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Designed Objects

A modern, minimalist room with large windows, dark shiny floor, beige brick and wood-paneled walls, and two abstract red sculptures—one leaning against the wall, the other placed in the center. Green trees are visible outside.

by Vasia Rigou | July 10, 2026

Jeremiah Hulsebos-Spofford Transforms Familiar Design Icons into Unstable Vessels of Memory, Grief and Time The exhibition at Elmhurst Art Museum turns objects like the Barcelona Chair and the Eames splint into altered forms that feel at once recognizable and estranged.

A man and a woman stand side by side, smiling, against a light background. The image is overlaid with a soft red and orange filter, giving it a warm, hazy effect.

by Newcity | June 3, 2026

Design 50 2026: Home/Interior

A brown leather lounge chair with several decorative pillows featuring embroidered images of dogs and a bird, set against a wooden wall and green carpet.

by Vasia Rigou | March 13, 2026

Bringing Camp Wandawega Home The Into the Woods collection translates a century of camp life into objects that feel inherited.

Two women with wavy brown hair wear white button-up shirts adorned with gold jewelry and brooches. They pose closely outdoors in front of green foliage, gazing thoughtfully into the distance.

by Vasia Rigou | February 13, 2026

Inspired by Grandmother’s Heirlooms: How Jenna London Jewelry Balances Memory, Meaning and Wearability

Two people in casual clothing stand near a colorful display cart with hats and Chicago-themed items in a modern, brightly lit room with patterned walls. The woman is speaking while the man listens.

by Vasia Rigou | January 16, 2026

Souvenirs From a Climate-Changed Chicago Parsons & Charlesworth turn Chicago’s ecological future into speculative souvenirs at the Chicago Architecture Biennial.

by Vasia Rigou | December 5, 2025

Design Top 5: December 2025

by Vasia Rigou | November 14, 2025

The Design Museum of Chicago’s “Design on Draft” Judges Beer By Its Label The new exhibition, co-curated with the Beer Culture Center, considers beer labels as cultural artifacts and suggests that the next six-pack you pick up is as much a design decision as it is one of taste. 

by Vasia Rigou | October 10, 2025

In the Limelight: Reframing Tiffany Lamps at the Driehaus Museum with Curator Alexandra Ruggiero

by Vasia Rigou | August 29, 2025

Design Top 5: September 2025

by Vasia Rigou | July 18, 2025

The Ultimate Object: Hamed Gholami Reimagines the Violin

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