CHICAGO.- The Art Institute of Chicago presents the exhibit Young Chicago through April 29, 2007. Since the early 20th century, Chicago has continually fostered young design talents and established itself as a pivotal center for the arts. To celebrate this historical lineage of design and the 25th anniversary of the Department of Architecture’s founding, Young Chicago looks at the community’s diverse body of contemporary designers—who are not yet represented in the collection—to showcase the city’s ever-growing talents in architecture, industrial design, graphic design, and fashion. In the coming year, works from these studios will become part of the collection in keeping with the newly expanded mission of the renamed Department of Architecture and Design.

Featured designers and studios are: Qua’Virarch, UrbanLab, Clare Lyster Studio, 3D Design Studio, Avram Lothan/DeStefano + Partners, John Ronan Architect, Ross Wimer/SOM, Jordan Mozer and Associates, Holly Hunt, Motorola, IDEO, Studio Blue, JNL Design, Fold Four, Nick Cave, and Cat Chow. The studios selected represent a small sampling of the ideologies—from digital literacy and conceptual methodologies to contextualism, brand legacy, and cultural identity—that are global in scope and emblematic of a twenty-first-century Chicago.