This week’s issue of Domestica is coming to you from a very steamy Southern Florida, so grab some SPF-gazillion and a caipirinha, papi, and let me tell you about some happening art and design events that made SOBE the feverish epicenter of the artistic community for a week, and captured international media attention…
Don’t-miss picks for 12.16.09 through 12.22.09: Highbrow shadow puppets; Milton Berle workouts; and junior high drama, relived: Happy Hanukkah, everyone! Plus, a second chance to see this year’s Oscar contenders
Alex Seropian just sold his West Loop-based video game company to Disney. What does that mean for the city’s nascent gaming industry?
Q: We’re considering buying a sisal rug. What should we know before we proceed?
While living in Italy as a budding architect about eight years ago, Chicagoan Felicia Ferrone created a design that’s brilliant in its simplicity: a two-in-one glass that can be used for water or flipped over and used for wine. Her prototype, immediately picked up by a manufacturer, is on display in the new Modern Wing … Read more
Sweet Cheeks
While pregnant with twins, Chicago Southsider Sherri Edwards thought she might want to use cloth diapers. But when it came time to search for the products, she hit a bump in the road.
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Debra Koertge is helping make suburban Geneva into more of a design destination with her new shop, Artemisia. She recently moved it from a quiet corner of St. Charles to Third Street, Geneva’s main shopping drag. The 3,000-square-foot space is filled with a smart and ever-changing selection of furniture, architectural artifacts, and the best work of local ceramists, jewelers, and woodworkers.
—THOMAS CONNERS
Mike and Robin Nasatir spent much of the 1990s restoring a country villa in Highland Park that had been built in 1919 for a wealthy bachelor and his paramour, the opera singer Mary Garden. Now, with their two children almost grown, the Nasatirs are ready to move from the 22-room house.
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Have you been to Fishman’s Fabrics lately? It looks even huger than before! The fabric mecca just remodeled, raising its 12-foot ceiling to 22 feet high, exposing the original wood trusses and visually expanding the space. Since completing construction at the end of November, they have added about 1,000 rolls of upholstery from high-end furniture manufacturers from around the U.S., with new fabrics coming in every two weeks. Textile lovers, we guarantee you will feel like kids in a candy store. Those leather hides are $2.50 to $3 per foot.
—GINA BAZER
Our writer dissects a joke from up-and-comer Adam Burke, a comedian with an intellectual streak
