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"GUERRILLA FURNITURE SALE"
by Raj Mankad
In January, the New York Times reported that employment at US architecture firms had dropped from its July 2009 peak at 224,500 to 184,600 by November. Commercial development has ground to a halt, the big car manufacturers have pulled the plug on many dealerships, and a number of big box stores have closed. As an article by Susan Rogers in the next issue of Cite will discuss, vast amounts of land in the city are withering, wasting, wild, and waiting. It is in this context that two young designers have announced a “guerilla retail event,” the “Furniture Sale on North Freeway.”
From their press release:
wacdesignstudio is pleased to announce “Furniture Sale on North Freeway” a guerrilla retail event that will take place on Sunday March 7th 2010 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the abandoned lot of the former Landmark Chevrolet dealership located at 9111 N. Fwy, Houston, TX 77037. wacdesignstudio is an independent design studio founded in 2009 by Scott Cartwright and Jenny Lynn Weitz-Amaré Cartwright that focuses on the discourse of contemporary art and its relationship to design and architecture. In “Furniture Sale on North Freeway” wacdesignstudio will be launching its first furniture line, a line designed and fabricated with an attention to the modesty of scale, materials and production. Located outside the crumbling remains of the Landmark Chevrolet Dealership, “Furniture Sale on North Freeway” reflects on the unanticipated failures of highly leveraged businesses and their effects on the city landscape. wacdesignstudio intends to create the hopeful gesture of a small design business selling its locally designed and manufactured product to local customers.
The event recalls the antics and provocation of Ant Farm and the Art Guys.
Posted by Raj Mankad on Friday March 5th, 2010 at 7:30 a.m on OffCite.org
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