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happy birthday mies vander rohe. 1886 — 1969

happy birthday mies vander rohe. 1886 — 1969

Mar 23, 2015

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above> the 2012 google doodle on mies’ 126th birthday. the year before executive director, justine jentes, asked to no avail for a doodle on the 125th.

This year’s annual Mies Birthday Party features a special installation toasting Mies’ genius with SHOW ROOMS, which will be created in S. R. Crown Hall by top emerging designers and inspired by the timeless design of Mies furniture. Emcee Lee Bey—former architecture critic of WBEZ and the Chicago Sun Times—will introduce you to the featured designers:

Stephen Burks (DSGN ’92), Stephen Burks Man Made
Katherine Darnstadt (ARCH ’05), Latent Design
Melissa Johnston, Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill LLP
Ryan Monteleagre (M.S. ARCH ’13), RDK Design LTD
Todd Snapp (ARCH ’01), Perkins+Will

Each designer’s creation went before a panel of jurors who included:

Gordon Segal, Crate & Barrel
Maurice Parrish, Farnsworth House (National Trust for Historic Preservation)
Skip Redner, Knoll
David Williams, Morningstar, Inc.
Chandra Goldsmith Gray, Mies van der Rohe Society Board of Directors

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above> werner rohde, portrait of ludwig mies van der rohe, 1934 bauhaus-archiv berlin

Tickets are $50 per person or $85 for a ticket and discounted year membership to the Mies van der Rohe Society. Complimentary parking is available in lot D5V on State Street. This event is sponsored by the Mies van der Rohe Society and Knoll. Mies’ birthday is 27 March and 2015 is his 129th.

date> thursday 26 March 2015
venue> s.r. crown hall | 3360 south state street
time> 5:30p cocktails and appetizers | 6p program

designer stephen burks.

designer stephen burks.

Feb 27, 2013

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Few designers manage to navigate with such conviction between design, art and craft, between social conscience and mass market, between sustainability and aesthetic value. Stephen Burks has a unique voice.

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above> Dala | Dedon | 2012 | Inspired by improvised seating in the developing world, Dala is Stephen’s first collaboration with woven outdoor furniture manufacturer Dedon. Dala means “to make” in Senegalese and “to take” in Tagalog, the language of the Philippines, where Stephen spent over a week collaborating with artisans there to perfect the collection. In addition to the innovative use of an expanded aluminum structure, each Dala is woven with a 75 percent recycled polyethylene and Tetra-Pak extruded Dedon fiber.

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Play | Kvadrat Hallingdal 65 Commission | 2012 | 7 Renowned Curators, 32 Talented Designers, 1 Iconic Textile. Selected by US curator Jeffrey Bernett and exhibited at the Jil Sander showroom during the 2012 Salone del Mobile as part of Kvadrat’s Hallingdal 65 anniversary exhibition, Stephen’s project was quite simply a textile display system called Play. Play is free-standing. Play is human scale. Play is portable. Play is effortless. Play hides things. Play absorbs sound. Play defines space. Play is colorful.

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above> Panier Collection | Chevalier Edition | 2012 | Inspired by the spiral pattern of hand woven baskets, the Panier carpets for Parisian brand Chevalier Edition, are organic islands of hand-knotted color for the home.

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above> Roping | Dedar | After perusing the beautifully delicate and graphically arresting collection of Dedar Milano, in collaboration with Dedar creative director, Raffaele Fabrizio, Stephen came to the conclusion that what all textiles have in common is “A Thread!” or many threads in composition with each other. Using the thread as a fundamental element or starting point for the exploration of Dedar Roping, Stephen quickly began looking for a more structurally analogous material from which to construct something 3-dimensional. For Dedar Roping, Stephen would explore ropes ability to become supportive in section, exposing all of its many loose threads in relation to the sophisticated variety of trimmings offered by Dedar Milano.

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above/below> inside out | swarovski crystal lighting collection | 2011 | Chandeliers and sconces using crystals in a functional rather than a decorative manner. The basic primary shapes are lit from the inside with LEDs creating a prismatic effect of refracted light.

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