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If you’re curious about our process, the full brand story is on our website now ! Link in bio.
Steingold’s brand colors reflect a bagel with cream cheese, smoked salmon, red onion, and capers.
The WALL OF WOMEN features over 1200 women working in Architecture in Chicago. 
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One of the founders of the CWA was told that she should not enter the field of Architecture because she would not get a job...”unless you are ‘THAT
Chicago Women in Architecture was founded in 1974, so we felt it was appropriate to create the exhibition title design using typefaces from the same era, Avant Garde and Babyteeth. For the color scheme, we referenced the CWA brand colors, creating a
Chicago Women in Architecture was founded in 1974, so we felt it was appropriate to create the exhibition title design using typefaces from the same era, Avant Garde and Babyteeth.

You’ll probably recognize Babyteeth by Milton Glaser in the fa
Looking for something to do in Chicago this weekend ? Go to the @chiarchitecture to view the exhibit we designed before it closes on Jan 5th !!
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DISRUPTERS : 50 Years of Chicago Women in Architecture
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Sundays were drawing days and lessons in cleaning ink pens.
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My dad loved that I shared his interest in design. Every so often, he let me tag along on his business meetings. The most influential and exciting were trips to the edge of downtown Chicago, to a store called CITY, by Barry Bursak. Barry was a vision
‘How I became a designer’ continued....growing up watching my dad design products and curate a housewares shop, I was encourage and inspired. At 13, I had enough chutzpa to try my hand at designing something…my Bat Mitzvah invite.
I spent countless hours at the store pouring over catalogs we had gathered at the housewares shows. Elika had the most progressive catalog and it may have been the first printed piece that inspired me. It was very 80’s with items designed by Da
Those housewares shows were HUGE…aisle after aisle of beautifully designed products for the home. My feet hurt but my imagination flourished.
One of the benefits of having parents with a store was going to housewares shows. I can’t begin to describe how exciting that was for me. Sometimes it was held in Chicago at the Merchandise Mart, but every once in a while we would go to the one
As a little kid, I used to spend my Saturdays at Concepts, my parents housewares stores. When I got tired of coloring in coloring books, they let me re-arrange all the displays. I realize now that it was so brave of them to let me hone my spacial ski
In 1972 (I was 5) my parents opened a housewares store. I think the only one that existed at the time for anyone who was not an interior designer, was Crate and Barrel with only 3 locations in Chicago. Our parents included my sister and me in some of

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