(Above: "Energy Revolution" exhibition at the Chicago Architecture Center. Photo by David Hernandez)
WHERE TO GO
“Energy Revolution”
Chicago Architecture Center
Through October 17, 2022
The Chicago Architecture Center’s largest exhibition is centered around the ways individuals, corporations, and city leaders can work toward a carbon-free future; innovative technologies and the gravitation to renewable sources; and design as a catalyst for change.
Stockholm Design Week
September 5-11, 2022
More than a meeting point for Scandinavian design lovers and aficionados, Stockholm Design Week takes over the Swedish capital for a week-long celebration—a testament to the beautiful albeit simple and functional design that goes far deeper than Hygge-mania.
WHAT TO EXPLORE
“Chris Schanck: Off-World”
Museum of Art and Design, NY
Through Jan 8, 2023
Blurring the line between sculpture and furniture, Chris Schanck’s work provides a gateway into an elaborately carved, dramatically colorful otherworldly universe, where design objects tell stories from the past, present, and future.
WHAT TO WATCH
“Mau”
Directed by Jono Bergmann and Benjamin Bergmann
Learn more about design visionary, author, educator, and artist, Bruce Mau, his life, and his creative journey dedicated to inspiring change in this newly-released feature-length documentary.
WHAT TO READ
Making Space: Women and the Manmade Environment
by Matrix
Verso (2022)
A timely re-issue of a groundbreaking manifesto that was first published in 1984, Making Space, written by feminist collective Matrix, provides a critique of the patriarchal built environment and the ways it impacts women's lives.
Creatures Are Stirring: A Guide to Architectural Companionship
by Joseph Altshuler and Julia Sedlock
Applied Research & Design (2021)
Embracing architecture’s creaturely qualities the authors reconceptualize buildings as our friends in a book intended to empower designers and broad audiences to reconfigure their relationships to the designed environment.
WHAT TO CONSIDER
Essential Design Auction
(Online, July 28, 2022, 11AM PST)
A compelling and lively selection of essential design—from classic mid-century works to innovative contemporary pieces—by Chicago’s world-class auction house, Wright.
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