BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Helms Design District - ECPv6.18.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Helms Design District X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Helms Design District REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261105T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261105T210000 DTSTAMP:20261026T203300Z CREATED:20261023T155951Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261026T203300Z UID:10002084-1793905200-1793912400@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:The Feeling of Space: A Talk with Christopher Bardt DESCRIPTION:How do the spaces we inhabit shape the way we experience the world? And what happens when we begin to think of space as something we feel\, rather than simply something we occupy? \nJoin Helms Design District and Material Encounters for an evening with architect\, educator\, and author Christopher Bardt\, celebrating his latest book\, The Feeling of Space\, published by MIT Press. \nReturning to Helms following his 2023 conversation about Material and Mind\, Bardt invites us to reconsider our relationship with the built environment. Drawing on architecture\, art\, philosophy\, and technology\, his richly illustrated book explores how our understanding of space has evolved over centuries and why our emotional and sensory connections to the places around us matter more than ever. \nAt a time when digital experiences increasingly shape how we interact\, Bardt offers a compelling perspective on the importance of physical space\, human connection\, and our sense of belonging. \nWhether you’re an architect\, designer\, artist\, or simply curious about how the environments around us influence everyday life\, this promises to be a thought-provoking evening of ideas and conversation. \nAbout Christopher Bardt\nChristopher Bardt\, AIA\, is an architect\, author\, and professor of architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design. He is a founding principal of 3SIXØ Architecture\, and his work explores the relationships among materials\, creativity\, perception\, and the human experience of space. \nEvent Details\nThursday\, November 5\, 2026\nDoors open: 6:30 pm\nAuthor Talk: 7–9 pm \nPlease RSVP below. A limited number of books will be available for signing. Please reserve a copy when you RSVP. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP HERE URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/the-feeling-of-space-a-talk-with-christopher-bardt/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Christopher-CoverHeadshot_1200x900.jpg GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230329T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230329T210000 DTSTAMP:20230315T011803Z CREATED:20230314T183642Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230315T011803Z UID:10000527-1680116400-1680123600@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Material and Mind: An Author Talk with Chris Bardt DESCRIPTION:Material Encounters in partnership with PLP So Cal is delighted to welcome Christopher Bardt\, AIA\, to discuss his recent book\, Material and Mind.\nIn Material and Mind\, Christopher Bardt delves deeply into the interaction of mind and material world\, mediated by language\, image\, and the process of making. He examines thought not as something “pure” and autonomous but as emerging from working with material\, and he identifies this as the source of imagination and creative insight. This takes place as much in such disciplines as cognitive science\, anthropology\, and poetry as it does in the more obvious painting\, sculpture\, and design. In some fields\, the medium of work is\, in fact\, the very medium of thinking—as fabric is for the tailor. \nMore info and tickets available here. \nBrought to you by Material Encounters\, in partnership with PLP So Cal. URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/christopher-bardt/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/ChrisBardt_Composed_1000w.jpg GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200409T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200409T170000 DTSTAMP:20200408T235704Z CREATED:20200408T234126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200408T235704Z UID:10000385-1586448000-1586451600@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:Webinar with French 2D and CPLA Metro: Design Collectives: Dresses\, Dinners\, and Bas-relief DESCRIPTION:Join us for a free Zoom webinar on Thursday\, April 9 at 4:00 pm Pacific Time\, for a Lecture and Discussion with Anda French and Jenny French of French 2D.\nDesign Collectives: Dresses\, Dinners\, and Bas-relief\nHosted by the Cal Poly Los Angeles Metropolitan Program in Architecture and Urban Design — California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo. Organized and Moderated by CPLA_Metro Director Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD. \n\nYou are invited to a Zoom webinar.\nWhen: Apr 9\, 2020 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)\nTopic: FRENCH 2D: Design Collectives: Dresses\, Dinners\, and Bas-relief \nRegister in advance for this webinar:\nhttps://calpoly.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_85l3HDtkRba5RIOHVeJTnw \nOr an H.323/SIP room system:\nH.323:\n162.255.37.11 (US West)\n162.255.36.11 (US East)\n221.122.88.195 (China)\n115.114.131.7 (India Mumbai)\n115.114.115.7 (India Hyderabad)\n213.19.144.110 (EMEA)\n103.122.166.55 (Australia)\n209.9.211.110 (Hong Kong)\n64.211.144.160 (Brazil)\n69.174.57.160 (Canada)\n207.226.132.110 (Japan)\nMeeting ID: 740 905 806\nPassword: 658341\nSIP: 740905806@zoomcrc.com\nPassword: 658341 \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. \n\nFrench 2D is Boston-based architecture studio founded by Jenny French (MArch Harvard GSD) and Anda French (MArch Princeton). Their intimate knowledge of Boston\, where the sisters were born and raised\, allows the close practice to be both deeply engaged and work critically with local issues of housing\, public space\, history and identity. French 2D works on housing and mixed-use projects with a focus on strange housing types that combine familiar ideas of home with radical organizations and typologies\, found in their cohousing and micro-housing projects. The practice also works on civic installations and exhibitions that call upon the domestic to bring people together for familiar rituals in unfamiliar spaces\, found in serial dinner-parties\, fuzzy bartering environments\, and out-scaled dresses. \nJenny and Anda’s interest in hybrid models that exist between practice and academia has been the catalyst for their practice-based research and advocacy. Jenny is an Assistant Professor in Practice at the Harvard GSD and Anda serves on the Board of Directors for the Boston Society of Architects\, where the pair organized the recent Now Practice Now series\, exploring emerging modes of practice. \nFrench 2D was named as an Architectural Record Magazine Design Vanguard winner in 2019. The firm has been featured in Domus\, Metropolis\, The Architect’s Newspaper\, and as Architect Magazine’s Next Progressives. French 2D was a 2013 MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program finalist and exhibited at the US Pavilion of the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale. \ncalpolylametro.com \nPhoto: Anda French and Jenny French / Photograph by Steph Larsen \n  URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/french2d/ CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/F2DBW_Crop1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200325T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200325T210000 DTSTAMP:20200311T235546Z CREATED:20200205T190751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200311T235546Z UID:10000375-1585162800-1585170000@helmsdesigndistrict.com SUMMARY:POSTPONED: Textile Arts Hosts a Conversation + Book Signing\, Material and Mind with Christopher Bardt DESCRIPTION:THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO AN UNDETERMINED FUTURE DATE.\nOn Wednesday\, March 25th from 7:30 to 9:00 pm (Doors at 7:00 pm)\, please join us in welcoming Textile Arts Los Angeles and Christopher Bardt\, AIA for practiceLAB\, a conversation and in-depth exploration of the interaction between mind and material world\, mediated by language\, image\, and making—in design\, the arts\, culture\, and science. \nIn Material and Mind\, Christopher Bardt delves deeply into the interaction of mind and material world\, mediated by language\, image\, and the process of making. He examines thought not as something “pure” and autonomous but as emerging from working with material\, and he identifies this as the source of imagination and creative insight. This takes place as much in such disciplines as cognitive science\, anthropology\, and poetry as it does in the more obvious painting\, sculpture\, and design. In some fields\, the medium of work is\, in fact\, the very medium of thinking—as fabric is for the tailor. \nDrawing on the philosophical notions of the “extended mind” and the “enactive mind\,” and looking beyond the world of material-based arts\, Bardt investigates the realms in which material and mind interweave through metaphor\, representation\, projection\, analogues\, tools\, and models. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nChristopher Bardt has over 25 years of experience as an architect and professor of architecture at RISD. He is a founding principal of 3sixØ Architecture\, which Architectural Record named one of 10 leading vanguard firms worldwide in 2002. His extensive professional experience includes furniture design\, residential\, commercial and institutional commissions and planning studies\, ranging from small urban interventions to large-scale metropolitan development. Bardt has been a member of the Architecture faculty at RISD since 1988. He has been a visiting professor at Cornell University\, the National Academy of Design and Art\, Slovakia and the China Academy of Art and has served on the Board of Governors of the RISD Museum. Bardt holds a BArch from RISD and a MArch from Harvard University. \nFOR MORE INFO + TICKETS URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/textile-arts-hosts-a-conversation-book-signing-material-and-mind-with-christopher-bardt/ LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232 CATEGORIES:News ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/materialmind.jpg GEO:34.0286594;-118.3857496 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Helms Design Center 8745 Washington Boulevard Culver City CA 90232;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=8745 Washington Boulevard:geo:-118.3857496,34.0286594 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR