Program

Join us between 4 and 5:30pm for an exclusive look at CAF’s newest exhibition, “50 Designers, 50 Ideas, 50 Wards” featuring guidance from curator and UrbanLab co-founder Martin Felsen and Matt Messner of AtelierME+MR. CAF’s ambitious new exhibition features 50 transformative proposals for building a better Chicago, presented by 50 of the city’s top architecture and design firms.
This free, drop-in event is your chance to ask the experts about the exhibition’s 50 proposals and how they might affect change in Chicago. Afterward, the evening’s Design Dialogues program offers another look at “50 Designers, 50 Ideas, 50 Wards.” Martin Felsen and four designers will discuss how each of their speculative projects for the exhibition aim to improve livability in one of Chicago’s wards.
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