Everyone who knows me knows that I love to shop at Target. After all, it addresses all my ‘Consciousnesses’: Budget-conscious, Green-conscious…Design-conscious. I’m weak in the knees for good design (even more so for good, cheap design) and Target’s Design For All collaborations draw me in every time.
Everyone needs a little everyday design, and Target has got the right idea by teaming up with design super-stars like Michael Graves and Isaac Mizrahi on everything from fashion and beauty to decor and dishes. My favorite collab has to be the rock ‘n roll infused line by Alexander McQueen, inspired by my all time favorite front woman, Leila Moss of The Duke Spirit.
McQueen's muse, Leila Moss modeling the Target line
And these days at the IMA, it’s all about design, design, design. The European Design exhibit is drawing to a close (hurry if you haven’t seen it!) but the Design Center will stay open with great pieces you can take home. Already have a lot of design in your life (or living room)? Take some photos of your everyday design objects and upload them to our Flickr group.
And here’s some great news: tonight you can hear Jeff Carter, senior designer for Target Stores, speak here at the IMA.
- Thursday, June 4
- 7:00 pm
- The Toby at the IMA
- $7 Public / $4 Members / $5 students, click here for more details
And let me just take a moment to mention Target’s website. I’ve always been a fan of their clean layout (although the mega menus are over-stuffed), and the Design For All section provides a mini profile on each designer they’ve collaborated with. Nice. Although, I’d really like to see video interviews with each designer or even a Design For All blog. That’s probably asking too much- but hey, a girl can dream, right?
Speaking of blogs, check out these Target posts from local design blogs The Design File and Level: zine.
And this one from The DieLine: Los Angeles-based illustrator Hiroko Sanders created the illustrations for the Kleenex ‘Perfect Slice of Summer’, new limited edition tissue box series for Target Stores.
Juicy.
Filed under: Current Events, Design
June 4th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Thanks for the blog mention. I appreciate it. You guys do a great job! -lesley
June 4th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
I love target.
June 4th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
Wait, you love Target, fashion & Leila Moss? Why I am always the last to know? Good job.
June 4th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
I was just in Minneapolis and stopped into the Target Commercial Interiors store. Great stuff that I never knew existed!
http://www.targetcommercialinteriors.com/
June 4th, 2009 at 11:32 pm
This was a nice presentation however as a designer I love to hear about process. It would have been great to have seen the progression of Dror’s collapsing clock or the ‘weird laminate’ version of the nesting bookcase that turned Jeff off. With each design presentation I attend there seems to be a deficit of creative process exploration. (To see the pieces I am referring to visit http://tinyurl.com/m7odll )
Did any one that attended note the website that illustrated the growing quantity of Target and Walmart stores in the US during the last 40+ years? Fascinating!
PS – Thanks for the LEVEL:zine shout out Kate!
June 5th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Nikki, the website is flowingdata.com.
June 24th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
What fantastic shoes Leila Moss is wearing! They actually sell those at Target??
June 24th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
No, I don’t think they do… the shirt they definitely did.
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