Blade Runner: Designing the Future
Panel Discussion and Auction Preview

Thursday, April 15
7:30 p.m. (Cocktail reception from 6 - 7 p.m.)
Bonhams & Butterfields on Sunset
7601 W. Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90046
$25; proceeds benefit the Conservancy

Join us for a very special event as the 2oth Century Decorative Arts Department at Bonhams & Butterfields holds a panel discussion titled Blade Runner: Designing the Future.

The panel will explore the groundbreaking themes and visual design of Director Ridley Scott’s 1982 science fiction classic, including the use of Los Angeles landmarks such as the Bradbury Building, Ennis House, and Union Station in depicting a landscape of the future. Proceeds will benefit the Conservancy.

The historic Bradbury Building in a scene from Blade Runner.

• Michael Deeley, Oscar®-winning producer of Blade Runner (as well as The Italian Job, The Man Who Fell to Earth, and The Deer Hunter)
• Syd Mead, legendary conceptual and industrial designer, who contributed key set and vehicle designs for the film (as well as for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Tron, Aliens, and 2010)
• Moderating will be Frances Anderton, host of DnA: Design and Architecture and producer of KCRW’s To the Point and Which Way, LA?

Ridley Scott, Oscar®-winning Director of Blade Runner and the upcoming Robin Hood (2010), has expressed interest in attending the evening’s program, schedule permitting.

The event coincides with the opening of the auction preview for the April 20, 20th Century Decorative Arts sale. Featured auction highlights on preview will include a selection of lots related to Blade Runner, several of which will be sold to benefit the Los Angeles Conservancy.

Blade Runner: Designing the Future is the latest installment of the ongoing 20th Century design lecture series, which has the goal of engaging the design community in a dialogue about related topics.

Prices and Reservations

Tickets are $25 each, which includes a cocktail reception with the panelists from 6 - 7 p.m. and a seat at the panel discussion. Seating is limited, and tickets are available first-come, first-served.

For details and reservations, please contact Katie Nartonis at (323) 436-5445 or katie.nartonis@bonhams.com.