Chicagoans Given the Opportunity to Connect Via Local Artist-Designed Video Kiosks October 16, 2017 – Chicago Ideas Week, the largest affordable ideas festival in the world, is underway with most tickets offered at $15 and more than 150+ events taking place at venues across the city. The seventh annual program runs today through October 22, with […]
Chicagoans Connect with the World: Chicago Ideas Week Portal to Open on Daley Plaza
Chicago’s Daley Plaza will be transformed into a global access point for locals to connect with people across the world — in Mexico City, Kigali, Herat, Gaza City and more — during Chicago Ideas Week, October 17-23, with tickets on sale now. This “Portal,” or gold shipping container with sophisticated audio-visual technology, allows participants to experience a live, full-body exchange with someone […]
Chicago Ideas Week (CIW) Names PORT Urbanism as Artist-in-Residence for Fifth Anniversary
Comcast to Provide Free Xfinity WiFi at Pioneer Court during Chicago Ideas Week… Chicago Ideas Week (CIW) is excited to announce local design consultancy firm PORT Urbanism as the 2015 CIW Artist-in-Residence. Co-Founders Christopher Marcinkoski and Andrew Moddrell’s “Thick City Pavilion,” to be located at 401 N. Michigan Ave., will celebrate Chicago’s rich and layered […]