Another Great Reason to Attend Encounter Design!
This year’s event will feature art by Brian Lefholz, Assoc. AIA, designer at Williams plus Paddon. Brian creates in the tradition of modernist decorative arts.
Growing up in rural Missouri and a graduate of Architecture from Kansas State , Brian finds inspiration in the prairie and has a fascination with machines juxtaposed with agriculture and landscape. Each piece expresses a diagrammatic interpretation of form.
Works on display are pen and ink with watercolor, and each is displayed in a unique salvaged frame. The pieces will sit well with the Eames furniture to be displayed in the gallery.
The Chapter is excited to announce the return of its biennial Encounter Design Event—this year sponsored by Miles Treaster and Associates.
Join the Central Valley design community on “Second Saturday”, July 10th for a full evening including:
- Member photography (Rudy Calpo, AIA and Brian Lefholz, Assoc. AIA) and Herman Miller Furniture art exhibitions
- Wine tasting from several local boutique wineries, sponsored by Infuze (with appreciation to HMR Architects.) Micro-brew beer also provided!
- A special presentation on the “Eames Legacy” with Lucia Eames and Llisa Demetrios (see time below)
- Magnificent appetizers from MagPie Catering
- Live Music for your listening enjoyment
- Ample time for socializing with colleagues in the design community

Date: Second Saturday– July 10, 2010
Time: Drop-in any time between 5:30 – 9:30 p.m. / Presentation with the Eames family at approx 6:00 p.m.
Place: AIA Central Valley Gallery, 1400 S Street, Suite 100, Sacramento
Cost: $15 / ALL
Reservations Required / Click here register. Click here for an event flyer.




















It’s great to see a fellow Wildcat (Kansas State University) in Sacramento. Looking forward to seeing Brian’s work and the rest of the exhibit. This event is not to miss!