March Design Calendar

[Karim Rashid, left, will speak at the Dallas Architecture Forum March 29]

March 3: Meet the great Italian product designer Alessio Alessi at his new Dallas store, Alessi Dallas, located at 629 Preston Royal Shopping Center.

March 5: Dallas designer and showroom owner Jan Showers is previewing her new spring shipment from Paris. 1308 Slocum Street. Lunch from 11:30 - 1. RSVP, 214.747.5252

March 25: Patrick Frey, president of French fabric house Pierre Frey, will talk about the history of French textiles and how they are used today in modern interiors. 4pm presentation, cocktails from 5-6pm, at Walter Lee Culp Associates. 214.651.0510.

March 29: Celebrated pop designer Karim Rashid will join designer and architect Christopher Deam and architect and urban designer Howard Elkus at a symposium for the Dallas Architecture Forum. The trio will discuss interior and product design from 9 am - 1pm, at the Inwood Theater. $50 per ticket, 214.764.2406 for ticket information.