Design Museum of Chicago

The mission of the Design Museum of Chicago is to "educate, inspire, and foster innovation through design."{{cite web|url=https://designchicago.org/support|title=Support the Design Museum of Chicago|date=February 3, 2016|work=DesignChicago.org}}

Its programs are collaborative and community-based,{{cite web|url=https://segd.org/tanner-woodfords-chicago|title=Tanner Woodford's Chicago|date=February 3, 2016|work=SEGD.org}} largely relying on local volunteers for exhibit design, curation, registration, marketing, and other core museological functions. With a small staff, its foundation is "in its many volunteers' visions and labor."{{cite web|url=http://design.newcity.com/2017/02/09/in-their-own-vision/|title=In Their Own Vision|author=Pieper, Troy|date=February 9, 2017|work=Newcity}}

The museum is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization that believes design has the capacity to fundamentally improve the human condition. It fosters free, open, and honest engagement with diverse audiences through a permanent collection, rotating exhibitions, and educational programming.{{cite web|url=http://www.grahamfoundation.org/grantees/5364-new-horizon-architecture-from-ireland|title=Graham Foundation > Grantees > Chicago Design Museum|date=February 25, 2016|work=Graham Foundation}}

Exhibitions focus on a broad, cross-disciplinary definition of design, encompassing graphic design, architecture, urban planning, interior design, systems thinking, and more.{{cite web|url=https://designchicago.org/exhibitions|title=Exhibitions at the Design Museum of Chicago|date=July 2, 2022|work=designchicago.org}}

• Letters Beyond Form: Chicago Types (November 9, 2024 – April 4, 2025)
• Voices Embodied: Reverberations{{cite web|url=https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2024/08/30/off-the-beaten-path-the-design-museum-of-chicago|title=Off the Beaten Path: The Design Museum of Chicago|author=Simons, Sasha-Ann|date=August 30, 2024|work=WBEZ Chicago}}{{cite web|url=https://wgntv.com/spotlight-chicago/voices-embodied-reverberations/|title=Voices Embodied: Reverberations|author=Jindra, Sarah|date=July 24, 2024|work=WGN-TV: Spotlight Chicago}}{{cite web|url=https://design.newcity.com/2024/07/26/spotlight-on-disability-pride-month-voices-embodied-reverberations-at-the-design-museum-of-chicago/|title=Spotlight on Disability Pride Month: "Voices Embodied: Reverberations" at the Design Museum of Chicago|author=Rigou, Vasia|date=July 26, 2024|work=Newcity}}{{cite web|url=https://fun4thedisabled.com/voices-embodied/|title=Voices Embodied: How Design Shapes Accessibility and Identity at the Chicago Design Museum|author=Harris, Vanessa|date=August 20, 2024|work=Fun4theDisabled}} (July 13 – October 13, 2024)
• Chicago Public Schools All-City Visual Arts Exhibitions 2024 (May 3 – June 2, 2024)
• SOLVE: Puzzle Design Exhibit{{cite web|url=https://design.newcity.com/2024/01/26/seeing-beyond-the-art-and-science-of-puzzle-design-in-solve/|title=Seeing Beyond: The Art and Science of Puzzle Design in "Solve"|author=Rigou, Vasia|date=January 26, 2024|work=Newcity}}{{cite web|url=https://thirdcoastreview.com/2024/02/05/art-museums-review-puzzle-design-exhibit-design-museum|title= Review: Puzzle Design Exhibit Encourages Playfulness and Exploration at Design Museum|author=Bishop, Nancy|date=February 5, 2024|work=Third Coast Review}} (December 8, 2023 – March 31, 2024)
• At the Precipice: Responses to the Climate Crisis{{cite web|url=https://thirdcoastreview.com/2023/07/24/art-museums-review-design-museum-at-the-precipice|title=Review: Design Museum Explores the Climate Crisis in At the Precipice—It’s Beautiful and Tragic|author=Bishop, Nancy|date=July 24, 2024|work=Third Coast Review}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thisiscolossal.com/event/at-the-precipice/|title=‘At the Precipice: Responses to the Climate Crisis’ at the Design Museum of Chicago|author=Jobson, Christopher|date=July 14, 2023|work=Colossal}}{{cite web|url=https://pkeenan1.medium.com/at-the-precipice-responses-to-the-climate-crisis-debuts-july-14-features-work-by-noted-multi-media-eaf46d5682d2|title=At the Precipice: Responses to the Climate Crisis Debuts July 14 Features Work by Noted Multi-Media Artist Morel Doucet|author=Andrews-Keenan, Patricia|date=July 10, 2023|work=Pigment International}}{{cite web|url=https://design.newcity.com/2023/09/27/design-at-the-edge-a-deep-dive-into-at-the-precipice-with-the-colossal-curators/|title=Design at the Edge: A Deep Dive into "At the Precipice" with the Colossal Curators|author=Rigou, Vasia|date=September 27, 2023|work=Newcity}} (July 14 – October 30, 2023)
• Chicago Public Schools All-City Visual Arts Exhibitions (April 29 – June 2, 2023)
• Free & Open Chicago: Cheers to 10 Years! (November 17, 2022 – April 2, 2023)
• ID@85: 85 Years of Making the Future (October 19, 2022 – Ongoing)
• The Correct Time: One Clock Per Minute{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJYM574Pbss|title="The Correct Time" Exhibit highlights intricacies of time|author=Hall, Gaynor|date=September 18, 2022|work=WGN News}}{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-stopped-clocks-chicago-barabara-koenen-20221006-tvz3o4n4kncwtpnxqe6xozqpsa-story.html|title=Barbara Koenen's collection of 800 stopped clocks is at the Design Museum of Chicago. And you can add to it.|author= Borrelli, Christopher|date=October 6, 2022|work=The Chicago Tribune}}{{cite web|url=https://thirdcoastreview.com/2022/08/13/review-clocks-design-museum-exhibit/|title=Review: Hundreds of Clocks Show the Beauty and Absurdity of Time in New Design Museum Exhibit|author=Bishop, Nancy|date=August 13, 2022|work=Third Coast Review}}{{cite web|url=https://design.newcity.com/2022/08/17/its-about-time-a-review-of-the-correct-time-at-the-design-museum-of-chicago/|title=It's About Time: A Review of The Correct Time at the Design Museum of Chicago|author=Rigou, Vasia|date=August 17, 2022|work=Newcity}} (July 16, 2022 – October 17, 2022)
• Chicago Public Schools All-City Visual Arts Exhibition 2022 (May 11, 2022 – June 22, 2022)
• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow (April 15, 2022 – April 16, 2022)
• All Together Now: Sound x Design{{cite web|url=https://design.newcity.com/2022/01/19/navigate-the-common-ground-between-sound-and-design-at-the-design-museum-of-chicago/|title=Side By Side: Navigate the Common Ground Between Sound and Design at the Design Museum of Chicago|author=Rigou, Vasia|date=January 19, 2022|work=Newcity}}{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagohotels.org/magazine/events-chicago-november-2021/|title=10 Events to Visit in Chicago in November|author=Joseph, Paul|date=November 1, 2021|work=Chicago Hotels}} (November 13, 2021 – April 3, 2022)
• Chicago Public Schools All-City Visual Arts Exhibition 2021 (January 1, 2021 – December 31, 2021)
• A Designed Life (June 12, 2021 – September 19, 2021)
• Chicago: Home of House at The Catacombs (May 8, 2021 – June 30, 2021)
• Chicago Public Schools All-City Visual Arts Exhibition 2020{{cite web|url=https://abc7.com/cps-chicago-public-schools-virtual-exhibition-student/6259913/|title=These public schools featured over 800 pieces of student art|author=Nakayama, Yukare|date=June 23, 2020|work=ABC 7}} (May 29, 2020 – December 31, 2020)
• Great Ideas of Humanity: Passing the Torch{{cite web|url=http://greatideasofhumanity.com/passing-the-torch/|title=Passing the Torch — Great Ideas of Humanity — Design Museum of Chicago|date=February 25, 2021|work=greatideasofhumanity.com}} (February 25, 2020 – December 31, 2020)
• Setting the Stage: Objects of Chicago Theatre{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/setting-the-stage-theater-design-exhibit/Content?oid=71569061|title='Setting the Stage' tells the story of Chicago theater in 56 objects|date=July 10, 2019|author=Ralph, Kaylen|work=Chicago Reader}}{{cite web|url=https://thirdcoastreview.com/2019/07/29/stages-exhibit-setting-the-stage/|title=Go Behind the Scenes of Chicago's Diverse Theater Scene in Setting the Stage Exhibit|date=July 29, 2019|author=Trifone, Lisa|work=Third Coast Review}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rainbowed.us/art-design/chicago-theater-design-museum-takes-us-backstage/|title=Chicago Theater: The Design Museum Takes Us Backstage

|date=October 3, 2019|author=Rigou, Vasia|work=Rainbowed}}{{cite web|url=https://100.sta-chicago.org/winners/2019/setting-the-stage-objects-of-chicago-theatre|title='Setting the Stage: Objects of Chicago Theatre Exhibition Identity|date=October 30, 2019|work=Society of Typographic Arts}} (June 29, 2019 – January 5, 2020)

• Chicago Public Schools All-City Visual Arts Exhibition 2019{{cite web|url=http://sixtyinchesfromcenter.org/when-art-meets-design-an-overview-of-the-all-city-high-school-visual-arts-exhibition/|title=When Art Meets Design: An Overview of the All-City High School Visual Arts Exhibition|date=April 25, 2019|author=Edmund, Ryan|work=Sixty Inches From Center}} (April 10, 2019 – May 12, 2019)
• Keep Moving: Designing Chicago's Bicycle Culture{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ae-bicycle-culture-chicago-design-museum-1104-story.html|title=From banana-seat Schwinns to Divvys, new exhibit puts Chicago's bicycle culture on display|author=Johnson, Steve|date=November 1, 2018|work=Chicago Tribune}}{{cite web|url=https://design.newcity.com/2018/08/31/designing-chicagos-bike-culture-then-and-now/|title=Bicycling By Design: Looking at Chicago's History as a Center of Two-Wheeled Transportation|date=October 31, 2018|author=Rigou, Vasia|work=Newcity}}{{cite web|url=https://chi.streetsblog.org/2018/10/31/design-museum-of-chicago-exhibits-looks-at-the-cultural-history-of-local-cycling/|title=Design Museum of Chicago Exhibit Looks at the Cultural History of Local Cycling|date=October 31, 2018|author=Parrella-Aureli, Ariel|work=Streetsblog Chicago}} (October 27, 2018 – March 3, 2019)
• Keep Moving: Shifting Gears (November 17, 2018 – January 18, 2019)
• Great Ideas of Humanity: Out of the Container{{cite web|url=http://greatideasofhumanity.com|title=Great Ideas of Humanity|date=February 15, 2018|work=greatideasofhumanity.com}}{{cite web|url=http://wgnradio.com/2018/05/29/words-are-the-art-at-a-new-exhibit-at-the-chicago-design-museum/|title=Words Are the Art at a New Exhibit at the Chicago Design Museum|author=Kaufmann, Justin|date=May 29, 2018|work=WGN Radio}}{{cite web|url=https://design.newcity.com/2018/06/22/the-chicago-design-museums-great-ideas-of-humanity/|title=How the Chicago Design Museum's "Great Ideas of Humanity" Reimagines America's First Sophisticated Image Advertising Campaign|author=Berger, Philip|date=June 22, 2018|work=Newcity}} (April 20, 2018 – August 18, 2018)
• HEY! PLAY! Games in Modern Culture{{cite web|url=https://design.newcity.com/2017/09/05/its-time-to-play-a-conversation-with-the-curators-of-the-new-game-design-show-coming-to-the-chicago-design-museum/|title= It's Time to Play: A Conversation with the Curators of the New Game Design Show Coming to the Chicago Design Museum |author=Rigou, Vasia|date=September 5, 2017|work=Newcity}} (October 20, 2017 – March 10, 2018)
• Confluence • 20+ Creative Ecologies of Hong Kong{{cite web|url=http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2017-10/20/content_33507465.htm|title= Hong Kong design show charms Chicago with 'creative ecology'|author=Ping, Jian|date=October 20, 2017|work=China Daily}} (October 14, 2017 – November 4, 2017)
• Dan Friedman: Radical Modernist{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/museums/ct-ent-0601-dan-friedman-review-20170531-story.html|title=Dan Friedman steps back into the spotlight at the Chicago Design Museum|author=Workman, Michael|date=May 31, 2017|work=Chicago Tribune}}{{cite web|url=https://design.newcity.com/2017/07/25/free-thinker-a-review-of-dan-friedman-radical-modernist-at-chicago-design-museum/|title=Free Thinker: A Review of Dan Friedman: Radical Modernist|author=Rigou,Vasia|date=July 25, 2017|work=Newcity}}{{cite web|url=http://fnewsmagazine.com/2017/07/radical-man/|title=Radical, Man!|author=Leue, Annie|date=July 20, 2017|work=fnewsmagazine}} (April 28, 2017 – August 12, 2017)
• City of Ideas: Architects' Voices and Visions{{cite web|url=https://archpaper.com/2016/11/chicago-design-museum-city-of-ideas/|title=Architects discuss the power (and limits) of architecture at new Chicago Design Museum exhibit|author=Messner, Matthew|date=November 3, 2016|work=Architect's Newspaper}} (October 22, 2016 – February 25, 2017)
• ChicagoMade: Great Ideas of Humanity{{cite web|url=http://greatideasofhumanity.com/tag/business-of-design-week-hong-kong/|title=Business of Design Week Hong Kong — Great Ideas of Humanity — Design Museum of Chicago|date=December 1, 2016|work=greatideasofhumanity.com}} (December 1, 2016 – December 3, 2016)
• Unfolded: Made with Paper{{cite web|url=http://digitaledition.chicagotribune.com/tribune/article_popover.aspx?guid=058ec89f-628b-475b-8a18-dd1b03a13764|title=Chicago Design Museum rolls out 'Unfolded' exhibit|author=Burton, Louise|date=April 28, 2016|work=Chicago Tribune}} (April 5, 2016 – August 26, 2016)
• New Horizon: Architecture from Ireland{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-architecture-biennial-brings-focus-on-chicago-design-ae-1004-20151001-story.html|title=For Chicago designers, architecture biennial could be 'a big moment'|author=Carpenter, John|date=October 1, 2015|work=Chicago Tribune}} (October 2, 2015 – January 30, 2016)
• The State of Detroit{{cite web|url=http://design.newcity.com/2015/06/29/the-state-of-detroit-chicago-design-museum-exhibit-uses-data-and-design-to-explore-the-urban-environment|title=The State of Detroit: Chicago Design Museum Exhibit Uses Data and Design to Explore the Urban Environment|author=Nealie, Toni|date=June 29, 2015|work=Newcity}} (April 28, 2015 – August 29, 2015)
• Deborah Sussman Loves Los Angeles!{{cite web|url=http://design.newcity.com/2014/11/26/design-love-in-deborah-sussman-at-the-chicago-design-museum|title=Design Love-In: Deborah Sussman at the Chicago Design Museum|author=Sattell, Jessica Barrett|date=November 26, 2014|work=Newcity}} (November 13, 2014 – February 28, 2015)
• Starts/Speculations: Graphic Design in Chicago Past and Future{{cite web|url=http://theseenjournal.org/art-seen-chicago/chicago-design-museum-startsspeculations|title= CHICAGO DESIGN MUSEUM // STARTS/SPECULATIONS|author=Meisinger, Ann|date=June 27, 2014|work=TheSeenJournal.org}} (June 12, 2014 – September 30, 2014)
• Work at Play{{cite web|url=http://gapersblock.com/ac/2013/06/11/chicago-design-museum-see-the-work-at-play-exhibit|title=Chicago Design Museum: See the Work at Play Exhibit|author=Bishop, Nancy|date=June 1, 2013|work=Gapers Block}} (June 1, 2013 – June 30, 2013)
• A—Z: Art on Track{{cite web|url=http://fnewsmagazine.com/2012/09/l-train-full-of-wonders|title='L' Train Full of Wonders|author=Auten, Lindsey|date=September 28, 2012|work=F Newsmagazine}} (September 22, 2012)
• Inaugural Exhibition: 700 N Sacramento{{cite web|url=http://art.newcity.com/2012/06/05/art-break-the-chicago-design-museum-has-1-month-lifespan|title=Art Break: The One-Month Lifespan of the Chicago Design Museum|author=Foumberg, Jason|date=June 5, 2012|work=Newcity}} (June 1, 2012 – June 30, 2012)

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In 2021, the Design Museum joined with the Chicago Department of Public Health and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events to commission more than 80 local artists to "design original art exploring themes of health, vitality, community, and vaccine distribution to encourage everyone to get vaccinated."{{cite web|url=https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/cdph/provdrs/health_protection_and_response/news/2021/august/city-engages-visual-artists-to-promote-covid-19-vaccines.html|title=City Engages Visual Artists to Promote COVID-19 Vaccines|date=August 16, 2021|work=Chicago.gov}} The commissioned art is featured on print and digital billboards throughout Chicago neighborhoods and on social media channels.

Some artists in the campaign include: Afrokilla, Alice Hargrave, Anthony Lewellen, Ashley Lin, Bob Faust, CZR PRZ, Carlos Rolón, Carlos Segura, Cody Hudson, Cristi López, Dan Grzeca, Dont Fret, Elloo, Emmy Star Brown, Esther Garcia, Gabriel Villa, Hector Duarte, Jason Pickleman, Jeff Zimmerman, Johnny Sampson, Kelly Knaga, Langston Allston, Lori Seidemann, Moises Salazar, Penny Pinch, Pouya Ahmadi, Rosemary Holiday Hall, Rubén Aguirre, Shannon Downey, Sonnenzimmer, Substance Collective, The Kid From Pilsen, Thomas Williams, Unyimeabasi Udoh, William J. O’Brien, and Won Kim.{{cite web|url=https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/covid19-vaccine/home/artists.html|title=Chicago artists join the vaccination campaign|date=August 16, 2021|work=Chicago.gov}}

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Great Ideas of Humanity is a series of advertisements in which contemporary artists and designers are asked to create artwork that responds to quotes by leading scientists, philosophers, and academics. The series serves as "an acknowledgment of the increasing globalization or our world and resulting cross-pollination of ideas, philosophies, societies, and culture,"{{cite web|url=http://greatideasofhumanity.com|title=Great Ideas of Humanity from the Chicago Design Museum|date=December 7, 2016|work=GreatIdeasofHumanity.com}} and is inspired by the Great Ideas of Western Man campaign by Chicago's Container Corporation of America. Advertisements from this series have been displayed downtown Chicago on its bus rapid transit advertisement stanchions,{{cite web|url=http://www.firebellydesign.com/thoughts/great-ideas-of-humanity|title=Great Ideas of Humanity|author=Adam, Nick|date=January 6, 2016|work=Firebelly Design}} and in Hong Kong at the Business of Design Week InnoTech Design Expo.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldbusinesschicago.com/chicago-takes-center-stage-as-first-partner-city-in-the-americas-for-business-of-design-week-in-hong-kong/|title=Chicago Takes Center Stage as First Partner City in the Americas for Business of Design Week in Hong Kong|date=November 18, 2016|work=World Business Chicago}}

Contributors include Matthew Hoffman on Susan B. Anthony, Andy Gregg on Mary Wollstonecraft, Renata Graw on Hypatia, 50,000feet on Goethe, Margot Harrington on Sojourner Truth, Cocu Liu on George Sand, Pouya Ahmadi on Rumi, [http://www.thepatternbase.com Patternbase] on Lucy Larcom, Eileen Tjan on Goethe, Kimberly Terzis on Anne Sophie Swetchine, Alexander Skoirchet on Buddha, Marcus Norman on Lucy Larcom, Tanner Woodford on Edith Wharton, Veronica Corzo-Duchardt on Goethe, LaShun Tines on Frederick Douglass, Matthew Terdich on Benjamin Franklin, Bibliothèque on Alfred North Whitehead, Hugh Dubberly on John Dewey, and Ivan Chermayeff on Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

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The Chicago Design Market is "a rotating series of pop-up shops that create the unexpected by placing small emerging artists alongside larger established businesses. Located on the third floor of Block 37, "shops are not charged for utilities and do not pay a fixed monthly rent. Instead, the museum takes a sales commission. This allows small designers or businesses, such as Aviate Press, to market in a retail space, while allowing larger establishments, such as Cards Against Humanity, to experiment with both the space and their business model."{{cite web|url=http://www.columbiachronicle.com/arts_and_culture/article_c1bb7cbc-8f7b-11e7-8d28-2719d4f9f51e.html|title=Pop-up shops let creators experiment|author=Manier, Miranda|date=September 5, 2017|work=Columbia Chronicle}}

Stores are selected via an application process. They include: Cards Against Humanity, The Colossal Shop, You Are Beautiful, Fourneau Bread Oven, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Resketch, Sweetwater Foundation, Shawnimals, Aviate Press, AIA Chicago, Dock 6 Collective and mercer & winnie.{{cite web|url=https://chicagodesign.market|title=Market by the Chicago Design Museum|date=July 28, 2017|work=ChicagoDesign.Market}}

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The Design Pack is a Cards Against Humanity expansion pack that includes 30 illustrated cards that interpret George Carlin's infamous 1972 monologue, "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television."{{cite web|url=http://blog.maxistentialism.com/post/125267408358/we-made-a-new-kind-of-pack-for-cards-against|title=NSFW: Cards Against Humanity Releases Design Pack|author=Temkin, Max|date=July 28, 2015|work=Maxistentialism}} All proceeds from the Design Pack benefit the Design Museum of Chicago, with sales surpassing $130,000 in its first few days on the market.{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-cards-against-humanity-george-carlin-bsi-20150731-story.html|title=Cards Against Humanity offers Carlin's 7 bad words for good cause|author=Carpenter, John|date=July 31, 2015|work=Chicago Tribune}} Similar non-profit packs by Cards Against Humanity have raised nearly millions of dollars for partner organizations DonorsChoose.org, the Wikimedia Foundation, and the Sunlight Foundation.

Contributors to the Design Pack include Laura Park, Shawna X, Chad Kouri, Susan Kare, Yann Legendre, Paula Scher, Jay Ryan, Mike McQuade, Paul Octavious, Erik Spiekermann, Max Temkin, Debbie Millman, Art Paul, Simon Whybray, Mike Mitchell, Scott Thomas, Matthew Terdich, Jez Burrows, Jason Polan, Jessica Hische, Cody Hudson, Nick Adam, Matthew Hoffman, Magdalena Wistuba + Anna Mort, Eric Hu, Olly Moss, Tanner Woodford, Milton Glaser, and Sonnenzimmer.{{cite web|url=http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2015/8/17/cards-against-humanitys-design-pack|title=Cards Against Humanity's Design Pack|author=Johnson, Theresa Christine|date=August 18, 2015|work=The Dieline}}

The Design Museum of Chicago’s current logo was designed by Chicago-based [https://www.substancecollective.com/ Substance Collective]. Its inspiration was the city’s notable urban grid organizing “the interconnectivity of streets, thoroughfares, blocks and diverse neighborhoods.”{{cite web| title= Substance Collective – Design Museum of Chicago: Leading a design conversation | url=https://www.substancecollective.com/design-museum-of-chicago | access-date=January 14, 2025 }}

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• {{Official website|https://www.designchicago.org/}}
• [http://greatideasofhumanity.com Great Ideas of Humanity from the Design Museum of Chicago]
• [https://bauhausmanifesto.com/ Manifesto of the Staatliches Bauhaus]
• [http://designpack.org The Design Pack]
• [https://archives.newberry.org/repositories/2/resources/1031 Chicago Design Museum ephemera collection] at The Newberry

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