In Brief: Polaroid Project, Best Urban Open Spaces, Neil Gaiman Addresses Grads, Intern for David Stark

Dueling bathing beauties: Boo George traveled to Oslo to photograph Norway's "It" couple, Iselin Steiro and Anders Danielson, for the cover of T: The New York Times Style Magazine. At left, George Hoyningen-Huene's 1930 photograph "The Divers, Paris." • Got Polaroids? The Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, in connection with MIT and London-based publisher Thames & Hudson, is at work on a major project on Polaroid photography. Slated to open at MIT in late 2015 and then travel internationally, the show will cover Polaroid-related art, science, and technology. “This is a call for submissions," William A. Ewing, who is curating the art aspects of the project with Barbara Hitchcock, told The Art Newspaper recently. "It demands the best of the best material. This is not a community project, we want the stuff that can hold its own against the art of the period—and it was a long period, from 1950 to 1990.” Deborah Douglas and Gary Van Zante are in charge of the project's science and technology aspects. • Five finalists have been selected for the Urban Land Institute's Urban Open Space Award, a competition that recognizes "an outstanding example of a well-used public open space that has spurred regeneration and the transformation of its surrounding community." Two NYC projects—the High Line and Pier 25 at Tribeca Section in Hudson River Park—made the final five, along with Railroad Park (Birmingham, Alabama), RiverWalk Urban Waterfront Calgary, Alberta), and Tanner Springs Park (Portland, Oregon). The winner, to be announced in October, will receive a $10,000 cash prize, and if we know this group, they'll blow it all on bulbs and shrubs. • Author and graphic novelist Neil Gaiman delivered the commencement address and picked up an honorary doctorate at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Among his advice for the graduates: make mistakes. "If you're making mistakes, it means you're out there doing something," said Gaiman last Thursday. "And the mistakes in themselves can be useful. I once misspelled Caroline, in a letter, transposing the 'a' and the 'o,' and I thought, 'Coraline looks like a real name...'" Watch the full speech (his first-ever university commencement address) here. • Event designer extraordinaire David Stark has taken to the web in his search for a star intern. He has partnered with Apartment Therapy on its “Design is not Taught” contest. In addition to a three-month internship with David Stark Design and Production, the winner will have the opportunity chance to work with Stark one-on-one to edit and curate his or her portfolio. The intern's final project? To single-handedly design Apartment Therapy’s holiday party. Click here for details. • Guzzle some creativity with your coffee by starting the day with CreativeMornings, the free breakfast lecture series for creative types. Founded in 2009 by New York-based designer and blogger Tina Roth Eisenberg, this "TED for the rest of us" takes place monthly in 29 cities around the globe, from Atlanta to Zurich. In June, all CreativeMornings chapters are partnering with the Rhode Island School of Design to host events under a common theme: the intersection of arts and technology. Confirmed speakers include Rick Valicenti (Chicago), Jessica Hische (Vancouver), and Victoria Davis (Los Angeles). • Interior designers are chugging along in 2012, according to the American Society of Interior Designers' Interior Design Billings Index. ASID firms reported increased billings for the third consecutive month, ending March with an index score of 62.5, up 13 points from the previous quarter, and nearly five points from the prior year. “This is very positive news for the building industry, and in particular for interior design services,” said ASID economic advisor Jack Kleinhenz, in a statement issued yesterday. “The ASID Billings Index has shown a solid pattern of increased activity over most of the past year, led by continued demand for remodeling projects versus new construction spending.”

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