“Uselessness is Gorgeous” A mural made from thirty-two-thousand cigarette papers attached to a wall in the Cultural Center spelled out, “Uselessness is Gorgeous.” Nearby rotating fans made the papers rustle and quiver. Stefan Sagmeister debuted this artwork in Chicago for his internationally touring “The Happy Show.” The slogan is at odds with every designer’s best intention: to make a working, useful product. Sagmeister finds good design in being an artist.
Today In The Culture, August 29, 2022: Jahn's Final Design | National Cinema Day | Teatro Vista Sets Season DESIGN Final Jahn Design, In The Shape Of A Tank, Is In Milwaukee Helmut Jahn "was tapped by the Pritzker Military Museum & Library to design a new storage facility in 2018. Pritzker’s Chicago home was running out of room for its collection of over 100,000 military artifacts and was looking to an open site northwest of Kenosha to expand," reports…
