1 Office Ours (AIGA Chicago) Virtual studio tours designed to help creatives with a behind-the-scenes look at the design industry. July 7
2 CAC LIVE: Buildings and Beer (Chicago Architecture Center) River North pubs, warehouses and Gilded Age mansions tell the history of Chicago brewing from an architectural perspective. July 18
3 Bauhaus Chicago: Design in the City (Art Institute of Chicago) Contemplate the Bauhaus influence in the city of Chicago in the light of the German school’s centenary. Through Fall 2020
4 Classic Chicago: The Art of Architecture (Elmhurst Art Museum) A 360-degree virtual tour of late-nineteenth to early-twentieth century Chicago via large-scale graphite drawings by Jack Nixon. Through August 2
5 Bauhaus at the IIT Institute of Design (Illinois Institute of Technology) Two online exhibitions, “50 Years Bauhaus, 1969” and “Founding an American Bauhaus,” dive into the design movement’s history. Ongoing
Greek-born Vasia Rigou is a seasoned journalist, editor and multimedia content producer largely on the subjects of visual art, culture, architecture and design. She currently serves as an Editor at Newcity, Chicago’s leading culture publication, as Writer and Copy Editor at the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) HQ, and regularly contributes to international architecture and design magazines OnOffice and ICON. She has experience creating content for brands and building conference speeches and influential TEDx talks. Simply put: she’s fascinated by finding out the great stories behind the people, places and objects that surround us, and by sharing those stories with the world. When she’s not writing about art or looking at art—wine in hand—she makes lists for pretty much everything, drinks immense amounts of coffee and takes cross-country road trips every chance she gets.
