JUNE
Kazuo Kawasaki lecture: "Progressive Inclusive Design" - from eyeglasses to artificial hearts
Friday, June 5, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm; Registration 1:30-2:00pm
Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, 350 N. LaSalle Street
A lecture by:
Dr. Kazuo Kawasaki, Design Director, Doctor of Medical Science, Professor of Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Professor Emeritus of Nagoya City University
Cosponsored by the IIT Institute of Design and the Consulate General of Japan at Chicago.
http://www.design.frc.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp/info/chicago/chicago.html
http://adaptiveenvironments.org/adp/profiles/12_kawasaki.php
Please register your name, affliation and contact info by June 4 Fax: 312-280-6883 or by e-mail: Ms. Kojima at jic@japancc.org.
Object Design League: Slide Show
Friday, June 5th. 7:30-9pm
2035 W Wabansia Ave (in Wicker Park)
5-minute presentation by artists/designers/experts. Presenters include: Craig Berman, Gerry Christensen, Sung Jang, Erin Lebens + Evan Walsh, Jimenez Lai, Arlen Moller, Emily Powell and Jim Termeer. http://objectdesignleague.org/main/?q=node/15
LG Design the Future Competition
ENTRIES DUE June 8, 2009
http://www.crowdspring.com/lg
LG Mobile Phones is partnering with crowdSPRING to announce a new competition to define the future of personal mobile communication. What do you think mobile phones should look like in 2, 5, or 10 years? Design your vision of the next revolutionary LG mobile phone and compete for more than $80,000 in awards.
Objectified at the Siskel Film Center
June 5th-11th, 2009
Siskel Film Center, 164 N State St
The Siskel presents week-long runs of three films celebrating the art of design--industrial (OBJECTIFIED), graphic (MILTON GLASER: TO INFORM AND DELIGHT), and architectural (REM KOOLHAAS: A KIND OF ARCHITECT).
Design Integrity Presents Dakar Rally experience
June 12th, 2009, 12 noon-3pm
1155 West Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607
EVENT POSTERS view poster.pdf
Jonah Street and Charlie Rauseo of Team Rally PanAm will be presenting an overview of the Dakar Rally experience. On display will be the 2009 KTM 690 Rallye enduro bike that won stage 5 of this year's rally in South America. Lunch will be provided.
Neocon: World's Trade Fair
June 15-17, 2009
The Merchandise Mart, Chicago
http://www.neocon.com/
At NeoCon World's Trade Fair, discover thousands of innovative products and resources for corporate hospitality, health care, retail, government, institutional and residential interiors from more than 1,200 showrooms and exhibitors.
Free 8am lectures: June 15: Daniel Pink, author. June 16: Paola Antonelli, MOMA. (more info)
Showroom receptions: June 16th at the Mart.
The Promise of This Moment: Objects That Augment The Everyday
Monday June 15, 6pm-9pm
a raw space at 2035 W. Wabansia in Wicker Park
The Object Design League and The Mighty Bearcats present a conceptual design exhibition of prototypes. This exhibition "intends to highlight the capacity of objects to transform banal and commonplace activities into moments of play, relief, beauty and delight, exploring the aesthetic and experiential opportunities that lay hidden within routine." An opening reception is scheduled for Monday June 15th from 6-9pm at a raw space at 2035 W. Wabansia in Wicker Park.
Guerrilla Truck Show
Tuesday June 16, 6-9pm
Loading docks in front of Morlen Sinoway Atelier, 1052 West Fulton Market
Over 20 designers will pull up to the Fulton Market warehouse district in box-trucks, back up to the loading docks, and throw open the backs of the truck to reveal their mobile showrooms. Music will be provided by: DJ Frier Tuck and DJ Leslie Stiles. Refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to everyone, so spread the word. No RSVP is needed. Check out http://www.morlensinoway.com/ for more information.
Pecha-Kucha Night
June 16, 530pm
English, 444 N La Salle Dr
http://www.pecha-kucha.org/cities/chicago/0
The International Plastics Showcase
June 22-26, 2009
McCormick Place, Chicago
http://www.npe.org/
FREE registration for IDSA members (more info to follow)
*Volunteers needed! Contact info@idsachicago.org for details
The IDSA Materials and Processes Section invites you to attend The International Plastics Showcase: NPE2009 at McCormick Place in Chicago June 22-29. Presented by the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) once every three years, the International Plastics Showcase will be a valuable opportunity for design students, recent graduates, educators and practicing professional to learn about materials, plastics manufacturing and what's new in the plastics industry. Event features the International Plastics Design Competition Gallery which will feature dozens of plastic parts and products representing the cutting edge of plastics manufacturing.
Technology and Specialty Pavilions will highlight the latest in emerging and new technologies, as well as BPSA single-use, fluoropolymers, thermoforming and more. Spanning 1 million square feet, NPE2009 exhibits will showcase the latest manufacturing trends and technologies driving the growth of these key markets:
Automotive
Medical
Consumer Products
Electronics
Transportation
Packaging
Agriculture/Construction/Lawn
IDSA Chicago Happy Hour
Thursday, June 25, 2009
6pm, following the International Plastics Showcase
M Lounge,1520 South Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL
*a short taxi ride from McCormick Place
Free (drinks/food not included).
In town for the National Plastics Exposition? Join IDSA Chicago as we chat about manufacturing and methods, explore new technologies, and network amongst old and new members.
Kazuo Kawasaki lecture: "Progressive Inclusive Design" - from eyeglasses to artificial hearts
Friday, June 5, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm; Registration 1:30-2:00pm
Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, 350 N. LaSalle Street
A lecture by:
Dr. Kazuo Kawasaki, Design Director, Doctor of Medical Science, Professor of Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Professor Emeritus of Nagoya City University
Cosponsored by the IIT Institute of Design and the Consulate General of Japan at Chicago.
http://www.design.frc.eng.
http://adaptiveenvironments.
Please register your name, affliation and contact info by June 4 Fax: 312-280-6883 or by e-mail: Ms. Kojima at jic@japancc.org.
Object Design League: Slide Show
Friday, June 5th. 7:30-9pm
2035 W Wabansia Ave (in Wicker Park)
5-minute presentation by artists/designers/experts. Presenters include: Craig Berman, Gerry Christensen, Sung Jang, Erin Lebens + Evan Walsh, Jimenez Lai, Arlen Moller, Emily Powell and Jim Termeer. http://objectdesignleague.org/
LG Design the Future Competition
ENTRIES DUE June 8, 2009
http://www.crowdspring.com/lg
LG Mobile Phones is partnering with crowdSPRING to announce a new competition to define the future of personal mobile communication. What do you think mobile phones should look like in 2, 5, or 10 years? Design your vision of the next revolutionary LG mobile phone and compete for more than $80,000 in awards.
Objectified at the Siskel Film Center
June 5th-11th, 2009
Siskel Film Center, 164 N State St
The Siskel presents week-long runs of three films celebrating the art of design--industrial (OBJECTIFIED), graphic (MILTON GLASER: TO INFORM AND DELIGHT), and architectural (REM KOOLHAAS: A KIND OF ARCHITECT).
Design Integrity Presents Dakar Rally experience
June 12th, 2009, 12 noon-3pm
1155 West Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607
EVENT POSTERS view poster.pdf
Jonah Street and Charlie Rauseo of Team Rally PanAm will be presenting an overview of the Dakar Rally experience. On display will be the 2009 KTM 690 Rallye enduro bike that won stage 5 of this year's rally in South America. Lunch will be provided.
Neocon: World's Trade Fair
June 15-17, 2009
The Merchandise Mart, Chicago
http://www.neocon.com/
At NeoCon World's Trade Fair, discover thousands of innovative products and resources for corporate hospitality, health care, retail, government, institutional and residential interiors from more than 1,200 showrooms and exhibitors.
Free 8am lectures: June 15: Daniel Pink, author. June 16: Paola Antonelli, MOMA. (more info)
Showroom receptions: June 16th at the Mart.
The Promise of This Moment: Objects That Augment The Everyday
Monday June 15, 6pm-9pm
a raw space at 2035 W. Wabansia in Wicker Park
The Object Design League and The Mighty Bearcats present a conceptual design exhibition of prototypes. This exhibition "intends to highlight the capacity of objects to transform banal and commonplace activities into moments of play, relief, beauty and delight, exploring the aesthetic and experiential opportunities that lay hidden within routine." An opening reception is scheduled for Monday June 15th from 6-9pm at a raw space at 2035 W. Wabansia in Wicker Park.
Guerrilla Truck Show
Tuesday June 16, 6-9pm
Loading docks in front of Morlen Sinoway Atelier, 1052 West Fulton Market
Over 20 designers will pull up to the Fulton Market warehouse district in box-trucks, back up to the loading docks, and throw open the backs of the truck to reveal their mobile showrooms. Music will be provided by: DJ Frier Tuck and DJ Leslie Stiles. Refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to everyone, so spread the word. No RSVP is needed. Check out http://www.morlensinoway.com/ for more information.
Pecha-Kucha Night
June 16, 530pm
English, 444 N La Salle Dr
http://www.pecha-kucha.org/cities/chicago/0
The International Plastics Showcase
June 22-26, 2009
McCormick Place, Chicago
http://www.npe.org/
FREE registration for IDSA members (more info to follow)
*Volunteers needed! Contact info@idsachicago.org for details
The IDSA Materials and Processes Section invites you to attend The International Plastics Showcase: NPE2009 at McCormick Place in Chicago June 22-29. Presented by the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) once every three years, the International Plastics Showcase will be a valuable opportunity for design students, recent graduates, educators and practicing professional to learn about materials, plastics manufacturing and what's new in the plastics industry. Event features the International Plastics Design Competition Gallery which will feature dozens of plastic parts and products representing the cutting edge of plastics manufacturing.
Technology and Specialty Pavilions will highlight the latest in emerging and new technologies, as well as BPSA single-use, fluoropolymers, thermoforming and more. Spanning 1 million square feet, NPE2009 exhibits will showcase the latest manufacturing trends and technologies driving the growth of these key markets:
Automotive
Medical
Consumer Products
Electronics
Transportation
Packaging
Agriculture/Construction/Lawn
IDSA Chicago Happy Hour
Thursday, June 25, 2009
6pm, following the International Plastics Showcase
M Lounge,1520 South Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL
*a short taxi ride from McCormick Place
Free (drinks/food not included).
In town for the National Plastics Exposition? Join IDSA Chicago as we chat about manufacturing and methods, explore new technologies, and network amongst old and new members.
