Please join us at a Spring Fling celebration to officially open our newest exhibit, Unfolded: Made with Paper.

Bring your friends April 28th from 6:00-9:00pm for paper-themed fun and spring celebrations.

Enjoy a harmonious romp through florecita soul with beats from Antonio Garcia, sip drinks from the open bar, and play with paper while viewing the amazing paper works of 44 different exhibitors.

Members: $10 before April 20, $12 at the door
Non-Members: $15 before April 20, $20 at the door.

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The museum is closed until June 30th, 2020.

While distancing we are planning virtual events, moving our exhibitions online, and publishing student design projects. Take care of yourself!

Please join us for the opening reception of our latest exhibition: New Horizon: Architecture from Ireland.

New Horizon represents an international partnership between ChiDM and Irish Design 2015. The exhibition features a powerful site-specific installation that pays homage to Chicago’s architectural legacy while simultaneously showcasing the work of three dynamic Dublin-based architecture firms: A2, GKMP, and Ryan Kennihan Architects.

This event is free and open to the public.

Schedule

6:00pm: Doors Open

7:30pm: Official launch by Ireland’s Minister for Business
and Employment, Mr Ged Nash

DJ, food, and drinks served until 10:00pm
ChiDM is an official Affiliate Partner of The Chicago Architecture Biennial. We are proud to announce that partial funding for New Horizon exhibition programming was made possible by a grant from The Graham Foundation.

Irish Design 2015 (ID2015) is a year-long initiative backed by the Irish government exploring, promoting, and celebrating Irish design throughout Ireland and internationally.

New Horizon: Architecture from Ireland is curated by Raymund Ryan and Nathalie Weadick and is the second installment of an international program that started in June 2015 at the London Festival of Architecture and will continue in Shenzhen/Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture in December.

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The museum is closed until June 30th, 2020.

While distancing we are planning virtual events, moving our exhibitions online, and publishing student design projects. Take care of yourself!

Between the print shop and podcast recording studio at Some Office (the Cards Against Humanity headquarters in Chicago) is the Blackbox Gallery.

Art is an award-winning designer and artist that lives and works in Chicago. He served as founding art director of Playboy Magazine for 30 years, where he designed its iconic rabbit logo, and commissioned artists like Warhol, Dalí, and Rosenquist.

Print Magazine credits him as the “Illustration Liberation Movement” founder, due to his persistence that design and illustration should be seen as “high art” when approached with integrity, emotional depth, and a spirit of experimentation.

His life, impact, and work is the subject of a highly anticipated feature-length documentary film, “The Man Behind the Bunny: Art of Playboy.”

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While distancing we are planning virtual events, moving our exhibitions online, and publishing student design projects. Take care of yourself!

Detroit has been shaped by its explosive growth followed by its continued decline. Those contrasts, along with employing creative thinking and innovative practices, shape the metropolis’ culture, values, and potential.

Celebrate The State of Detroit opening with our closest supporters and enjoy food, music, and beer provided by Motor City Brewing Works.

Tickets

Members: $5
General: $10 in advance, $15 at the door

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The museum is closed until June 30th, 2020. While distancing we are planning virtual events, moving our exhibitions online, and publishing student design projects. Take care of yourself!

Please join us for our opening reception for Starts/Speculations: Graphic Design in Chicago Past and Future.

From 6:00-10:00 pm on Friday, June 13, we will provide beverages and music as we celebrate becoming a permanent institution, our new space, the summer exhibition, and round out Chicago Design Week with one final Friday night hurrah!

In addition to music, mingling, and the ever-popular photo booth, you’ll get the first peek at our current exhibition—an anthology of work from Chicago’s graphic design legacy and a glimpse into how the tools we use to design and communicate could evolve and influence our interactions in the future.

A huge thank you to Finch Beer Company for providing the beer for this event.

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The museum is closed until June 30th, 2020.

While distancing we are planning virtual events, moving our exhibitions online, and publishing student design projects. Take care of yourself!

We’re kicking off Chicago Design Week and celebrating the museum’s opening with a reception on Monday, June 10 from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm.

Please join us for an opportunity to see our 2013 exhibitions and mingle with the Chicago design community. Beer will be provided by Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Chicago Design Week is a five-day design celebration that brings lectures, events, schmoozing and high-fiving, this time with a distinctively 2013 flavor.

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The museum is closed until June 30th, 2020.

While distancing we are planning virtual events, moving our exhibitions online, and publishing student design projects. Take care of yourself!

Join us on Monday June 11 at ChiDM, located at 700 N Sacramento #201, for an exclusive Chicago Design Week opening reception. Event Cost: $10 suggested donation to the museum.

Inaugural exhibitions include Debbie Millman: Look Both Ways, Ed Fella: More Into Less, IBM100: Icons of Progress, Fresh Produced: Exploring the Craft of Hand-Painted Signage, and Rodchenko 120. ChiDM will also host an exclusive film, presented by The Society of Typographic Arts, entitled “The Chicago Design Archive: 27 Chicago Designers”.

Ignorance & Ambition, the official store of ChiDM, sells high-quality, limited edition, design and art items.

Opening Reception Video:

Opening Reception Time Lapse:

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The museum is closed until June 30th, 2020.

While distancing we are planning virtual events, moving our exhibitions online, and publishing student design projects. Take care of yourself!