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Business Wire
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Business Wire
Exhibit Columbus 2025 Opening Weekend Yes And Celebrates Community, Creativity, and Collaboration
COLUMBUS, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On August 15 and 16, Landmark Columbus Foundation (LCF) will unveil the Exhibit Columbus 2025 Exhibition, Yes And, ushering in what promises to be the most exciting fall season yet for art and architecture fans. The exhibition features thirteen outdoor, site‑responsive installations built through partnerships with organizations inspired by Columbus' modern design legacy. The two‑day opening weekend is free and open to the public, offering the rare chance to experience each installation alongside the architects, artists, designers, and curators who created them. The exhibition will remain open until November 30. Exhibit Columbus 2025 Opening Weekend Yes And Celebrates Community, Creativity, and Collaboration! Share A weekend of marquee events Friday kicks off with the Rooftop Happy Hour on Fourth Street (8 p.m.–11 p.m.), a festive rooftop gathering with guest DJ Rasul Mowatt, sweet treats, and drinks available at local bars. Saturday begins with the Exhibition Walking Tour (9 a.m.–11:30 a.m.), guided by the designers themselves, and visits all 13 installations. Installation activations run all day across downtown, each organized with community partners. At 1:30 p.m., the Curatorial Conversation at First Christian Church invites attendees to learn how the exhibition came together. The day culminates with the Avenue of Architects Celebration (5:30 p.m.–10 p.m.), when Fifth Street is transformed with food trucks, specialty drinks, live performances, and a concert by the Peyton Womack Band. The fall Columbus calendar is packed with cultural programming: Next Generation Day, Rock the Block, and Columbus Pride all on September 6; Miller Prize Conversations; Fiesta Latina; Progressive Preservation lectures; YES Design–AND Research: The 2025 University Design Research Fellowship Colloquium; and other events. The Columbus Area Arts Council will be hosting the Alexander Girard, Reverberations—Forever exhibition curated by Rick Valicenti. The Columbus Area Visitors Center is currently showcasing Cheap Opulence by Sara Yourist and Ana Meza. The Bartholomew County Historical Society is displaying a tribute to 10 years of Exhibit Columbus. Building on past successes The 2023 Exhibition, Public by Design, drew visitors worldwide and demonstrated how collaborative design could revitalize downtowns. This year's Yes And expands that vision: the theme, drawn from improvisational theatre, invites everyone to explore Columbus' legacy by affirming what exists and adding what could be. It asks participants to build from existing conditions toward shared visions of positive change. About Exhibit Columbus Exhibit Columbus is a program of Landmark Columbus Foundation and an exploration of community, architecture, art, and design that activates the modern legacy of Columbus, Indiana. It creates a cycle of programming that uses this context to convene conversations around innovative ideas and commissions site-responsive installations in a free, public exhibition.
Fast Company
06-06-2025
- Business
- Fast Company
Herman Miller is bringing back an iconic stool from its archives
Herman Miller has brought a new archival piece from the founding director of its textile division back into production. The Girard Stool by Alexander Girard is a four-legged, 18.6-inch-tall stool that can be used as a footrest or seat. It comes with multiple options for geometric, patterned textile upholstery designed by Girard as well as Herman Miller's current fabrics, fitting for a stool designed by someone who made more than 300 textile designs for Herman Miller from 1952 to 1973. First designed in 1967, the modernized Girard Stool was redesigned for sustainability, with recycled aluminum and bio-based foam, and it's not the first archival furniture of Girard's that Herman Miller has brought out of its vaults. In January, the furniture manufacturer brought back the Girard Flower Table, a scalloped-edge, blossom-inspired table, while the Girard Color Wheel Ottoman that the designer made comes in monochromatic color schemes. In 2023, they reintroduced a collection of original posters by Girard. Herman Miller's Michigan-based parent company MillerKnoll reported a slight 0.4% year-over-year net sales increase on its March earnings call, and the company has found success in updating its bestsellers, like a sustainable update to its iconic Eames Lounge Chair last year. has also played into, proving that sometimes a classic concept just needs a modern remake.
