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2-Hands Laundry Basket, Konstantin Grcic, 1996, Art Institute of Chicago: Architecture and Design

Square Wastepaper Bin was the first in a series of products made for the German manufacturer Authentics. The project gave Grcic the opportunity to experiment with plastic, a material that enabled him to create his earliest industrially made designs for mass production. He conceived Square Wastepaper Bin as a round base with square sides and a hole cut out on one side for a handle. The 2-Hands Laundry Basket, the next design in this family of quotidian products, is slightly oversized, yet lightweight and durable, with a seamless elegance that sets it apart from other such designs. The H20 Wastepaper Bin derived from Grcic’s desire to make subtle adjustments to the commonplace object by adding a lid and rim at the top and bottom of the piece. For the Tip Wastepaper Bin, Grcic enlarged the hinge mechanism that opens and closes the lid to prevent it from breaking with use. Through a disciplined process of research and design development, Grcic was thus able to introduce a range of products that respond to basic human needs. Gift of Authentics GmbH Size: 24.1 × 60 × 60 cm (9.5 × 23.6 × 23.6 in.) Medium: Polypropylene

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/200788/

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Middletown Bank, New York, Perspective, Peter Bonnett Wight, 1862, Art Institute of Chicago: Architecture and Design

Gift of Peter B. Wight Size: 30.5 × 20 cm (12 × 7 7/8 in.) Medium: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on paper

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/154898/

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Shakespeare’s Globe Theater Poster, Graphic Thought Facility, 2005, Art Institute of Chicago: Architecture and Design

Since the early 1990s, Graphic Thought Facility (GTF), a London-based graphic design studio has been at the forefront of spearheading graphic design solutions centered on the expressive power of image and typography. For this series of posters for the Globe Theatre in London, GTF subverted standard representations of theater performance. Rather than capture performances on stage, for the 2003 and 2004 season, GTF asked photographer Nigel Shafran to capture images of actors backstage, putting on their costumes or resting in the Green Room. The photographs are unexpected and provide a rare glimpse of quiet moments behind the scenes. In 2005 the studio turned the lens to the audience, capturing the vivid expressions of theatergoers and prompting the viewer to imagine what is happening on stage. Gift of Graphic Thought Facility Size: 78 × 52 cm (30 11/16 × 20 1/2 in.) Medium: Paper

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/193493/

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Alexander Hamilton Memorial, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective with Reflecting Pool, Eliel Saarinen, 1932, Art Institute of Chicago: Architecture and Design

Gift of the Kate S. Buckingham Fund Size: 33.5 × 50.2 cm (13 3/16 × 19 3/4 in.) Medium: Graphite and watercolor on paper

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/190915/

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Vase, Dedham Pottery, Dedham, Massachusetts, 1896–1943, c.1896–1900, Saint Louis Art Museum: Decorative Arts and Design

https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/9223/

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Illinois Institute of Technology Chapel, Chicago, Illinois, Exterior Perspective, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, 1949, Art Institute of Chicago: Architecture and Design

Anonymous Gift Size: 15.3 × 21.5 cm (6 × 8 1/2 in.) Medium: Red colored pencil on tablet paper

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/103355/

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Poetry Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, Screen Model, John Ronan, 2008, Art Institute of Chicago: Architecture and Design

Gift of John Ronan Size: 7.6 × 7.6 × 31.7 cm (3 × 3 × 12.5 in.) Medium: Mixed media

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/215789/

#architectureanddesign #johnronan #artinstituteofchicago #museumarchive

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Waterweavers: A Chronicle of Rivers, Irma Boom, 2014, Art Institute of Chicago: Architecture and Design

Gift of Bard Graduate Center Gallery in honor of Irma Boom Size: 21 × 16 × 4.5 cm (8 1/4 × 6 1/4 × 1 3/4 in.) Medium: Book

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/223558/

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Kosher Star Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Illinois, Final Scheme, Dubin and Eisenberg, 1923, Art Institute of Chicago: Architecture and Design

Dubin, Dubin & Moutoussamy, 1986 Size: 77 × 101 cm (30 5/16 × 39 3/4 in.) Medium: Ink on linen

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/239248/

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Proposed Monument, Louis Sullivan Graceland Cemetary, Sketch, Alfonso Iannelli, 1924, Art Institute of Chicago: Architecture and Design

Gift of Scott Elliott Size: 27.5 × 28 cm (10 13/16 × 11 1/16 in.) Medium: Pencil and gouache on tracing paper

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/103207/

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Side Chair (one of a pair), Paul McCobb, 1957, Art Institute of Chicago: Architecture and Design

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jack A. Michels Size: 86.4 × 45.7 × 48.3 cm (34 × 18 × 19 in.) Medium: Mahogany, with leather upholstery

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/125653/

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Untitled (Chair Sketches), Frank O. Gehry, 1995, Art Institute of Chicago: Architecture and Design

Gift of Anstiss and Ronald Krueck Size: 22 × 29.7 cm (8 3/4 × 11 3/4 in.) Medium: Felt-tipped pen and black ink on ivory wove paper

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/243157/

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Bookshelf, Ico and Luisa Parisi, 1945, Art Institute of Chicago: Architecture and Design

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Bovill Size: 125 × 114 × 25.4 cm (49 1/4 × 44 3/4 × 10 in.) Medium: Lacquered mahogany, walnut, and brass

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/224681/

#architectureanddesign #museumarchive #artinstituteofchicago #icoandluisaparisi

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Color(ed) Theory: Harold's Chicken Shack, Amanda Williams, 2016, Art Institute of Chicago: Architecture and Design

For her series Color(ed) Theory, Amanda Williams repainted and photographed eight vacated and condemned houses in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, drawing attention to the issue of underinvestment in African American communities around the city. The artist painted the buildings in a palette of colors found in products and services marketed primarily toward Black people that she felt represented Black consumer culture: Harold’s Chicken Shack, Newport 100s, Crown Royal Bag, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, Ultrasheen, Pink Oil Moisturizer, Currency Exchange, and Safe Passage. Williams painted the houses with the help of family, friends, and other members of the community; their activity invited passersby to reflect on the complexities of race, place, and value in cities. The bright colors transformed buildings scheduled for demolition, which viewers might otherwise ignore, into sculptural objects. The series raises questions about the racial, social, and political forces shaping the city and their relationship to color: What color is poverty? What color is gentrification? It also highlights the racist history of urban strategies, including policies like redlining that have blocked Black Americans’ equal access to real estate and “white flight” out of cities and into suburbs. Funds provided by the Architecture & Design Society Size: 56 × 81 cm (22 × 32 in.) Medium: Inkjet print on 100% rag photo paper

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/236547/

#architectureanddesign #museumarchive #artinstituteofchicago #amandawilliams

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Dr. and Mrs. Kimpton House, Chicago, Illinois, Landscape Plan, Gertrude Eisendrath Deimel Kuh, 1954, Art Institute of Chicago: Architecture and Design

Gift of John E. Deimel Size: 61.9 × 87.5 cm (24 3/8 × 34 7/16 in.) Medium: Graphite on tracing paper

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/236557/

#architectureanddesign #museumarchive #gertrudeeisendrathdeimelkuh #artinstituteofchicago

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Clarendon Avenue School: Section and Wall Elevation, Bertrand Goldberg, 1960, Art Institute of Chicago: Architecture and Design

The Archive of Bertrand Goldberg, gifted by his children through his estate Size: 30.5 × 80 cm (irregular) Medium: Pencil on tracing paper

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/190190/

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Beach at Low Tide (Mouth of the River), Hilaire Germain Edgar Degas, 1869, Art Institute of Chicago: Prints and Drawings

Edgar Degas visited the coast of Normandy in the autumn of 1869 and was inspired to create over 40 small-scale landscape pastels. This particular sheet is one of the very best of this group: clearly articulated and unusual in being signed and dated, it is the only seascape that Degas relinquished during his lifetime. Regenstein Acquisition Fund Size: 232 × 307 mm Medium: Pastel on light brown wove paper

https://www.artic.edu/artworks/218848/

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