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center
September 6 – December 18, 2010
2020 Cleanwater Dr
Buford, GA 30519-5708
(770) 904-3500
Open M-F 9-5, Saturday 10-5

Atlanta: Beyond Bricks & Sticks will continue traveling through the end of 2010. The remaining schedule will be announced in the coming months. Upcoming venues include: the Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center and the Serenbe Farms.

Call 404-979-6455 or email info@museumofdesign.org to arrange for a tour of the exhibition

Media Contact: carrie@pennhouseproductions.com