Behind the Scenes at Norman Teague Design Studio

Thursday, October 1, 4 – 7 p.m. CDT

Join us for a capti­vat­ing talk, tour, and light bites with Norman Teague and his team at Norman Teague Design Studio in West Humboldt Park, Chicago IL.

Norman will share his research and design process as he walks us through his studio and work­shop where he and the team design, collab­o­rate, and create furni­ture, sculp­ture, and objects for the commu­nity, galleries, and museums, to name a few.

Get an up-close look at the pieces and proto­types that NTDS is known for — the Sinmi Stool, the benches for the Obama Pres­i­den­tial Center, the Africana Collec­tion, and more.

Norman will talk about how he success­fully merges digital fabri­ca­tion tech­nol­ogy with hand­crafted methods, the impor­tance of what and why they make for the commu­nity, how collab­o­ra­tions with other makers/​studios come to fruition, and the impor­tance of the design field within commu­ni­ties of color.

Space is limited for this unique experience.