Chicago

Tristan d'Estrée Sterk, AIA, received the Dubin Family Young Architect Award of AIA Chicago in 2011. At this program, he will discuss his career as a designer and a teacher. How did he come to be in Chicago? Why did he name his firm The Office for Robotic Architectural Media & Bureau for Responsive Architecture (orambra)? How does he balance practice and teaching at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he is assistant professor in the department of Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects ? Tristan will explain how he assembled his achievements into an entry for the Dubin Family Young Architect Award and offer suggestion to those who are considering entering the 2012 competition.

This event is sponsored by Young Architect Forum

AIGA Chicago has asked a variety of local design shops to pull back the curtain and share their experiences for a new event called Studio Night.
88 Brand Partners is a new full-service creative agency in the heart of Chicago, IL. We collaborate to build new brands, guide the strategic evolution of existing brands and create meaningful brand experiences through seamless communications across all media.

http://chicago.aiga.org/event/studio-night-with-88-brand-partners/

Thomas Phinney discusses and shows evidence from several of the cases he has been called into as a typographic consultant, including a forged will, legislated point size requirements, a seemingly fake rabbi, and the forged documents about President Bush’s National Guard service. Attendees will learn how mistakes in typography, printing and font selection ruined what could have otherwise been perfectly good forgeries.

Erik is a world renowned designer and founder of MetaDesign in Berlin and FontShop, the first mail-order distributor of digital fonts. He is is currently managing partner and creative director at Edenspiekermann, with offices in Amsterdam, Berlin, Stuttgart and San Francisco.

Among the type faces he has created, FF Meta and ITC Officina stand out as classics. He has also designed countless others for clients such as NOKIA, Bosch and German Railways, and has guided corporate design programs for VW, Bosch, Audi, German Railways, and way-finding projects for Berlin Transit, Düsseldorf Airport.

RSVP: https://sta-chicago.org/events/erik-spiekermann

John Pobojewski and Bud Rodecker of the design studio 3st share their constant lack of satisfaction, and how it drives their mood, the work they create and the opportunities they seek.

RSVP: https://sta-chicago.org/events/please-sir-may-i-have-some-more

PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public.
It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of "chit chat", it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds. It's a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.

See the Pecha Kucha Chicago Website for more info: http://pecha-kucha.org/night/chicago/

The world is getting only more complex. Entire industries are undergoing seismic transformations wrought by technology, global economics forces and a host of cultural factors. Designers are becoming central to addressing the large, ambiguous problems of our time. Whether the arena is health care, economic development, learning or public policy, design methods are helping solve seemingly impossible problems.

So, why design? You are invited to the Institute of Design (ID), to learn about the methods and frameworks we teach, talk one-on-one with faculty, students and alumni, and find out how design makes a difference.

Come learn about our Master’s and PhD degree programs (http://bit.ly/PDddd8), executive education programs (http://bit.ly/PTXXu8), and faculty and student research (http://bit.ly/PDdZqG), as well as the divergent community of graduate students from around the world that you can be a part of.

Program:

William Skelton and Jamie Munger, MDes/MBA ’12, will discuss conducting fieldwork in Haiti to help them conceive economic opportunities for the rural poor.

Guillermo Krovblit, MDes/MBA ’11, co-founder of Peapod Labs (http://bit.ly/QWk66m), connects parents and kids through learning with award-winning educational apps. “Peapod Labs is an unlikely meeting of minds and hearts that just might, unsuspectingly, become leaders in media literacy for preschoolers." - Wired.com (http://bit.ly/N4saF0)

Lauren Braun, a second-year student, will share her experiences as an intern at McDonalds and MAYA and talk about school projects done with the City of Chicago and WBEZ Radio.

RSVP to design@id.iit.edu or call ID Graduate Admissions at (312) 595-4900. Feel free to share this invitation with anyone you know who may be interested in design. Everyone is welcome. Refreshments will be served.

Come Check out a special edition Pecha Kucha Night at the Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago! Speakers include:

Doug Fogelson
Steven Haulenbeek
Karen Kice/Claire Cahan
Troy Klyber
Jon Langford
Jason Lazarus
Liz Neely
Sally Timms

Come have a drink and enjoy the show!
For more info go to the PK website: http://pecha-kucha.org/night/chicago/newsletters/2625

Join AIA Chicago for the 57th annual Design Excellence Awards during Designight. Categories for these distinguished awards include Devine Detail, Interior Architecture, SustainABILITY Leadership and Distinguished Building.

The Architecture & Design Society of the Art Institute of Chicago presents the Modern Ball, which celebrates 30 years of the Architecture & Design Society and honors the lifetime achievement of Stanley Tigerman. Enjoy cocktails, dinner and a silent auction, followed by dancing of the Terzo Piano's terrace at this elegant event. Proceeds benefit the Architecture & Design Society's Education and Acquisition Fund.