Wednesday / October 15, 2014 / 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
In search of the BIG idea (in the pursuit of inspiration)
AIA Chicago, 35 East Wacker Drive, #250
Bring your lunch and be inspired!
Christine Chaney will present a casual design chat (illustrated with images of her book Habitats and others) about the nature of design inspiration. Christine’s design experiences over 25 years have included varied mediums of architecture, art, apparel, book and graphic design. She will specifically talk about how she gets inspired and how nature plays a key role in that inspiration.
1. Learn process skills for concept-making thru investigation, inspiration, ideation.
2. Learn about terms such as wabi sabi, nature-based design, lythe marking.
3. Be inspired to make bolder, better, kinder, gentler decisions in our design life and life in general.
4. Be inspired about design as a tool for positive change for the earth and the humans that borrow it.
Speaker
Born and raised at the conflux of cornfields and woodlands in the practical Midwest, then trained in architecture at Ball State University, Christine Chaney (Christine Chaney Creative) is deeply interested in making meaningful experiences for others. Even if the other being only inhabits her designs for the length of an art viewing or the time it takes them to try on a garment or to have a lovely dinner, Christine wants you to feel at “home” while you are there, inspired and engaged. Christine also finds a deep resource for inspiration in nature’s structures and patterns, colors and textures, habits and processes.
Christine graduated from Ball State University’s College of Architecture in 1989 and has been practicing design in the lush and soggy Pacific Northwest since then. She divides her time between Seattle and the San Juan Islands with her Merchant Mariner husband, where they happily live in a yurt supported by solar panels, water catchment tanks, and outhouses.
We'll provide beverages.
