RE:WORK Exhibition

RE:WORK exhibition
Opening reception
November 23, 6–8PM
Secrist | Beach
1801 W Hubbard St, Chicago
Free and open to the public.

RE:WORK is a collaborative exhibition between two Master’s courses at UIC’s School of Design.

The first course is a studio taught by Norman Teague that invites industrial design students to develop a deep understanding of re-claimed material in building nomadic furniture inspired by the work of Enzo Mari. Students will display collaboratively-produced furniture and designed objects that re-think traditional ways of living and working, celebrating and re-invigorating appreciation for the ad-hoc.

The second is a seminar instructed by Bridgette Buckley that investigates the meaning of permanence in design through a series of interrelated thematic nodes, from memory to entropy. Participating industrial and graphic design students will display re-imagined household objects that convey the various themes of permanence, as well as posters that continue to re-think their meanings.

The two courses work, in juxtaposition, reveals a sharp shared focus on re-sponding to historical context, re-freshing the outmoded, and re-orienting toward meaningful design practices for the individual and collective. Students and faculty are thrilled to share RE:WORK with you at Secrist | Beach on Saturday, November 23rd.