Late last year the Vitra Design Museum hosted an exhibition featuring the life’s work of George Nelson. To coincide with the show a book was published titled George Nelson: Architect | Writer | Designer | Teacher. The catalog features eight essays written by German and American design historians along with numerous photos of Nelson and his body of work covering the various disciplines. As far as we know the book was never officially released in the U.S. though some independent book sellers have it listed on Amazon.

Victory gardens or edible estates have received quite a bit of attention in the last couple of years, with the culminating awareness in food and environmental issues. But back in the 1980’s it wasn’t the hot topic it is today. Artist Agnes Denes challenged urban growth with her defining piece titled Wheatfield A Confrontation. With the help from the Public Art Fund, Denes planted 1.8 acres of wheat in a landfill in downtown Manhattan. The project spanned four months and yielded 1000 pounds of hay, some of which were then fed to the horses that serviced the NYPD. Read more about the project on Green Museum’s website.

Maybe the sequel to Transformers isn’t your thing or any of the major blockbusters coming out this season for that matter. Maybe it’s the smaller movies that appeals to you. IFC has teamed up to bring you movie night this summer in the desert with Ace Hotel in Palm Springs starting July 18th. The first movie to be screened in the series is In The Loop, “a biting and hilarious satire of U.S. and British Politics.” The screenings will switch over to Thursday nights in August with a full listing to come.