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Calendar of past 2003 Chicago IDSA events:

 
IDSA Chicago Sketching Workshop: "Sketching for Communication"
March 6

Hosted by Brian Furlong, Newell @ Northwestern University.
This workshop provided an introduction to drawing for design, focusing on rapid visualization and perspective sketching techniques.


IDSA Book Club - John Heskett's Toothpicks and Logos

March 18 @ 6:30 PM
led by Paul Hatch of TEAMS Design
TEAMS Design
1812 West Hubbard St, # 3A
Chicago, IL 60622
www.teamsdesign.com

Originally planned for December 2002, this book club review has been rescheduled once again for March 18th. It turns out the only two times we’ve gotten any real snow this winter have been the days book club was scheduled. We’ll, we’ve decided to give this book one more chance. So, please come out and join us for some lively chat at TEAMS new location.

Note: Book Club is looking for their next book to review. If you have a book you’ve recently enjoyed, please bring it along for discussion. All are welcome.

After the previous books were wide-ranging in scope, it's time now for us to take an introspective look at our own profession with John Heskett's new book Toothpicks and Logos. The author of the 1981 book "Industrial Design" (an essential item on every self-respecting industrial designer's bookshelf) he now succeeds to define industrial design by reflecting it against modern contexts such as cultural, technological, environmental and corporate influences.

"Design is one of the basic characteristics of what it is to be human, and an essential determinant of the quality of human life." - a principle that nurtures his book as much as our profession.

If you don't make it there, then book is also available on-line at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/0192803212/reviews/103-5395707-6548649#01928032125000


IDSA Modelmaking Workshop: "Model Thoughts"
Hosted by Tim Copeland, IDSA, Podd Morrow Design
Columbia College
Thursday March 27th- 6:30-8:30 pm.
623 S. Wabash 8th floor.

The workshop will focus on integration of sketch models into the design process, and will provide an intro to the associated materials and techniques.

 
April IDSAChicago Meeting
IIT / Institute of Design.
Tuesday April 8th- 6:30 pm social, 7:00 pm begin meeting.
350 N. Lasalle

All are welcome, please come out and join us.

 
May IDSAChicago Meeting
Tuesday May 13
6:30 Drinks and Chat
7:00 Begin Meeting
 
This meeting will be hosted by:
IDEO Chicago               
630 Davis Street
Evanston, IL 60201
www.ideo.com
All are welcome, please come out and join us.

Book Club - The Overspent American by Juliet Shor
Date: May 20
Time: 6:30-?
Location: Wishbone, Lincoln Ave.
Subject: The Overspent American by Juliet Shor
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060977582/qid=1049992284/sr=2-1/103-3779327-3853430?v=glance&s=books

Chicago Fight Club
June 26 at Teams Design
1812 West Hubbard St.
7 pm

Building on the success of the Book Club, the Chicago chapter is setting up a new social event for Chicago Designers. Paul Hatch: "We found that the chief attraction of the Book Club is the social aspect of the meeting, which typically only briefly focuses on the chosen book. Discourse then ran the full gambit of topics."

Fight Club is a more targeted discussion, around a chosen topic of debate such as a film, TV show or current exhibition. The first meeting will be centered on the film Matrix Reloaded. Here, two volunteers will take extreme pro and contra angles to debate the merits and pitfalls of the film, the actors, and the genre. Everyone else can add their spice to the debate on either side.

First Rule of Fight Club: There are no debating rules.
Second Rule of Fight Club: There can only be one winner.

Being able to articulate and defend your opinion is one of the most
important skills a designer could have, and one that is rarely taught in school. Join us on June 26 for the very first IDSA verbal slugfest.


Battle of the Bands
July 9
6:30 pm refreshments
7:00 pm discussion

SRAM Corporation
1333 North Kingsbury
Chicago, IL 60622
312.664.8800
www.sram.com

Come see how local designers use their 3D software. Which one is the best? Is there a perfect software just for us? We will explore these questions while Kent Solberg of Sram, Bart Brechja of Design-Engine.com, Aaron Eiger of Design Integrity, and Chris Houghton of Insight model up something cool for us! We will look at Rhino, Pro E, Alias, and Solid Works.

 
Archeworks' Summer Open House & Lecture
Thursday, July 10th 5:30-8:00 p.m.
625 N. Kingsbury, Chicago
Refreshments will be served

Take your design skills in new directions to benefit those who need them most! Learn about the unique Archeworks program at the Archeworks Summer Open House on July 10th at 5:30 p.m. There are still a few spaces left and scholarships available for the 2003-04 academic years.

5:30 p.m. Site Tour & Reception
Meet co-founders Stanley Tigerman and Eva Maddox, talk with board members and current students and learn from alumni about the post-graduate program. Tour the Archeworks studio and learn about next year's projects.

6:00 p.m. Discussion
Learn about Archeworks' post-degree program and how to participate in the 2003-04 academic year.

7:00-7:30 p.m. Summer Lecture
Join us for a lecture titled, Whither Chicago? A newcomer's take on the state of Chicago Architecture delivered by Ned Cramer, Curator of the Chicago Architecture Foundation, where he is responsible for exhibitions and for overall creative direction.

For eight years Cramer worked as an editor at Architecture magazine, most recently as executive editor. While at Architecture, he collaborated with writers such as Paul Goldberger and Witold Rybczynski, artists such as Doug Aitkin and Justine Kurland, and architects such as Diller + Scofidio and Venturi Scott Brown. He also orchestrated special thematic issues including "Postpostmodernism" and "The Arizona School." Previously, Cramer worked at the Menil Collection in Houston and at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. He attended the Rice University School of Architecture and is the recipient of an Arts Administration Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Cramer was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri.

We look forward to talking with you about our projects, history and ways that you can be involved in the program.

Please RSVP at www.archeworks.org or 312.867.7254

Archeworks is an alternative design school where students work in
multidisciplinary teams with nonprofit partners to create design solutions for social concerns.


The 2003 IDSA National Conference

Will be held in New York City from Wednesday, August 13th running through Saturday, August 16th, 2003 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square.

For more information on this event check out: www.idsa.org.

 
Chapter Meeting, Tuesday, September 9.

6:30pm social
7:00pm meeting
 
Happy Village Bar and Courtyard
1059 N. Wolcott (SE corner of Wolcot and Thomas)
Chicago, IL 60622

 
Chapter Meeting, Tuesday, October 21.

6:30 pm socializing
7:00 pm meeting

The Grafton Pub
4530 North Lincoln Avenue
Chicago, IL
773.271.9000
www.thegrafton.com 

 
Freelancing - A panel discussion on how to be or hire a freelancer

When:
Wednesday, November 12, 2003
6:30 PM Refreshments
7:00 PM Discussion starts

Where:
Insight Product Development
4660 North Ravenswood Avenue
Chicago, IL 60640
http://www.insightpd.com/

Who:
Tony Blanchett-Ruth, Craig Stehle, Jim Morrow, Sabrina Tongish (Sam Weisbard moderated)

 
IDSA Chicago’s Second FIGHT CLUB, November 20.
 
After the success of the first Fight Club we knew there had to be a follow up debate, so here it is: Sex and Violence.
 
Most of Europe and Canada have less than 100 mortalities per year through violence, whereas the US averages around 11,000 through guns alone. The US has also cornered the market in its pornography business and yet has one of the tightest restrictions on nudity on TV. Is it not also contradictory to blur out partial nudity while we can watch decapitations in full gory detail on primetime TV?
 
This no-holds barred ‘street debate’ will cover these topics and also discuss the effects sex & violence has on TV viewers, what censorship does, etc. 

What is Fight Club? Picture this:
– Two fighters under a spotlight, circled by 50 onlookers.
– One subject matter, two radically opposing opinions.
– Darkened empty loft space, multimedia backdrop.
– Angry questions, careful answers, and heartfelt arguments.
– One winner.
 
Two volunteers -the fighters- take extreme for and against stances to debate the merits and pitfalls of the subject. Everyone else adds their spice to the debate on either side.

First Rule of Fight Club: There are no debating rules.
Second Rule of Fight Club: There can only be one winner.

 
2003 IDSA Chicago Chapter Holiday Party

When:
Thursday, December 4th
6:30 Cash bar
7:00 Dinner

Where:
Pasteur's
5525 North Broadway
Chicago, IL
http://www.swand7d.com/default.html

French Vietnamese food that is highly recommended on Metromix, the NY Times etc.

RSVP by Nov 24:
$30 members and dates
$40 students and dates
$50 non members

At the door or received after Nov 24:
$45 members and dates
$55 students and dates
$65 non members

As always, we will be asking for a $10 gift / donation suitable for a foster child between the ages of 10 months and 17 years old. We are the only group that gives gifts every year to the South City Foster Parents Association. Thank you! If you wrap the gift, please indicate the age range and gender that is appropriate.