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    Chicago Sukkah Design Festival returns for third annual exhibition

    The 2024 Chicago Sukkah Design Festival—this year’s AIA Chicago Honor Award recipient of the Robert Feldman Architecture for Social Justice Award—returns this Sunday, Oct. 6 to the James Stone Freedom Square in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood. For 20 days, the third annual festival will activate the public plaza with custom-built sukkahs, designed by five teams who reimagined the outdoor pavilion…

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    Sculpting curiosity

    There is something magnetic about Dan Lam’s drippy sculptural work. It is subtle at first, elusive in its compulsion for further study. This combination of polyurethane foam, acrylic paint, and epoxy resin that draws the eye back to the distinctive, organic forms that seemingly capture gesture and movement in still form. It plays at the interstitial spaces between fact and…

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    Pamela Lamaster-Millett, AIA

    Principal, Partner Searl Lamaster Howe Architects | Chicago, Illinois   In the digital age of rapid technology advancement and immersive virtual landscapes, Pamela Lamaster-Millett, AIA, envisions a future in which the industry embraces architecture’s inherent permanence and continues to advocate for the importance of the tactile experience in physical spaces. “In our modern time, where everybody is looking at social…

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    Eiteljorg Museum’s “Quest for the West®”

    The Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art recently announced its 18th annual “Quest for the West®” Art Show and Sale held Sept., 8 and Sept. 9, 2023 generated more than $1 million as more than 300 collectors and guests came together for the weekend event in downtown Indianapolis. The “Quest for the West®” showcases artwork from some of…

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    Monroe North Imports

    Inaugural pop-up shop of European antiques to take place this weekend   Monroe North Imports, a destination for vintage and one-of-a-kind objects and antiques, is officially opening its doors at 1615 Monroe Ave. N.W., Grand Rapids, Michigan this weekend to designers and design enthusiasts alike in its inaugural pop-up shop event. Envisioned by Deidre Remtema, interior designer and chief executive…

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    Soulful space

    For Adina Hall, RA, design is a pursuit of striking the right balance between the technical details and artistic vision, which must coalesce to deliver functional spaces infused with meaning and purpose. It is about crafting spaces that serve as both respite and inspiration, where emotive narratives are woven like rich threads and functional organization, giving way to interior environments…

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    Composition in color

    To capture the essence of Augusta Read Thomas’ extensive body of musical work is as nuanced and colorful of an endeavor as the creative and technical process behind its composition. While language is similar to music in many ways—a means of communication, a form of expression—it often lacks that which is elusive and inexplicable about the means in which orchestral…

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    The Skill Set

    In “The Skill Set,” a podcast series launched by Imagine a Place® Productions, host Cheryl S. Durst, Hon. FIIDA, executive vice president and chief executive officer of the International Interior Design Association, or IIDA, in Chicago, embarks on an exploration of the inherent human potential. The series, which delves into the idea of skill and ability, is more than an…

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    In contemporary-modern exhibition

    In a renovated, bowstring truss building in Skokie, Illinois, a joint venture between (northern) Western Exhibitions and WHO Modern officially opened its doors this past weekend to celebrate the launch of its shared space featuring contemporary art, midcentury modern design, vintage furniture, and decorative objects. The opening event, which took place on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, celebrated the work of…