Designed Objects at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Columbia College IDSA Bowling + Pizza

2007-02-28T22:36:00.000-06:00

Host: IDSA Columbia Chapter
Location: Lincoln Square Lanes
4874 N. Lincoln, Chicago, IL View Map
When: Friday, March 2, 7:00pm

The IDSA Student Chapter is throwing a spring semester kickoff party at Lincoln Square Lanes next Friday (3/2/7). Four lanes will be reserved for unlimited use for 2 hours (until 9 p.m.). And there will also be pizza provided from Papa Giorgio's.

Those of you bowling will be required to pay for your own shoe rental which is $3 or bring your own. Also, there is a bar on the premises and those wishing to indulge themselves in any intoxicants will be required to fund those urges.

The bowling alley is at 4874 N. Lincoln. If you take the brown line to the Western stop and walk 3 blocks north to Lincoln. Turn left on Lincoln and start looking. It's on the west side of the street just past McDonald's.

Hey, even if you don't want to bowl, come have some pizza and get to know some new people. We hope to see you all there.

HERO

2007-02-11T12:25:00.000-06:00

An interesting site that looks into the natural world and how it's engineering principles and processes can be applied to create new materials and structures.

Eric

Duncan Wilson's Snowbench

2007-02-02T14:35:00.001-06:00

Inspired by an encounter with a snow covered park bench; the experience of disturbing the virgin surface, leavings ones mark or discovering the trace of a previous presence.

by Duncan Wilson

UniPo Illustration Contest from UNKL.com

2007-02-02T14:25:00.001-06:00

From UNKL.com:

"Check it: You know UniPo, right? He’s the little guy that we found on the way into the studio one day; the little egg-shaped guy that you’ve seen in a few different forms so far. The strange thing about UniPo is – as you may know – that there really is way of telling how many exist. Heck, we’ve already seen four series of the fellas cloned right under our noses. But we know there are more out there. So, this time, we’re extending an offer to the world to show us the UniPo that lives in their homes (or minds). You read that right. It's your turn. Create your own UniPo. Download the PDF at this link and then send your completed designs to us by March 9, 2007. We’ll pick out our favorite and do a production run of the suckers. The winner will get a case of their toy, and we’ll spread their work all over the world. Drop us a line with any questions, or give us a call. Don’t forget: UNKL loves you. Now go! Create!!!! Who knows, this could be your last chance!"

Register here.

Upcoming Local IDSA Events

2007-02-02T14:23:00.000-06:00

Check out our ever growing calendar at www.idsachicago.org

IDSA Chicago Design Loop: Trends in Detail
Tuesday, Feb 13
Motorola, Inc.
233 N. Michigan Avenue
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Advance sign-up by Feb 8 required
Get on the stand-by list

Please join IDSA Chicago for an evening presentation by Northern
Engraving Corp., exposing industrial decorative trends in colors,
textures, materials and finishes. This event will provide a preview of
trends for many different markets long before they are presented to
the public. Industries taking advantage of these trends are
automotive, consumer appliances and cosmetic, as well as large OEM's.
These trends, shared around the world with customers all over Europe,
Asia, and the United States, have proven extremely insightful.

We have to submit everyone's name to building security in advance, so
you must sign-up by 12PM Feb 8 to be admitted. This event is already
full, but you can get on the stand-by list.

IDSA/UIC SolidWorks Workshop #1: Introduction to the Tool
Thursday, Feb 22
UIC Art & Architecture Building
929 W. Harrison, 3rd Floor Industrial Design Department
6:30-8:30
Space is limited to 36 spots, registration coming soon

Ed Honda from CATI/Computer Aided Technology, Inc. will be leading the
series of SolidWorks workshops. This first workshop will be an
introduction to the software and is appropriate for those either
unfamiliar with the software or with limited experience with it.

March 1: IDSA Chicago Mentor Program ~ Spring Edition

March 6: Urban Breakout at Designcraft in Lake Zurich

March 8: SolidWorks Workshop #2 ~ Intermediate Problems

March 22: SolidWorks Workshop #3 ~ Complex Problems

Chapter News

IDSA Collaborates with the Chicago Furniture Design Association
(CFDA)!
We're excited to announce that a collaborative event between IDSA
Chicago and CFDA is in the works. We're working towards a joint
exhibit that will showcase the talents and skills of both
organization. Sound like something you'd be interested in? Email
info@idsachicago.org to get involved.

Local Design Calendar

Event times and dates are subject to change, please double-check
before heading out

Fri, Feb 2: Rotofugi's "My Pal, Sookie La-La." Opening Party
See the new work by Hello, Brute in Rotofugi's Designer Toy Store and
Gallery. Music by DJs Genghiswon and J Lee, with free beverages by
Goose Island. Exhibit continues through Feb 24.
Rotofugi info

Sat, Feb 10: 1st Annual Putt-Putt Green Design Competition Entry
Deadline
Material Exchange, a Chicago art and design collaborative group, and
Experimental Station, a small-business incubator, are hosting a design
competition to convert the Experimental Station space into a
temporary, indoor, 9-hole putt-putt (mini-golf) course. This deadline
is your written intent for the design. Download .pdf of competition
details on IDSA Chicago's website.

Thurs, Feb 8 at 6PM: IIT Institute of Design (ID) Open House
ID currently offers Ph.D. and Masters degrees in human-centered
communication design, human-centered product design, and design
planning. The open house includes examples of current work and the
opportunity to meet faculty and students. RSVP requested.
IIT Open House info

Tues, Feb 13 at 5:30PM: Chicago Green Drinks at Jefferson Tap
A monthly forum for networking and idea gathering for like-minded
colleagues to stay current on local and national sustainability
development projects. Panel Discussion topic: Wait, Wait, DO tell me:
Green City Trivia Game. $5/$2 students & low income
Green Drinks info

Tues, Feb 13 at 5:30PM: Northwestern University's Master of Product
Development Open House at Ford Engineering Design Center in Evanston
Learn about managing creativity and design, form and function, project
management, decision making, customer-focused innovation, research,
and financial issues, all from the perspective of product development
in this highly focused curriculum.
Master of Product Development Open House info

Tues, Feb 13 at 6:00PM: The Crazy Wall - Garmin International
Randy Matthies, AIA, will review the genesis of the dramatic wall that
wraps customers in a big wood blanket at Garmin's flagship store at
663 N. Michigan Ave. Garmin is a leading manufacturer of GPS systems.
$15 Non AIA members, RSVP required.
Garmin Crazy Wall info & RSVP

Thurs, Feb 15 at 6:30PM: DWR North Ave MODERN + DESIGN + FUNCTION Show
In its 3rd year, DWR is hosting the Chicago Furniture Now show,
created to foster modern furniture design in Chicago. 20-25 of the top
entries will be exhibited, making the show a great opportunity for
up-and-coming designers and design firms to have their original work
juried.
MODERN + DESIGN + FUNCTION info

Fri, Feb 16 at 8AM: Patent Claim Construction Workshop
The workshop looks at patent litigation strategies; recent case law
update; views from the bench; how to choose and work with outside
counsel; and how to handle claim construction on appeal. $695, RSVP
online.
Patent Claim Workshop info

Wed, Feb 19 at 6PM: Archeworks Open House and Lecture "Spatializing
Histories at the Foot of Jerusalem's Temple Mount / Haram al Sharif"
Join Archeworks for this very special lecture by Alona Nitzan-Shiftanm
Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, Technion, Israel. Enjoy complimentary
refreshments and meet Archeworks founders Eva Maddox and Stanley
Tigerman. RSVP online.
Archeworks Open House and Lecture Info

Thurs, Feb 22 at 6:30PM: Value Engineering - Simplify Products &
Reduce Cost NOW
PDMA & ASME present Mr. Fred Fishman, Manager Strategic Procurement
Programs for TechSolve. Learn about the aggressive application of
Value Engineering principles to shake-up the entire product design and
refocus your design efforts on your customer.
"Value Engineering" info

Fri, March 9 at 6:00PM: Dan Buchner "Design Stories" Lecture at UIC
Dan Buchner, Vice-President of Innovation & Design at Design Continuum
Boston will give a guest lecture/presentation around the topic:
"Design Stories - Making a difference in a country, an industry, and a
community. Three examples of using design to drive development in
emerging economies."

Registration for 2007 Inclusive Wireless Competition, deadline June 15, 2007

2007-02-02T14:20:00.000-06:00

As promised in designBytes and studentBytes last fall, registration is open
for the 2007 Inclusive Wireless Competition. The deadline for registration
is March 30th. The deadline for entry submission is June 15, 2007.

Entries will focus on this year's theme, "Out and About", and will apply
wireless technologies to enhance the user experience for people of all ages
and abilities in public venues such as museums, airports and hospitals.

The first place winner will receive airfare, accommodations and admission to
CONNECTING'07 in San Francisco.

The online registration form is available now at:
http://www.wirelessrerc.gatech.edu/design/RegistrationForm2007_v2.pdf

IDSA Chicago Invites you to Trends in Detail : Event, Feb. 13th

2007-02-02T14:15:00.000-06:00

Advance sign-up is required. We will need the names of all attendees in advance so that we can provide a list of attendees to Motorola security for entrance into the building. Space is limited, so sign-up early!

Please join IDSA Chicago for an evening presentation by Northern Engraving Corp., exposing industrial decorative trends in colors, textures, materials and finishes. Sponsored by Motorola Inc., the presentation will be held in their Chicago office.

Event Summary:

Event: Trends in Detail
Date: Feb 13, 2007
Time: 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: Motorola, Inc.
233 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, 60601

Event Details and Online Registration:

More information and online registration are available here.

make your own plastic info

2007-01-29T09:22:00.000-06:00

Green Plastics: An introduction to the New Science of Biodegradable
Plastics by E.S. Stevens, Princeton University Press, ISBN:
0-691-04967-X. this is the book with the 'make your own plastics'
recipes in the appendix.

IDSA: Innovation Concept Design Showcase: Submissions Due 2.16.07

2007-01-25T09:07:00.000-06:00

Innovative and unique concept designs will be featured in the Spring 2007 showcase in Innovation. There is still time to get your design in this must-read issue. This is not a competition; all qualifying, non-production submissions will be published. Student work is welcomed. The deadline is February 16.

Submitting is easy—simply email the following to k.designs@cox.net (mailto:k.designs@cox.net):

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

* Project name

* Design firm

* Client

* Web or email address to be published

* Image: 300dpi, cmyk, 4x5" (min), tiff preferred

* Credit card information for $450 (student designs $200)

* One-sentence provocative statement about submission

* Contact information for submitter

The Spring issue of Innovation will focus on big box retailers and their impact on design. Don't be left out of this compelling issue. Please contact Karen Berube, managing editor, with any questions at k.designs@cox.net (mailto:k.designs@cox.net).

Pub Night

2007-01-24T21:27:00.000-06:00

Design Loop: Pub Night at Hopleaf
Thursday, Jan 25
Hopleaf
5148 N. Clark, Chicago IL map
7 PM - 9:30 PM

Join us at one of Chicago's finest drinking establishments! We've reserved the upstairs party room and IDSA Chicago will be providing some light hors h'oeuvres for which to nosh upon...come prepared to imbibe the finest in imported Belgian ales and locally microbrewed beers. (We'll have a special price on Three Floyds Alpha King drafts -- check out their bottle and draft lists for the rest!) There aren't many finer places in Chicago to have good conversation and a relaxed drink than the Hopleaf, so pencil it in and we'll see you there! Free and open to everyone.

Upcoming IDSA Chicago Events
www.idsachicago.org/events

Feb 13: Decorating Trends Presentation with Northern Engraving at Motorola

Feb 22: SolidWorks Workshop #1 at UIC

March 1: Mentor Program - Spring Event

March 6: Urban Outbreak at Designcraft

More information about these and other events coming soon.

I. D. Magazine Student Design Review

2007-01-22T01:40:00.000-06:00

The deadline for enry into the I.D. Magazine Student Design Review is Feb. 1st. Any coursework from the 2005-2006 academic year is eligible.

Submission Information.

Plastic Processes

2006-12-14T18:34:00.000-06:00

Hey,

Found this great resource regarding plastic molding/part manufacturing processes. It seems to have animations (granted they are very simple) of all of the different processes.

http://www.bpf.co.uk/bpfindustry/process_plastics.cfm

Zach

Material Resource Link

2006-12-12T10:02:00.000-06:00

This site has a number of search options (by product, material, process, etc.) for researching materials. Good if you're not sure where to start.

Table Manners from Minale-Maeda

2006-11-30T12:57:00.000-06:00

see the rest

Kuler from Adobe Labs

2006-11-30T12:54:00.000-06:00

Kuler is an online application to help you create, share, and explore new color schemes, and then download them directly to your adobe applications.

Design Bytes

2006-11-27T14:24:00.000-06:00

designBytes
November 27.2006
Welcome to designBytes, the electronic newsletter of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA). Here's the latest design news, sneak peeks of features on the IDSA Web site, links to interesting articles elsewhere and upcoming articles in Design Perspectives (DP), the IDSA newsletter.

Feeding the Cell Phone Addiction: Studies show that people notice their cell phone is missing within an hour of losing it, compared with a day or more for credit cards and wallets. And according to BusinessWeek, whole industries are now reconfiguring themselves to keep feeding people's cell phone addiction. In the past year, cellular service providers and phonemakers have begun moving to faster networks, and in 2007, a flood of innovative mobile gadgets and services that will stretch the definition of wireless as we know it will be released. To read more about the latest phase of the mobile revolution, visit http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_49/b4012071.htm?chan=tc&chan=technology_special+report+--+wireless+world_wireless+world.

And Speaking of Cell Phones: For Sohrab Vossoughi, IDSA, president of Ziba Design, good design is about more than good looks. It is about a good user experience that makes the consumer want to spend time with a product. And in a recent FORTUNE magazine profile, Vossoughi said that cell phone makers are more often focused on products rather than the user experience. By focusing on products only, the phone makers, he says, risk turning their devices into beautiful commodities. To read more about Vossoughi's solution for cell phone makers, visithttp://money.cnn.com/2006/11/21/technology/pluggedin_mehta_cellphonedesign.fortune/index.htm.

Michelle Berryman on Trends in Interaction Design: "Interaction Design: What's New and What's Next," is the latest installment of IDSA and BusinessWeek's podcast series. Michelle Berryman, IDSA, principal of Echo Visualization LLC and IDSA president-elect, shares her insights about what makes good interaction design and how it makes our lives simpler. She also discusses the trends shaping the field, and what's on the horizon in interaction design. To hear the dialogue, visit http://www.businessweek.com/search/podcasting.htm and choose "Making Innovation Work." Coming this Thursday: Chris Rockwell, IDSA and Marty Gage, IDSA of Lextant, on trends in design research.

Apple's Design Quest: According to Jonathan Ive, Apple's senior vice president of industrial design, the reality of designing for Apple is a daily battle with the laws of physics to make the products lighter, sleeker, smaller and so on. Equally challenging is ensuring that people feel comfortable using Apple's products, especially because they are the first generation of objects whose function bears no relation to their appearance. While the company has achieved a number of design coups over the years, no company can rest on its design laurels for long. To read more of the International Herald Tribune's profile of Ive, visithttp://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/26/features/design27.php?page=1.

A Year's Worth of Learning, No Further Than Your Desktop: Imagine having some of the design world's best thinkers and doers talking about the hottest issues in design, right on your desktop. This vision is again a reality with the 2007 Microsoft/IDSA Designer Spotlight Speaker Series! Each month, a presentation will be delivered directly to your computer through Microsoft LiveMeeting technology, and you can gather your entire design team, class or student chapter together to take full advantage of this powerfully valuable learning opportunity. With the Spotlight Package Option, IDSA members can get 12 seminars for only $995, and save nearly $200 over purchasing each seminar individually! (Individual seminars are $99 each.) For non-IDSA members, the Spotlight Package Option costs $2,000, or $199 per individual seminar. To hear from some of the best minds in design without leaving your office, register today athttp://www.idsa.org/webmodules/webforms/designer_spotlight_2007.htm.

Zagorski Goes Bust: Ed Zagorski, FIDSA is an inspiration, according to many of his former industrial design students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he taught from 1956-1988. But while many point to their teachers as powerful life influences, Zagorski's students are taking the tribute to a new level: on November 27, he will be presented with a bronze bust of himself, which will remain on display at the university. It's a fitting tribute to someone who cites a passion for teaching (along with Ovaltine) as the secret of his enthusiasm. For more information, visit http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2006/11/26/bust_from_former_students_honors_retired_professor?src=rss.

Xerox Seeks Form of Erasable Paper for Copiers: Of the 1,200 pages the average office worker prints per month, 44.5 percent are for daily use—assignments, drafts or email. In a typical office, 21 percent of black-and-white copier documents are returned to the recycling bin on the same day they are produced. These findings are part of a three-year-old technology development effort at Xerox, to design an add-on system for an office copier to produce "transient documents" that can be easily reused. A current prototype produces documents in what appears to be purple ink on a specially coated paper with a light yellow tint; the printed information on the document "disappears" within 16 hours, allowing for quick reuse of those documents. Can a decoder ring be far behind? To read more, visit http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/27/technology/27xerox.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1164643636-kUX6bqr9NW2LP6bux0gOOw.

Pelly Brings "Vapor of Experience" to Design: In his distinguished career, Chuck Pelly, FIDSA has designed race cars, boats, snowmobiles, farm equipment, office furniture, packaging, cameras and cars for GM, Chrysler, American Motors, Mazda, Subaru and BMW. Pelly started Designworks USA in 1972, which grew from a staff of three working out of a Malibu Canyon garage to one of the world's leading design firms and a subsidiary of BMW. In an interview on Eastman's Innovation Lab web site, Pelly shares his insights on car design as well as his views on how US companies are managing design. Read more athttp://www.innovationlab.eastman.com/InnovationLab/Insights/Example/Chuck_Pelly.htm.

Become Part of the Innovation Equation: On December 7-8 at the Museum of the City of New York, IDSA, Symbol Technologies and BusinessWeek will demonstrate the impact of innovation meeting investment. Key executives at Motorola, Whirlpool, Microsoft, Symbol Technologies and Jump Associates will demonstrate the impact of sustaining innovation and the tangible success that comes from integrating innovative design with fundamental corporate business strategies and investment goals. Space is filling up! Register today athttp://new.idsa.org/webmodules/articles/anmviewer.asp?a=2664&z=31.

Santa a No-Show at Target: When Target hired modernist product designer Tord Boontje 18 months ago, he made a strategic decision with regard to the company's holiday decorations: no Santa Claus. You can come upon Dancer and Dasher, Prancer and Vixen, but there's not a Kris Kringle in sight. Instead of the traditional Santa-focused decorations, Boontje has forsaken the holiday season's holly and ivy for New Age, fairy-tale imagery. And that is just the start of the changes he's brought to Target. To read more, visithttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/24/AR2006112401369.html.

Three More Weeks Remain to Enter Next-Gen PC Design and Eye for Why Competitions: Don't miss your chance to win cash prizes and notoriety—enter the Dyson/IDSA "Eye for Why" or Microsoft/IDSA Next-Gen PC Design Competitions. December 18 is the entry deadline for both. For details, visit www.dyson.com/designaward or www.nextgendesigncomp.com.

In Stamford, Even the Traffic Signal Boxes are Fashionable: Maybe your sensibilities have never been offended by a graffiti-covered traffic signal box. But in Stamford, CT, what began four years ago as a tiny, grassroots experiment to beautify the boxes that control traffic signals around town has become an unexpectedly impressive public art collection, with head-turning installations cropping up constantly to transform drab streetscapes into outdoor galleries. About 50 of the city’s 190 boxes, once covered with graffiti, are now suitable for framing. But fine art sometimes pays the price—at least four of the decorated boxes have been done in by wayward cars. To read more, visithhttp://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/25/nyregion/25signal.html.

IDSA studentbytes

2006-11-15T15:03:00.000-06:00

studentBytes
November 13.06
studentBytes is an electronic newsletter for IDSA student members and members of IDSA student chapters.

Don’t Have an IDSA Chapter at Your School?: With the Bylaws changes that IDSA members have just approved, you and your classmates no longer have to study at a NASAD-accredited school in order to form an IDSA student chapter. Nor do you have to be in the US. With these changes, more students will have more opportunities to enjoy the benefits of IDSA membership: scholarships, networking, design contests and more. To learn how to start a student IDSA chapter at your school, contact Jill Richardson at jillr@idsa.org.

Dec. 18 is Right Around the Corner: Sure, you’ve got final exams to deal with. But do any of them offer an immediate pay-off? Well, these IDSA-backed contests do:

Eye for Why: Dyson seeks submissions that solve a problem, work well, look good and provide a real advantage over existing offerings. Open to students at any NASAD-accredited degree program and all individual student members of IDSA. Prize monies total $8,000 for the top three places. Entry deadline is Dec. 18! To learn more, visit www.dyson.com/designaward.

Microsoft Next-Gen: Microsoft will award a total of $85,000 to five aspiring designers who can rethink the Windows-based PC experience and the role it plays in people's lives. Online submissions will be accepted until Dec. 18. For complete submission guidelines, visit www.nextgendesigncomp.com.

Where are They Now?: This year’s class of IDSA National Student Merit Winners didn’t waste any time after graduation, jumping into the workforce and doing big things right away. Russ Henning, IDSA (Western) works as a designer for Lathrop Engineering in San Jose. Mark Palmer, IDSA (Northeast) took a post in the corporate innovation and design (CID) department at Symbol Technologies on Long Island. At Design Edge in Austin, Nick Poteracki, IDSA (Midwest) divides his time among pet products, electronics and furniture projects. Mandy Stehouwer, IDSA (Mideast) parlayed her talents into a position as industrial designer with Continuum. Former Ignition intern Arthur Wu, IDSA (Southern) joined the company’s staff where he has been toggling between projects in the consumer, medical and industrial areas.

From Austin to San Francisco: Did you make it to Texas for this year’s conference? Don’t remember if you were there? In any case, here’s a look at what went down: www.flickr.com/photos/idsa_photos/. We’re already gearing up for next year’s conference, CONNECTING’07, to be held in San Francisco from Oct. 17-20, 2007. You’ll get to pick the brains of designers and executives from all over the world. You’ll hang out with design students from all over the country. And, God-willing, you’ll come out of it with some solid leads on what to do after graduation. Mark your calendars and start saving now. Register today at www.connecting07.org.

Wanna Learn More about the Universal Design of Wireless Technology AND Get a Chance to Go to CONNECTING’07 for FREE?: Then you should enter the Inclusive Wireless design competition. All entries should focus on this year's theme, Out and About, which seeks to enhance the user experience in public venues such as museums, airports and hospitals. The first place winner will receive airfare, accommodations and admission to CONNECTING’07, courtesy of IDSA, its Universal Design Section and Wireless RERC. Entry deadline is June 15, 2007. To learn more, visit www.wirelessrerc.org/design.html.

Say No to Chores: And say yes to entering the simplehuman simple solutions product design competition, endorsed by IDSA. If you can come up with new ways to make household tasks easier, more efficient and maybe even fun, then get your entries ready. Over $5,000 will be paid out to the first, second and third place winners. Entry deadline is Feb. 28, 2007. For complete submission guidelines, visit www.simplehuman.com/design.

studentBytes is very much a work in progress. We’ll publish 2-3 times each semester to keep you in the loop about design competitions, available scholarships, networking opportunities and other IDSA programs you can take advantage of. Hit us with feedback at studentBytes@idsa.org.

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Great Resource for Designers, Their work and Links

2006-11-15T14:14:00.000-06:00

This web page is a quick reference to peruse famous designers and gather an overview of their work. Most of them have links for more involved information. Would have been a great start for any research paper that was due yesterday.
Late
Fitz

Your 15 Minutes

2006-11-15T14:13:00.000-06:00

What can you create in 15 minutes?
Work due on January 15th.

t-shirt competition update: deadline extended to nov. 20th

2006-11-09T19:03:00.000-06:00

extended deadline and new guidelines (click to enlarge):

email all entries to lcsmith@gmail.com by monday, nov. 20th.

columbia idsa meet saic idsa

2006-11-08T09:53:00.000-06:00

Columbia has a two part event focusing on sustainability coming up. it
is some how tied to the massive change exhibit at the MCA
The first session, guest speakers are coming in to give
presentations on working bikes, urban habitats, and the concept of
"people powered." on Tuesday, November 14 from 4.30-7.00, (location tba).

then as a follow up, there will be an all day design charette where product design and interior
architecture students will work in small groups to apply the info from
massive change and these presentations to some design challenge. this
will be on Saturday November 18th, at 623 S. Wabash from 9-5

this will be a good time to share ideas and to see what other schools are producing. more info will be posted soon

2006-11-07T16:59:00.000-06:00

Plasma studios is an award winning group of young architects. They are giving a lecture at UIC this Thursday. I just found out about it.

11.9 Plasma Studio
UK/Italy
All lectures are at 6pm in Gallery 1100, A+A
School of Architecture, UIC Campus
Art and Architecture Building
845 West Harrison
Chicago, IL 60607

Enabling Space

2006-11-07T02:01:00.000-06:00

Great site on Universal / Inclusive Design:
Adaptive Environments

Ceramics For Breakfast Competition

2006-11-02T17:50:00.000-06:00

Designboom has posted a ceramics design competition. The Deadline is Dec. 23rd (or therabouts, check the guidelines).

Architectures of Control

2006-10-31T09:31:00.000-06:00

site description: "Increasingly, many products are being designed with features that intentionally restrict the way the user can behave, or enforce certain modes of behaviour. The same intentions are also evident in the design of many systems and environments.

This site aims—with readers’ input—to examine and analyse the ideas and techniques of these architectures of control in design, through examples and anecdotes, and by keeping up-to-date with relevant developments. If you can suggest an example, please get in touch, or add a comment—all help is much appreciated."

Seems like a great blog to keep our eyes on. Not only is it informative and fairly conceptual for a blog, but their posts and essays could influence projects or contests in the future.

--Zach