• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

Newcity Design

Chicago Architecture, Designed Objects, Fashion, Graphic Design and More

  • Newcity Design ·
    • About
    • Advertise
    • Contributors
    • Privacy Policy
    • Newcity Network
  • Sections ·
    • Newcity
    • Art
    • Film
    • Lit
    • Music
    • Resto
    • Stage
    • Brazil
  • Newsletters
  • Subscribe
  • Log In
Newcity Design logo

Design Top 5: December 2017

by Brian Hieggelke | November 28, 2017

by Brian Hieggelke
November 28, 2017November 21, 2017Filed under:
  • Events
  • Top 5 Lists

Take the self-guided tour December 2 via The UChicago Architecture Biennial Shuttle/Photo: Tom Rossiter

1
Chicago Architecture Biennial
(Chicago Cultural Center and throughout the city)
The architectural happening of a lifetime, or at least every two years, nears its finish line in December. Visit chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org/calendar to get to it before it’s over.

2
One of A Kind Show
(Merchandise Mart)
Shop very local by buying directly from one of hundreds of artisans at this annual holiday extravaganza. December 7-10.

3
Randolph Street’s Holiday Market
(Plumber’s Hall)
Or shop local at the holiday iteration (indoors for the season) of this year-round monthly market with an eclectic array of antiques and contemporary furniture, fashion and gift items. December 16-17.

4
Gingerbread Architecture Competition
(Glessner House Museum)
We’re thinking “Ate Entries to the Chicago Tribune Collection,” perhaps? December 5, 6:30pm.

5
The Evolution of Pac-Man: Powerful Character Design In Video Games
(Chicago Design Museum)
Or if you prefer to chomp on something entirely non-holiday, attend a free lecture by Tim Lapetino on the seminal game.
December 5, 6pm.

Post navigation

Previous Post The Revolution Next Time: Exploring the Past and the Future in “Revoliustiia! Demonstratsiia!” at The Art Institute
Next Post Market Makers: Volume Gallery is a Designed Object force in Chicago
Hands hold open a book displaying modern architecture with bold yellow and black exterior accents on one page, and a person seated on a balcony with yellow framing on the other.

Ralph Johnson on Designing for a Rapidly Changing World With the release of his two-volume monograph, the celebrated Chicago architect reflects on six decades of practice, place, process and the future of design.

Vasia Rigou August 21, 2026
Curved brick hallway with arched ceilings and smooth flooring, leading to a room with barrels. Warm lighting highlights the textured brick walls and the white, vaulted ceiling above.

Chicago, Brick by Brick Will Quam’s "Fire and Clay" traces the colors, textures and histories embedded in the city’s architecture.

Emily McClanathan August 14, 2026
A person stands on a rooftop garden with patches of greenery. Urban buildings and a distant skyline are visible in the background under a clear sky.

Designing a Better Chicago, From the Ground Up A look at the 2026 Designing a Better Chicago grantees and the grassroots projects using design to respond to real community needs across the city.

Yetta Starr August 7, 2026
A textured, orange-brown sculpture of a reclining, nude human figure resting on its back with bent legs raised and arms by its sides, set against a plain, light background.

Mood: Outdoor

Vasia Rigou August 5, 2026

Newcity cover featuring flag pattern with shades of green and stripes.

July/August Issue

GET A COPY

SUBSCRIBE

NewcityLogo.png
Facebook Twitter Instagram
  • About
  • Contributors
  • Privacy Policy
  • Advertise
  • Subscribe
  • Newsletters
  • Chicago Film Project

Copyright Newcity Communications, Inc. © 2026