Product Placement aims to change the way the public perceives products, revealing their amazing back-stories to the public through their blog and a series of live events.

Each Product Placement installment is oriented around a theme, and features multiple designers from a range of fields. Each practitioner gives a five-minute talk about one of his or her products, touching on its development and the inspirations behind it—anything from a picture, a slide, or a physical prototype to a fabric's texture, a piece of music, or a smell. After each presentation, audience members have a few minutes to ask questions.

The next live event, installment 1.4, is coming up on Wednesday, September 30th at Gallery 151 in New York City, highlighting designers that use materials in unexpected ways. Participants include: Berry Richards of Rockwell Group, Paul Loebach, Jim Zivic, Daniel Michalik and Christine Brandt.

For more information or to purchase tickets, head to their site.

Product Placement 1.4 Hosted by Gallery 151 and 311 Village Green 350 Bowery (between E. 4th and Great Jones Sts.), NYC $5 admission includes cocktails and various surprises.