LISA CHENG SMITHb. b. 1982
EDUCATION
MDes, Designed Objects, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2008
BS, Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Faculty, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2009-2011
Instructor, Early College Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2008
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Co-opener, Show Show Room, 2011
Co-founder, Object Design League, 2009-2011
Co-founder, Smith and Linder, 2009-2011
Contributing writer, Core77, Design Bureau, and Architect’s Newspaper, 2011
Managing Editor, Core77, 2009-2010
Assistant Manager, Sullivan Fabrication Studio, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2009
Jr. Architect, Howeler + Yoon Architecture, New York, 2004-2006
Exhibition Designer, Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2005
AWARDS
Team Teaching Grant Recipient, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2009
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Leadership Award, 2007
EXHIBITIONS
HELLO-DL, Object Design League, October 2010, Chicago
Permanent Collection, White Flag Projects, Cleveland
Object Design League, New York International Gift Fair, August 2010, New York City
Bags: Workshop and Exhibition,” Object Design League, June 2010, Chicago
400 Sq. Feet Later: Cite Goes America, Cite, ICFF, May 2010, New York CIty
Worth Your Salt: Holiday Pop Up Shop, Object Design League, November/December 2010, Chicago
The Promise of This Moment, Object Design League, June 2009, Chicago
Modern+Design+Function, Design Within Reach, April 2009, Chicago
18% Gray, Salone Del Mobile, April 2008, Milan
Let There Be Light, Salone Del Mobile, April 2008, Milan
EVENTS
Guerilla Truck Show, Morlen Sinoway Atelier, June 2009, Chicago
Slide Show #2, Object Design League, June 2009, Chicago
Re:Bar, Object Design League, May 2009, Chicago
Slide Show #1, Object Design League, March 2009, Chicago
Intermediate Species, Object Design League, Design Within Reach, June 2010, Evanston
PUBLICATIONS
“Chicago’s New Movers and Makers,” June 2010
“The Young Americans,” Wallpaper Magazine, April 2010
“The Exhibitionists,” Urbis, Issue 52, January 2010
“Object Permanence,” Time Out Chicago, December 2009
“Design Club: Why Young American Designers are Ganging Up,” Core77, August 2009
“A Few Bright Satellites,” Architects Newspaper, June 2009
“Young Gifted Design,” Domus, September 2008
“Special Effects,” Elle Decor Italia, June 2008
“Faca-se a Luz!” L+D International Lighting. June 2008
“On Your Marks.” Intramuros. November/December 2008
“Designer Labels.” I.D. MAGAZINE. May 2005
TALKS
Milan Redux, May 2011, Chicago
Show n’ Tell Show, June 2010, Chicago
Pecha Kucha Chicago Volume 13, March 2010, Chicago
A Cultural Reader,” Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, October 2009, Chicago
