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Renegade Craft Fair 2009
The Renegade Craft Fair is accepting applications for its Los Angeles and San Francisco shows, each of which will be happening in mid-July. All handmade items are welcome to be submitted, from...
03.01.09 -
Green Urban Living Event
Stop by the first mixed-use building within the Triangle district for a weekend-long open house showcasing sustainable design. Four out of the ten lofts will be open to the public; each has been...
03.01.09 -
Fruit Tree Grafting Workshop
In this hands-on workshop from Slow Food Chicago, you will graft and take home a low-maintenance fruit tree that can produce fruit organically without harmful spraying. There will also be fruit...
03.19.09 -
Spring Sale at Renegade Handmade
Stop by the brick and mortar shop, located in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood, for DIY goods from over 300 independent artists. To celebrate spring, Renegade will offer 25% off select housewares...
03.20.09 -
Annual Morel Hunt and Lunch
Join mycologist Leon Shernoff and Slow Food Chicago for a guided hunt for morels. Leon is the editor of Mushroom The Journal of Wild Mushrooming, the only North American consumer...
04.20.09 -
NASA Astronaut Speaks about Recent Hubble Repair Mission
Dr. John Grunsfeld, a NASA astronaut and a Chicago native, will discuss and showcase images from his recent 13-day trip to the International Space Station for the final servicing mission for...
06.12.09 -
Modern Design at Wright
Over 400 noteworthy designs from the 20th century, from a selection of Edward Wormley designs for Dunbar to works by Philippe Starck from the collection of Ian Schrager, will be offered. Pieces...
08.20.09 -
ACADIA 2009 reForm()
The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Architecture, Interior Architecture and Designed Objects, is proud to host "reForm()" -- A conference that explores how...
10.15.09 -
Modern in America: Works on Paper, 1900–1950s
Approximately 140 prints, drawings, collages, and watercolors from the permanent collection offer the opportunity to ruminate on what constituted “modern” at various moments during the...
01.01.10 -
Alexander Calder in Focus
Though Alexander Calder began his career as an artist focused on drawing and painting, he is best known for creating colorful, whimsical stabiles, mobiles, and large-scale sculptures of natural...
01.03.10 -
2010 Spirit Awards
Designs for Dignity Designs for Dignity believes that the built environment can have a transformative impact on the experience of those in need. Often, those who could benefit the most from good...
03.11.10 -
Alice Rawsthorn to Speak at Art Institute
The Architecture & Design Society of the Art Institute of Chicago is pleased to announce a conversation between British design critic, Alice Rawsthorn, and the Art Institute's Zoë Ryan,...
03.16.10 -
Architecture for Change Summit
A national summit on affordable housing is taking place September 22-24th at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Designers and activists will join panel discussions on why change is necessary,...
09.01.10 -
Chicago's Renegade Craft Fair
Wicker Park will play host for Chicago's 8th Annual Renegade Craft Fair on September 11th and 12th. Hundreds of today's indie craft talents will be setting up shop on Division Street between Damen...
09.09.10 -
Hyperlinks: Architecture and Design
The Internet has undoubtedly transformed the world we live in; its unprecedented access to and layering of information lead to greater interaction and engagement, and a complex understanding of...
11.28.10 -
NeoCon Chicago
NeoCon is North America's largest design exposition and conference for commercial interiors, providing over 40,000 architecture and design professionals with more than 140 CEU-accredited seminars...
05.25.11 -
The Good Design Show
Founded in Chicago in 1950 by architects Eero Saarinen, Charles and Ray Eames, and Edgar Kaufmann, Jr., Good Design bestows international recognition upon the world's most prominent designers and...
06.08.11 -
A Golden Spider-Silk Textile
Strands of silk from over one million of Madagascar’s golden orb spiders (Nephila madagascariensis) were woven together to make this dazzling textile, the only one of its kind in the...
08.02.11 -
Frank Lloyd Wright's Chicago Bus Tour
The Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust presents Frank Lloyd Wright’s Chicago—a new bus tour featuring exterior interpretations and interior tours of the world-renowned...
08.10.11 -
Exposure: Matt Keegan, Katie Paterson, Heather Rasmussen
Matt Keegan’s site-specific installation grew out of the artist’s longstanding fascination with cities. Focusing on Chicago and New York, Keegan creates a meandering visual...
08.21.11
