_02/04/10: New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) grant awarded for the research project 'Tolerance in Architectural Production'

_02/03/10: 'Narrative/Fabrication', lecture at University of Arizona in Tucson

_12/18/09: AIA Merit award for design of 'Subject to Change' at The RISD Museum

_10/31/09: MATTER selected to participate in Sculpture at Evergreen 2010: Simultaneous Presence

_10/27/09: Tour of MoCA, sponsored by the Architecture League

_09/22/09: The Museum of Chinese in America (MoCA) reopens! with permanent gallery and core exhibition design by MATTER

_08/31/09: MATTER selected for invited competition to design four public shade structures for the Reach 11 Recreational Center in Arizona, an initiative of the Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture

_07/15/09: 'Dormitorium: Film Decors by the Quay Brothers' opens. We found this blog with a nice description...catch the actual show before it comes down on 10/04/09. It's not often Quay films can be seen projected large.

_MATTER awarded 2009 SEGD Design Merit Award for Ecotopia

_07/08/09: MATTER announced as stage 2 finalist for the 'Gimme Shelter: City of Phoenix National Design Ideas Competition for Urban Shade Structures'

_05/15/09: 'RE/Accumulation [Prototype]' installed at Gallery1889

_04/23/09: 'Reading Matter [Prototype]' lecture and exhibition installed at the Hafele Showroom, NYC.

_03/09: MATTER featured in Interior Design magazine