By Bradley Lincoln
I’m a little atwitter about the upcoming opportunity to meet the artist Michael Aram at his Chicago appearance at Tabula Tua this coming Thursday, October 21, from 6–9 p.m. Read more
Tag: Home & Garden
By Bradley Lincoln
With the current butch buzz of mancaves and bromances (No one really makes a fuss of metrosexuals anymore, do they? Those poor, well-manicured and well-mannered gentlemen must be so . . . relieved.), it’s only to be expected that masculine multipurpose haberdasheries have been sprouting up like so many five-o’clock shadows after a long holiday weekend Read more
By Bradley Lincoln
Grand Avenue will be closed to traffic from Damen Avenue to Wood Street this weekend for Design Harvest, a street fair focusing on home furnishings, mostly of the vintage or handmade variety. Read more
By Bradley Lincoln
Indie Chicago designer Craighton Berman is passionate about food and passionate about design, so he’s combined the two in a sleekly modern ceramic salt and pepper set he calls Pinch. Read more
By Bradley Lincoln
It’s time for another of Katie Ernst’s festive open-house sales this weekend at Revision Home, her vintage and antique furniture and accessories store at 2132 West Fulton Market. Read more
By Bradley Lincoln
By Bradley Lincoln
If you’re getting out of the city and heading up to Harbor Country this Labor Day weekend, first of all (a) lucky you, I’m jealous, and second of all (b) good timing, as there is a grand opening party on Saturday, Sept. 4 at 6 p.m. for Brandon Nelson’s new Three Oaks venture, Trilogy Antiques and Design. Nelson, a Chicago expat and the owner of quirky antiques shop Ipso Facto, is taking over the old Springdale vintage furniture store space at 19 West Elm Street, and planning to run it as a group shop featuring a select gaggle of dealers, artists, and designers... Read more
By Bradley Lincoln
Thousands of artists apply to get into the American Craft Exposition, held annually for 26 years now on the Evanston campus of Northwestern University, but only about 150 are invited to participate in the show Read more
By Bradley Lincoln
I’ve been noticing a venti home design trend percolating through town, and I’m pretty wired about it. Designers and artists have started to use Read more
By Bradley Lincoln