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Summer Special: Events and Exhibitions

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Summer is heating up at the Design Museum of Chicago! With exciting exhibitions and dynamic events just around the corner, there’s no better time to dive into a season of…

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Great Ideas of Humanity: Opening Reception

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Join us on June 27 from 4:30 - 7 pm for the opening reception of our next exhibition, Great Ideas of Humanity: One of a Series.

Great Ideas of…

🪩Last Chance: Designing a Better Chicago, A NeoCon After Party🪩

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This is your last chance to join us at the Designing a Better Chicago NeoCon After Party! 

Tuesday June 10, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Join in the revelry as…

Celebrate Chicago Design: DMoC at NeoCon

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INSIDE DESIGN: Four Exclusive Chicago Design Experiences

New this year! Explore INSIDE DESIGN, a curated series of exclusive, design-driven events throughout the city. These immersive experiences showcase and celebrate…

Spring Special: Events, Artist Call, & More!

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Spring at the Design Museum is a busy season with new exhibitions and events on the horizon. We hope you will join us as we celebrate the season with very…

📣Partner Spotlight: Berlin presented by Court Theatre📣

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Don’t miss Berlin, presented by our friends at Court Theatre! Be the first to experience this exhilarating world premiere, adapted from Jason Lutes’s acclaimed graphic novel. 

It is 1928…

Design, Dialogue, and Discovery

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Join us at a free event to celebrate the final weeks of Letters Beyond Form: Chicago Types.

Artist Panel on March 21 from 6 - 8 pm: Come to the Letters Beyond Form artist panel and hear from commissioned artists breaking down the boundaries of letter-making. This event features Sir Charles, whose work draws from Chicago gang lettering to create expressive graffiti-inspired designs; Heart & Bone Signs (Kelsey McClellan), sign painters whose…

March Moments: Celebrate Design With Us

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Join us for the last month of Letters Beyond Form: Chicago Types. This exhibition has been one of our most popular one yet! It opened in November 2024 and has received attention from Chicagoans and tourists alike. Check out what the press had to say: WTTW, Fox 32, and more! 

If you haven't seen this incredible exhibition that explores Chicago's diverse typography, or you have seen it and want…

Designing a Better Chicago Grant Opportunity with the Design Museum of Chicago

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Letters Beyond Form | In The News

Letters Beyond Form: Chicago Types explores typography, the shape and design of letters, within Chicago's diverse neighborhoods to investigate design legacies and their contemporary echos. The exhibition highlights alternative modernisms by considering how revolutionary movements and concepts like love and safety shape the way communities spread and design information for one another.

Hear what Fox 32 had to say!

Grant Opportunity

Nominations open on Friday…

Design Museum of Chicago | Giving Thanks on Giving Tuesday

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Thank You!

We couldn't do it without you! Giving Tuesday is always a great moment for us to say thank you. Whether or not you donate, we appreciate you! From ours to yours, thanks for the support over the past year at the Design Museum of Chicago. Be it time or dollars, every little bit helps us live up to our mission of making quality Design accessible to everyone.

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Exhibition Opening this Friday!

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Letters Beyond Form Exhibition Opening 

Letters Beyond Form: Chicago Types explores typography, the shape and design of letters, within Chicago's diverse neighborhoods to investigate design legacies and their contemporary echos. The exhibition highlights alternative modernisms by considering how revolutionary movements and concepts like love and safety shape the way communities spread and design information for one another.

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Made in Chicago

We're pleased to announce our Holiday Market, Made in…

Thank You for Making "Light The Way" a Success!

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Thanks to your incredible support, our Light The Way benefit was a huge success, raising over $100,000! We were thrilled to celebrate with so many members of the DMoC community and welcome new friends who joined us in supporting the museum.

These funds will help ensure that DMoC’s exhibitions and programs remain free for all, including our upcoming show, Letters Beyond Form: Chicago Types. This exhibition explores the typography that defines…