Creative

The Last Word: Architect Elizabeth Diller on Bringing the DMA’s Cartier Exhibit to Life

The Dallas Museum of Art is the only museum in the U.S. to host the exhibit "Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity," on display through September 18. Islamic art was a major inspiration for Louis Cartier and the Maison Cartier in the early 20th century, resulting in astonishing, geometric jewelry creations. 
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#DSW22 Schedule: Your Definitive Guide to Dallas Startup Week’s 100+ Events
by | Aug 8, 2022
Dallas Startup Week—The DEC Network’s annual flagship event, sponsored by Capital One—had its kickoff party Sunday at The Star in Frisco. You'll find 100+ events and sessions running Monday through Thursday, August 8-11, both online and in person at SMU’s Cox School of Business. Here you'll find Dallas Innovates' handy, one-sheet guide to each day of DSW.
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The Last Word: Lesli Marshall on Painting Her First Mural in Deep Ellum As She Built Her Art Business
You may have seen her mural on the wall of Pecan Lodge in Deep Ellum. But that's just for starters. Marshall has made her mark across Dallas-Fort Worth and beyond as an art curator and consultant for her firm Articulation Art. Tapping the talents of multiple artists, her company has curated art works on exterior and interior walls for the Virgin Hotel, the Design District Playground, the Renaissance Hotel, Cushman & Wakefield, the Case Building, Tom Thumb, 7-11, Deep Ellum Brewing Company, and many more businesses.
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The Last Word: Frisco’s Dude Perfect on a Ticket to Space Thursday
Dude Perfect, the sports and comedy group that's been doing stunts, trick shots, and viral videos since 2009, is about to really take off. Or at least one of them is: Co-founder Coby Cotton has a seat on Thursday's scheduled Blue Origin space flight.
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DI People: Kimberly-Clark, Sabre, Charles Schwab, and More Make Moves

by | Jul 29, 2022
In this week’s roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you’ll also find news from DHD Films, Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International Realty, M2G Ventures, UT Dallas, the Dallas Museum of Art, MOOYAH, Successive Technologies, CG Infinity, and more.
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The Last Word: The Modern’s Andrea Karne on ‘Women Painting Women’

“It’s not a feminist exhibition, but I think there’s a lot of taking the power back when women paint women.”

Andrea Karne
Chief Curator 
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
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Activate Games Is Bringing Its Live-Action Indoor Experience to Plano This Fall
by | Jul 28, 2022
Activate Games says it offers "the next level in entertainment, fitness, and gaming." Its six locations in Canada and the U.S. have up to 11 rooms with laser mazes, touch-activated climbing walls, arcade-style target walls, light-flashing basketball hoops, and more—with your score tracked by an RFID bracelet. You can "put your brain and body to the test" when the new Plano location opens by as soon as the end of this year.
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Game On: North Texas is a ‘High-Tech Entertainment’ Paradise
by | Jul 28, 2022
From Topgolf to Puttery, Electric Shuffle, TOCA Social, Two Bit Circus and more, North Texas may be America's greatest high-tech playground.

Check out this roundup of who's playing what where.
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The Last Word: Ecologist Brandon Hall on the New Forest by Texas’ Newest Reservoir in Fannin County

In Fannin County east of Sherman and Denison, Texas's first new major reservoir in almost 30 years is slated to come online next spring. The nearly 17,000-acre Bois d'Arc Lake will be a source of much-needed water for the North Texas Municipal Water District, which serves Frisco, McKinney, Plano, Richardson and other areas of fast-growing northeast Dallas County.  “But something just as precious has been created near the lake: a new forest with more than 6 million trees, designed over the last four years as a natural habitat to replace what the lake is swallowing up.
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Innovative Spaces: Turning Offices into Luxe Multifamily Residences in Dallas’ Iconic 50-Story Santander Tower
by | Jul 26, 2022
Woods Capital has selected the contractor for the high-rise project that will convert nearly a dozen floors into residential units.

The 50-story Santander Tower in downtown Dallas—formerly known as Thanksgiving Tower—is getting a mixed-use makeover, including indoor and exterior amenities. Here's a first look.
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Innovative Spaces:
Space, Place, and Culture in Business
Manufacturing facilities to data centers. Startup hubs to coworking centers. Food incubators to boutique hotels. Here are spaces and workplaces that inspire in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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Innovative Spaces: The Crescent’s $12 Million Makeover in Uptown Dallas
by | Jul 18, 2022
The iconic landmark has gotten a $12 million renovation of the office towers' first floors, including rejuvenated lobbies, new lighting, commissioned artworks, and more.

The renovation comes as The Crescent has brought its occupancy to over 96%, with new and renewed leases that reinforce its reputation as the “financial center of the Southwest.”
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DI People: Gamestop, Dave & Buster’s, OrderMyGear, and More Make Leadership Moves

by | Jul 15, 2022
In this week’s roundup of hires, promotions, and accolades in North Texas, you’ll also find news from Exela Technologies, Newmark, OrangeGrid, RailPros, Aimbridge Hospitality, Integrity Marketing Group, Smoothie King, Bank of Texas, MD7, Salvation Army, and more. Plus, you'll find board appointments including Texas Mutual Insurance, Zimperium, and the Ebby Halliday Foundation.
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What Might the Future Look Like? Innovative Dance Theater Company Explores Predictions in ‘They Saw Tomorrow’
by | Jul 15, 2022
Supported by the Dallas Office of Arts & Culture, a multidisciplinary dance production by nonprofit Meat Market Productions explores what the future may look like. The immersive performance, inspired by 20 interviews with Dallas residents about their predictions for what the world will look like in 20 years, will be presented at Oak Cliff's Urban Arts Center on four dates in July.
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The Dallas Foundation To Award Nearly $1.5M in Field of Interest Grants
by | Jul 12, 2022
The Dallas Foundation's 2022 Field of Interest grants aim to assist 51 organizations embracing a wide range of issues—including the arts, critical needs, children and families, animal welfare, and more.

Here's the full list of recipients.
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The Last Word: Frito-Lay CMO Rachel Ferdinando Celebrated in Hip Hop Track
by | Jul 8, 2022
Ferdinando, who was feted in a Cannes Lion Award-winning song, was just named president of PepsiCo North America's Canadian food division.
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