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Small Talk V: The Grillo Group, …

Event Overview AIGA Chicago Small Talks are designed to be intimately scaled events that offer attendees the opportunity to learn about business practices, view work, and experience environm... [Read More]

Public Works 3 Lecture Series…

Event Overview The Public Works 3 Lecture Series accompanies the latest installment of the celebrated Chicago annual art series, Public Works 3, at the Public Works Gallery featuring graphic... [Read More]

David Shrigley on September 21st…

This is a FREE event but you need to register on Facebook to reserve your seat. Time: Wednesday, September 21 · 6:30pm – 9:30pm Location: Columbia College Chicago – Stage Two 61... [Read More]

Proof Positive with Danny Gregor…

Danny Gregory will be beaming in from NYC to lead off this year’s Proof Positive lecture series September 27th, 5pm at Columbia College Chicago in the 623 S. Wabash Building Room 407. ... [Read More]

The Bias Against Creativity: Why…

A former student came across this article (read below) at the Cornell Chronicle by Mary Catt. It really does explain a lot. Upon further digging I found the actual published study. It’... [Read More]

Leaders…

Leaders are not what many people think–people with huge crowds following them. Leaders are people who go their own way without caring, or even looking to see whether anyone is following th... [Read More]

Designers vs Coding…

The following article came from Frank Chimero’s blog. His advice is dead on and the article is worth a read! “Do I need to know how to code?” is a question that comes up with sure-... [Read More]

HOW Magazine’s 13th Annual Int…

Enter your work in HOW magazine’s Interactive Design Competition for a chance to be included in the new Web Designer’s Idea App. All winning entries will also be featured in HOW’s Marc... [Read More]

Hands Off My Design Competition…

The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), the European Union agency responsible for registering designs and trade marks valid in all the countries of the EU, announced a ma... [Read More]

The ScrapLab Design Contest…

The ScrapLab Design Contest is seeking innovative and sustainable designs made of scrap. The objective is to recycle waste materials in the form of new products such as furniture, accessorie... [Read More]

Looking Backwards…

If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible ... [Read More]