Design Archives: Online Resources

The official site of AIGA's Chicago chapter.

From the AIC website: "Focusing on progressive thinking and practice across all design disciplines, the Department of Architecture and Design features a collection of 250,000 objects grounded in works by Frank Lloyd Wright, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Le Corbusier. The department's diverse holdings also include works by contemporary architects such as Elizabeth Diller, Hernan Diaz Alonso, Lindy Roy, and MOS (Michael Meredith and Hilary Sample) and cutting-edge designers like Hella Jongerius, Konstantin Grcic, Stefan Sagmeister, and Joris Laarman."

From their website: "Serving the entire community of Chicago designers since 2002, the Chicago Design Archive provides the one permanent, online record of excellent design created by local professionals from 1927 right up to the present. The major goal of the Chicago Design Archive is to provide a means for those practicing in the Chicago area, independent of professional affiliation, to have their best work permanently preserved and made accessible to a worldwide audience."

The Chicago Design Archive is maintained by the Society of Typographic Arts.

From their website: "The Chicago Design Museum (ChiDM) is a young, adaptable, and non-profit institution that aims to create and curate unexpected cultural experiences across disciplines that deepen design dialogue in the city and beyond. We define design holistically, encompassing graphic design, architecture, urban planning, interior design, systems thinking and more. We believe that design has the capacity to fundamentally improve the human condition, and our location in the Chicago Loop fosters free, open and honest engagement with diverse audiences through our permanent collection, rotating exhibitions, and educational programming."