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Join Nick Puglisi and other Design Network members on April 29 for a tour of zakrose Furniture. zakrose is known for heirloom quality, American-made furniture, millwork, and interior objects. Everything is made inside their Chicago studio by a team of talented designers and fabricators, led by creative director Zak Rose.

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Join Nick Puglisi and other Design Network members on May 8 for a tour of Ben Blount’s MAKE Studio. Blount is a Detroit born artist, designer, and letterpress printer that loves books, type, and putting ink on paper. His work often explores questions of race and identity and the stories we tell ourselves about living in America. Blount is a believer in the power of the printed word and shares his passion for print and design speaking to students and educators around the country and as a board member of Artists Book House and Fine Press Book Association. Blount prints out of MAKE, his storefront studio in Evanston’s West Village neighborhood.

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Join Nick Puglisi and other Design Network members on May 22 for a tour of SML Studio. SML Studio specializes in crafting wood and glass to create one of a kind fine lamps and furniture. The studio emphasizes traditional joinery techniques, the utilization of hand tools, and modernized Tiffany style stained glass construction methods. The studio's glass work is currently specific to lamp making, creating some of the world's most unique lamp designs while exhibiting a standard of high craft. The artwork is heavily influenced by fascination with the Chicago urban forest and how architecture and daily city life affects our perspective of their presence. Urban street trees have a key role in a city's overall health and infrastructure. Their characteristics interacting with human-made structural scenery create urban aesthetic qualities that can be similar to an arboretum experience, with the right perspective.

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