Gallery with white paper hanging from the ceiling and raw plywood panels creating the floor. The same kind of raw plywood panels make tables and hutches. The tables have art installed on them, including a paper tree and the hutches have art hanging …
 

Unfolded: Made with Paper

April 5th – August 26th 2016

 

We are undoubtedly living in an era of digital technology, when more and more aspects of our lives are playing out on screens. Yet paper remains unparalleled in its importance and usefulness in design. Today’s designers, artists, and architects rely heavily on paper-based materials in the development, communication, and presentation of their ideas. Inspired by Container Corporation of America’s 1967 exhibition Made with Paper, Unfolded explores the unique properties of paper as a medium, as well as the diverse applications of paper as a means and an end in the work of contemporary designers and artists.

Unfolded highlights the work of the Chicago design community, but also includes contributions from around the world.

Contributors include 3stAlexander SkoirchetAnna FilbertAnna MortArt PaulBarbara CooperBéatrice CoronBob FaustBobby ReichleBradford Hansen-Smith, Brian Bailey, Brian SteckelCarly Faye SmithChad Kouri, Christian Saucedo, Cody HudsonCoralie GourguechonCrew Potter, Daniel Le, Debbie MillmanDepartment of ScaleEric Wolinsky, Jordan WeaverHey J Min, Jason Michael Barrera, Jenna BlazevichJohn GreinerJohn TerdichJoseph Michael EssexJosh GrottoJulie VonDerVellenKarah McGeownKen RagsdaleKendall BrunsKitemathMartin VenezkyMichal JanickiPegah AhmadiPouya AhmadiReina TakahashiRenata GrawRichard ShippsSteve Messam, Trisha Martin, Yoonshin ParkYuge Zhou, and Zim & Zou.

Organized by ChiDM curatorial committee. Exhibition chair: Andrew Dembitz.


 

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