Design Diary

Harry has been keeping this diary, more or less, since 2009. It has slowed down in recent years because of social media, but there are some fun stories in here if you have some time. Harry cherishes his place among creators and loves to share.

Supernet

Check out Supernet, a wastebasket made from a hardened basketball net. The project campaign successfully funded on Kickstarter in February. Supernets are scheduled for delivery

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Happy New Year from Design Pavilion

https://vimeo.com/497038245?ref=fb-share&fbclid=IwAR0xPxJtNk6G67CxWxIEYol3fAJ_YIefCahomMv3wvwRSEzQhkIrSBxHYAI I finally got around to watching this New Year’s greeting from Design Pavilion and it put a huge smile on my face. Despite all

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Ode To New York

New York City needs design now more than ever. That’s why I’m proud to share my work as part of @NYCxDESIGN’s An Ode to NYC

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Gloryland

I was honored when Meg Franklin asked me to write an essay about her work for her one-woman show at Occulus gallery in LA. Meg

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Design Pavilion 2016

After months of planning, I am very pleased to announce the Design Pavilion with creative direction by Harry Allen Design. The opening ceremony will be

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Pratt Alumni Acheivement

Extremely honored to have received an Alumni Achievement Award from Pratt Institute today! And I made it through my speech without crying! @prattinstitute

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NYCXDESIGN

Tuesday’s big announcement of the #designpavilion at the #nycxdesign press conference. With #intandemcreatives #antoniopiosaracino #ileneshaw and Ed Hogikyan

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Holiday Ornament 2015

For the 3rd edition of our Holiday Ornament Project, Harry digitally scanned his hand in the spirit of our Hand Hooks. As a holiday gift,

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Syracuse Art Deco

Syracuse Art Deco, glorious sunshine and stainless steel. #niagaramohawk glorious sunshine and stainless steel. Up here mentoring a class with #patty__johnson

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Nervi in New York

Uptown this morning and finally saw the bus terminal that Pier Luigi Nervi designed. Perfect angle, perfect light. I’m usually driving under. #pierluiginervi

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The Maker Faire

Not sure why they need the olde english “e” on the end of “faire”, and I was not excited to trek out to Queens on

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Tree of Codes

#treeofcodes was just barely saved by the amazing #olafureliasson installation. I wanted to dance to the #jamiexx soundtrack but was stuck watching the painful dance

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Art By Chance

Demolition on the side of a building, exposing layers of building material, rivals what one sees in a museum. So beautiful. Art by chance on

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