Designing Your Destination
A former student of mine Connie Harvey, created this video about the career path of a designer after school. Presented at UIC March 2009.
See the video HERE
A former student of mine Connie Harvey, created this video about the career path of a designer after school. Presented at UIC March 2009.
See the video HERE
Mugshot Monday
I was featured today on this great blog call Mugshot Monday. Check it out!
Mugshot Monday
I was featured today on this great blog call Mugshot Monday. Check it out!
Mugshot Monday
Pecha Kucha Night Volume 9
I presented "Design Dereliction" for Pecha Kucha Night Vol. 9 in July 2009
See the whole video HERE
I presented "Design Dereliction" for Pecha Kucha Night Vol. 9 in July 2009
See the whole video HERE
The Promise Of This Moment
The Mighty Bearcats and The Object Design League present
THE PROMISE OF THIS MOMENT
Objects that Augment the Everyday
JUNE 15-22, 2009
Opening reception:
June 15th, 6-9pm
2035 W. Wabansia
This exhibition highlights the capacity of objects to transform banal and commonplace activities into moments of play, relief, beauty and delight, exploring the aesthetic and experiential opportunities that lay hidden within routine.
Participants:
CRAIGHTON BERMAN, GREG BETHEL, PETER BO, JASON CHERNAK, BRADLEY DUNCAN, GIFFIN'TERMEER, STEVE HAULENBEEK, SARA JACOBSON, LINDSAY MACDONALD, MATERIOUS, BRYAN METZDORF, MICHAEL SAVONA, GARRETT SMITH, SMITH & LINDER
The Promise Of This Moment
The Mighty Bearcats and The Object Design League present
THE PROMISE OF THIS MOMENT
Objects that Augment the Everyday
JUNE 15-22, 2009
Opening reception:
June 15th, 6-9pm
2035 W. Wabansia
This exhibition highlights the capacity of objects to transform banal and commonplace activities into moments of play, relief, beauty and delight, exploring the aesthetic and experiential opportunities that lay hidden within routine.
Participants:
CRAIGHTON BERMAN, GREG BETHEL, PETER BO, JASON CHERNAK, BRADLEY DUNCAN, GIFFIN'TERMEER, STEVE HAULENBEEK, SARA JACOBSON, LINDSAY MACDONALD, MATERIOUS, BRYAN METZDORF, MICHAEL SAVONA, GARRETT SMITH, SMITH & LINDER
The Promise Of This Moment
BEST IN SHOW!
The Modern Design Function competition culminated on April 30. There were 15 jury selected finalists exhibited at the North Ave. Design Within Reach showroom here in Chicago. My Dubbot modular lighting system took two of four awards including "Best in Show" as well at the "Green Design Award".
Thank you to all that came out to the show and supported me!
The Modern Design Function competition culminated on April 30. There were 15 jury selected finalists exhibited at the North Ave. Design Within Reach showroom here in Chicago. My Dubbot modular lighting system took two of four awards including "Best in Show" as well at the "Green Design Award".
Thank you to all that came out to the show and supported me!
Bearcats in New York
My design collaborative, The Mighty Bearcats, have been invited to participate once again in the Designboom Designmart, this time in the good old USA at the International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York. We will be exhibiting our skin series bud vases as well as the brand new, never before seen, skin series pendant lamps. The show runs from May 17 through May 20 at the Javits Center in Manhattan.
Act Natural
32nd&urban: gallery & space Presents:
ACT NATURAL Exhibition
Exhibition on view April 11, 2008 through May 03, 2008
(Chicago, Illinois)- 32nd&urban: gallery & space presents ACT NATURAL exhibition featuring eleven artists and designers. ACT NATURAL will be on view from Friday, April 11th through Saturday, May 3rd. An opening reception show will take place on Friday, April 11th from 7:00pm to 11:00pm- the event is open to the public and the artists will be present. Deejay services provided by Tevo Howard. Liquids will be served.
The exhibition ACT NATURAL brings together artists and designers to meditate on the capacity for our interior surroundings to ‘bring us closer to nature’. It poses the question of how our inanimate objects offer insight into the nature of things, or remind us of our commonality. The exhibition also challenges us to consider how our domestic spaces reflect the greater environment; in form, material or function.
Come see a special installation of the Cumulus Light Canopy...
32nd&urban: gallery & space Presents:
ACT NATURAL Exhibition
Exhibition on view April 11, 2008 through May 03, 2008
(Chicago, Illinois)- 32nd&urban: gallery & space presents ACT NATURAL exhibition featuring eleven artists and designers. ACT NATURAL will be on view from Friday, April 11th through Saturday, May 3rd. An opening reception show will take place on Friday, April 11th from 7:00pm to 11:00pm- the event is open to the public and the artists will be present. Deejay services provided by Tevo Howard. Liquids will be served.
The exhibition ACT NATURAL brings together artists and designers to meditate on the capacity for our interior surroundings to ‘bring us closer to nature’. It poses the question of how our inanimate objects offer insight into the nature of things, or remind us of our commonality. The exhibition also challenges us to consider how our domestic spaces reflect the greater environment; in form, material or function.
Come see a special installation of the Cumulus Light Canopy...
Design Indaba Magazine - South Africa
So, I remember sending this image out to some very nice people at Design Indaba Magazine in South Africa. I found out only recently that my photo would cover two full pages! Take a look:
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*Bearcats In Sweden*
Myself and my fello Mighty Bearcat design collaborators have been selected to participate in the upcoming Designmart hosted by Designboom at this years' Stockholm Furniture Fair!
We will be exhibiting and selling our Skin Series, heat shrink bud vases.
Also visit http://www.designboom.com for details on the event.
*Fashion for the Arts Event!*
What: A fashion show fundraiser featuring Chicago’s local and student designers.
Why: To raise $50,000 for Chicago Arts Partnership in Education (C.A.P.E) as well as to give up and coming designers an opportunity for exposure. C.A.P.E. is a Chicago based organization dedicated to strengthening education in the Chicago public school system by incorporating art into core classes such as math, history and English. Through the hands on approach that art provides, teachers are better able to reach their students mentally and students become passionate about what they are learning.
When: December 16th, 2007 from 5-9pm. There will be a reception before the show where attendees can browse booths set up by local businesses, boutiques and designers. The vendors will donate a percentage of their proceeds. Drinks and food will be served and the show itself will start roughly at 7pm.
Where: The Galleria Marchetti 825 West Erie. http://www.galleriamarchetti.com/index.html
Sponsors & Affiliates: Novak Construction, Tavern on Rush, Rusk Hair Products, Joelle Nadine, Jason Holbrook, Gentle Fawn, Triple 5 Soul, Serpico, Addicted 2 Culture and Ends/Wealth.
Tickets: on sale now at http://www.inticketing.com/evinfo.php?eventid=20258
• $40 ticket: Includes a guaranteed VIP seat along the runway and a large gift bag.
• $20 ticket: Includes a bleacher seat and a gift bag.
• $10 ticket: Available to students (student ID required at admission). These tickets are general admission (some seating a standing room).
Maddie Bosack
Producer, Fashion for the Arts, 2007
847.208.4810
maddieb12@hotmail.com
Why: To raise $50,000 for Chicago Arts Partnership in Education (C.A.P.E) as well as to give up and coming designers an opportunity for exposure. C.A.P.E. is a Chicago based organization dedicated to strengthening education in the Chicago public school system by incorporating art into core classes such as math, history and English. Through the hands on approach that art provides, teachers are better able to reach their students mentally and students become passionate about what they are learning.
When: December 16th, 2007 from 5-9pm. There will be a reception before the show where attendees can browse booths set up by local businesses, boutiques and designers. The vendors will donate a percentage of their proceeds. Drinks and food will be served and the show itself will start roughly at 7pm.
Where: The Galleria Marchetti 825 West Erie. http://www.galleriamarchetti.com/index.html
Sponsors & Affiliates: Novak Construction, Tavern on Rush, Rusk Hair Products, Joelle Nadine, Jason Holbrook, Gentle Fawn, Triple 5 Soul, Serpico, Addicted 2 Culture and Ends/Wealth.
Tickets: on sale now at http://www.inticketing.com/evinfo.php?eventid=20258
• $40 ticket: Includes a guaranteed VIP seat along the runway and a large gift bag.
• $20 ticket: Includes a bleacher seat and a gift bag.
• $10 ticket: Available to students (student ID required at admission). These tickets are general admission (some seating a standing room).
Maddie Bosack
Producer, Fashion for the Arts, 2007
847.208.4810
maddieb12@hotmail.com
Chicago Scene Magazine
Cicago Scene Magazine featured the Cumulus Light Canopy in thier November issue.
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Cumulus Light Canopy Featured in IDN magazine
As they say, when it rains, it pours...
IDN magazine, a fantastic Hong Kong-based design magazine featured the Cumulus light canopy this month!
Check it out.
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IDN magazine, a fantastic Hong Kong-based design magazine featured the Cumulus light canopy this month!
Check it out.
http://i175.photobucket.com/al
"Best Lighting of theYear"
October 24, 2007
Urbis Magazine, a design/style/living publication, with distribution throughout New Zealand and Australia, has voted the Cumulus Light Canopy "Best Lighting of the Year".
Thanks Urbis!
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Urbis Magazine, a design/style/living publication, with distribution throughout New Zealand and Australia, has voted the Cumulus Light Canopy "Best Lighting of the Year".
Thanks Urbis!
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Update October 2007
October 1 2007,
About a month ago I moved from my beloved Chicago to Atlanta to pursue a position as industrial designer at a fantastic design firm called Formation Design Group. Atlanta and I have not yet reached acquiescence. I curse it's haphazard urban planning almost daily and last week it broke into my car and stole my wallet. We have some issues to work through...
My job on the other hand, I love. Formation Design is a rather small company. (7 people total) Formation proves that size really doesn't matter. For the past two years, Business Week Magazine has ranked Formation #2 design firm in the nation, second only to IDEO, a very established multi-national firm. I'm learning a lot and very quickly. We are working on some very interesting projects for some equally as interesting clients. Check out http://www.formationdesign.com
Aside from that I am as always, pushing my own work forward. My last show, "Superstitious" received a good amount of press. The Cumulus Light Canopy will soon appear in book entitled "Ecological Design" by Fusion Press and published by TeNeues. It will also appear in IDN World magazine in Hong Kong, Urbis Magazine in New Zealand, Innovative Home Magazine here in the United States, as well as other magazines and countless websites. The Object Frames will appear in "500 Decoration Details: Minimalism" published by Taschen in 7 languages. They have also made an appearance on several websites.
Please stay tuned for further updates.
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About a month ago I moved from my beloved Chicago to Atlanta to pursue a position as industrial designer at a fantastic design firm called Formation Design Group. Atlanta and I have not yet reached acquiescence. I curse it's haphazard urban planning almost daily and last week it broke into my car and stole my wallet. We have some issues to work through...
My job on the other hand, I love. Formation Design is a rather small company. (7 people total) Formation proves that size really doesn't matter. For the past two years, Business Week Magazine has ranked Formation #2 design firm in the nation, second only to IDEO, a very established multi-national firm. I'm learning a lot and very quickly. We are working on some very interesting projects for some equally as interesting clients. Check out http://www.formationdesign.com
Aside from that I am as always, pushing my own work forward. My last show, "Superstitious" received a good amount of press. The Cumulus Light Canopy will soon appear in book entitled "Ecological Design" by Fusion Press and published by TeNeues. It will also appear in IDN World magazine in Hong Kong, Urbis Magazine in New Zealand, Innovative Home Magazine here in the United States, as well as other magazines and countless websites. The Object Frames will appear in "500 Decoration Details: Minimalism" published by Taschen in 7 languages. They have also made an appearance on several websites.
Please stay tuned for further updates.
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"Superstitious"
Attention!!! Despite the universe's attempts to thwart my efforts towards a design exhibition on Friday the 13th, I have prevailed. The show will go on at 1915 S Halsted, Chicago, IL 60608. "Superstitious" opens at 6:00pm on this coming Friday the 13th of July. Come one, come all but come at your own risk...
- Come enjoy the music, hors d'oeuvres, refreshments and experience all new work by Steven Haulenbeek.
- Come enjoy the music, hors d'oeuvres, refreshments and experience all new work by Steven Haulenbeek.
Rats!!!
My Friday the 13th of July show will no longer be at forme gallery as mentioned in Chicago Home Magazine. I'll post a new venue right here as soon as I pin one down...
02/26/07
I got this new website!
