Design Top 5: September 2023
Art and design meet craft with September’s picks.
Question Everything: How David Allen Creates Instagrammable WNDR Museum Experiences Without Selling His Soul
WNDR Museum was designed to provide a multi-sensory interactive art and technology experience, or as founder Brad Keywell puts it: “to reflect the joy of wonder itself.” In an in-depth conversation, David Allen, the world-renowned tattoo artist who serves as the WNDR Museum’s chief creative officer, provides insights into the powerhouse Yayoi Kusama’s recently debuted second exhibition, “Dots Obsession,” and shares his personal journey.
Collective Momentum: How Chicago Tool Library and Center for Native Futures are Making Impact with Design
Chicago visionaries reshape community partnerships and build value by design.
Timeless Resonance: A Review of “Hector Guimard: Art Nouveau To Modernism” at the Driehaus Museum
Hector Guimard’s legacy on display at the Driehaus Museum.
No Sanctuary: Are Historic Churches the Lost Souls of a City?
What do you do with an empty church—designed for such a specific purpose, with its stained glass, statues and vaulted ceiling? Sometimes they can be successfully reused for another congregation, or for a community center or residences. But it can be architecturally challenging and expensive. The fabric of the neighborhood is torn by the presence of a church that’s disused and deteriorating.
Unveiling the Ghosts of White Supremacy: A Conversation with Isaac Couch About his Fashion Art at Comfort Station
Exploring emotion, identity, and social commentary through reconstructive fashion.
Design Top 5: August 2023
Workshops, exhibitions and a road-trip opportunity.
Shape Shifting Marvels: A Review of Jack Craig’s “Protist” at Volume Gallery
Jack Craig’s “Protist” and the altered reality of furniture.
Architecture As Mirror: Unveiling the Enduring Influence of Greek Architecture in Conversation with John “Yanni” Fotiadis
Transcending Boundaries: the National Hellenic Museum exhibition discusses how ancient Greek ideas shape the world today.
A Longing For Warmth: Kazuki Guzmán’s Aesthetic is Minimal, Playful and Somewhat Japanese
Looking into Japanese traditional crafts to design for a better future.
