1 Open House Chicago (Chicago Architecture Center) The free annual two-day public festival expands to a ten-day event to celebrate its tenth birthday as the city’s architecturally, culturally and historically significant sites open their doors for a behind-the-scenes view of Chicago landmarks. (October 16-25)
2 Luftwerk & Normal: Color Code (Elmhurst Art Museum) Luftwerk design duo Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero collaborate with Normal Studio’s Renata Graw to create “Color Code,” a work that visualizes SOS, the international distress signal, as color flags instead of Morse code. (Opening September 15)
3 Design Chicago (Merchandise Mart) The Midwest’s largest residential design conference provides two full days of open houses, talks and events featuring kitchen, bath and home furnishings by some of the industry’s most acclaimed designers and showrooms. (October 7-8)
Greek-born Vasia Rigou is a 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.
