BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE — The Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake will introduce a special exhibit this season called "Rustic Tomorrow." Six modernist and post-modernist architects or designers have been paired with prominent Adirondack rustic furniture makers.

The results of these collaborations are one-of-a-kind pieces, distinctly futuristic in design, but constructed using traditional time-honored techniques. The goal of the project is to demonstrate the relevance of Adirondack rustic traditions to contemporary life and design.

Rustic Tomorrow will be on exhibit at the Adirondack Museum from May 23 through Oct. 19. The exhibition will travel to the Lake Placid Center for the Arts for a Nov. 7 through Dec. 13 showing, and to the Munson-Williams-Proctor Art Institute in Utica from Feb. 14 to April 19.

The six unique pieces that are Rustic Tomorrow will be displayed at D. Wigmore Fine Art Gallery in New York City in April 2009 and will later be sold at auction to benefit the Adirondack Museum.

Ann Stillman O'Leary, who founded her firm, Evergreen House Interiors, Lake Placid, in 1989, originated the Rustic Tomorrow project. She is author of the books "Adirondack Style" and "Rustic Revisited" and has been featured on the Today Show, HGTV radio, Cabin Life, House and Garden Channel and in numerous national publications.

The participant partners for this exhibit include David M. Childs, Wayne Ignatuk, Dennis Wedlick, Barney Bellinger, Michael Graves, Jason Henderson, Thomas Cardone, Russ Gleaves, Allan Shope, Judd Weisberg, Nils Luderowski and Jay Dawson.

The Adirondack Museum has one of the finest collection of historic Adirondack rustic furniture and furnishings, not in private hands, in the country. The 21st Annual Rustic Fair is planned for Sept. 5, 6, and 7.

The Adirondack Museum is a regional museum of art, history and material culture. The museum will open for a new season on May 23. For information about upcoming exhibits and programs, call 1 (518) 352-7311, or visit www.adirondackmuseum.org.