Just wrote an article for the ODL blog about being an experimental designer in Chicago. I love working here, but there’s a lot that’s been unsaid. Shared some thoughts I have about Chicago’s baggage and open criticisms of our output in the hopes of sparking a discussion on upping the level of dialogue, participation, and, ultimately, work.
Here’s an excerpt:
Over the past two years, it’s become clear that we have a strong experimental design community in Chicago. Now, it’s increasingly important that we treat Chicago as a home base to make works that play on an international register. Frankly, I don’t think we’re there. We pat ourselves on the back for being able to pull it together, but that’s a baseline requirement. We should expect more, pushing each other in the relevance and resolution of our endeavors.
Read more here.
