Jumpstart your week with our insider's guide to events in the design world. From must-see exhibitions to insightful lectures and the competitions you need to know about—here's the best of what's going on, right now.

Monday

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Bring a Legal-Buff to: Backdoored

Backdoor, noun. [Hacker slang] A feature or defect of a computer system or device that allows surreptitious unauthorized access to data. 

Equal parts creepy and fascinating, the eerie images in Backdoored are drawn from unsecured surveillance cameras from a small residential community in Hong Kong. Many residents have mass-installed these surveillance cameras themselves, unwittingly opening a backdoor into some of their most private spaces.

London, UK. On view through August 20, 2016.

Tuesday

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Bring a Prepster to: Beach=Culture: Sailing Architecture Panel

This event is a pop-up exhibition of student work followed by a panel discussion with local architects on the particular considerations of sailboat architecture. Take a look at how new materials and techniques in sailing allow designers to reconsider spatial, formal, and environmental forces in new ways—not only in sailboats, but in emergency shelters and other structures that are particularly responsive to the environment.

Santa Monica, CA. August 16, 2016 at 6:30 PM.

Wednesday

2015's IDSA Core77 party.

Bring Your Coworkers to: IDSA Making Things Happen

Contemplate and share how we are Making Things Happen in industrial design during the next 50 years at IDSA Making Things Happen. Detroit has a magnificent history but went through a dark tunnel of economic hardship. Now, revitalization is underway and is making headlines around the globe. Join us in a celebration of industrial design and all that is happening in this great city. P.S.—we're throwing another killer party this year.

Detroit, MI. Conference dates are August 17, 2016 to August 20, 2016.

Thursday

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Bring a Trippy Friend to: A Hands-On Demonstration at GROW

Growing lamp shades with mushrooms? Yes, you read that right. As part of their GROW exhibit, The Gallery at Industry City is hosting a hands-on demonstration of this curious growing process. Don't miss out on the unique opportunity to grow things from mushroom mycelium! 

Brooklyn, NY. Live Demonstration on August 18, 2016 from 6PM-7PM.

Friday

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Bring a Hoarder to: The Keeper 

This exhibit is a reflection on the impulse to save both precious and apparently valueless objects, artworks and images. Through a series of studies and portraits that span the twentieth century, The Keeper will tell the stories of various individuals through the objects they chose to safeguard. Maybe your hoarding roommate will clean up after this peek into their future.

New York, NY. On view through September 25, 2016.

Saturday/Sunday

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Bring a Retail Enthusiast to: Make Your Movements 

Make Your Movements showcases everything from 3D printed furniture to 'transparent' ceramics. The diverse exhibit brings together 19 designers, makers and craftsmen from Korea. Instead of solely focusing on the pieces as art, Make Your Movements highlights the 'movement' of art—from the creative process to the shelves. 

London, UK. On view through September 17, 2016.