This morning, the Museum of Science and Industry’s second roommate, Chicagoan Kevin Byrne, begins a historical thirty days as a live-in visitor.
A 3-sided, 16x16’ glass cube just inside the main entrance will remind everyone that Kevin’s there—we mean in the museum 24/7—doing research, collecting his thoughts, writing and blogging about living in this home to more than 35,000 artifacts and one of the largest science museums in the world—not to mention an architectural gem.
Built in 1893 for the World’s Columbian Exposition to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the New World, ‘The Palace of Fine Arts’ is the only surviving permanent structure from the fair. Designed to follow principles of the Beaux Arts movement highlighting symmetry and splendor, it officially opened as a museum in 1933.
In preparation for his stay, the out-in-the-open cube and behind-the-scenes living quarters were furnished with CB2 beds, desks, chairs and accessories—not to mention storage for Kevin’s 30 custom MATM t-shirts, one for every day of his stay so you can’t miss him.
To follow Kevin’s adventures, like his facebook page or register to receive his tweets via twitter.
From a post-war suburban community, multi-unit dwellings and single family residences to furniture and trucks, the work of Bertrand Goldberg follows a fairly straight trajectory of experimentation from the Bauhaus in the 30s through Chicago in the 80s.
By maintaining an aesthetic of clean lines while pushing engineering envelopes—none more famous than Marina City and River City in Chicago—Goldberg’s sculptural forms and engineering feats left us with outstanding dramatic effects.
For safety reasons, dogs are not allowed to join the marathon pack this weekend, but training with them can be a bonus for them and you. Just knowing how beneficial pets are to our well-being—whether at home or the office—imagine how they could enhance a good run.
And of course the exercise is great for them too. So if you’re a regular jogger looking for a four-legged running mate, check out jogsfordogs.com to get hooked up.
Seventy years ago, during the German invasion of the Soviet Union, a group of artists and writers banned together within the TASS News Agency in Moscow to reassure Soviet citizens— and to rouse Allies—via large-scale posters.
Despite the rule of Joseph Stalin, creativity flourished among these diverse artists and writers as they found purpose while working within the totalitarian state.
Committed to the defense of the motherland, artists produced a poster nearly every day of the war with labor-intensive technical virtuosity—some of them 5’ to 10’ tall with upwards of 60 to 70 color divisions.
Featuring 250 posters—155 of which are the large-scale stenciled versions—it’s their first display in the US since WWII.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 3:30PM 
photo by: Scott PakudaitisWhat: A Klingon Christmas Carol
