“In this world, the most successful creators are not those who can generate the most content to feed the insatiable maw of our social media feeds, but those who can devise an unforgettable immersive adventure.”

CULTIVATING CREATIVITY IN THE SHADOW OF GENERATIVE AI
Antonio García, 25 April 2024

“It wasn’t a design experience, per se, but it was an experience of design.”

RECLAIMING CREATIVITY BY DESIGN
Chicago Graphic Design Club Faculty Issue One, March 2024

Visitors to campus next year will get a taste of the multifaceted history of the Illinois Institute of Technology campus …thanks to a $50,000 grant from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.

DRIEHAUS FOUNDATION GRANT BRINGS LOCAL HISTORY EXHIBIT TO MIES GALLERY
IIT College of Architecture, 24 October 2023

“… unique insights on community-centric projects, focusing on their initiatives’ broader implications for the design community.”

2023 SEGD CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHT “RE-FRAMING COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL REVITALIZATION: A FOCUS ON EQUITY AND SUSTAINABILITY”
Society for Experiential Graphic Design, 19 July 2023

“I started to experiment with how unique experiences and storytelling could better showcase what design does.”

ASHLEY LUKASIK DESIGNS IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCES THAT STOKE DEEP COLLABORATION AND IDEATION
Design Feast, 29 December 2022

Oaxaca represents two realities: the influx of new money and tourism and the Indigenous communities that produce most of the food and goods distributed through the supply chain.

IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE FOOD AND ART OF OAXACA THIS FEBRUARY WITH MURMUR RING’S CURATED TOUR 
Colossal, 13 December 2022

In such a digitally connected world, there is a deep need to experience things in real life, to touch things, interact, see things, and exchange ideas in the tangible world.

A OAXACA IMMERSION - FOOD & IDENTITY IN OAXACA
Society for Experiential Graphic Designs, December 2022

… an exhibition of 85 artifacts demonstrate ID’s historic role in “inventing the future”.

ID @ 85: 85 YEARS OF MAKING THE FUTURE EXHIBITION OPENING & DESIGN DISCUSSION
Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology, 19 October 2022

… [on] humanity’s relationship to technology, the importance of immersive experiences, and the role design plays in how we experience the world.

ASHLEY LUKASIK ON UNDERSCORE PODCAST
Chicago Graphic Design Club, 17 October 2022

…curated journey into the near future.

AMERICAN DESIGNERS VISIT MEXICO TO BRIDGE DIVIDE
Huffington Post, 4 April 2017

On filmmaking, creative process, and the New European Bauhaus to address climate change.

THE CREATIVE ECONOMIES FORUM 2022
Zurich Centre for Creative Economies, 7 September 2022

Discussing a systems design approach for problem solving in Berlin.

SUSTAINABLE BUILT ENVIRONMENT D-A-CH CONFERENCE 2022
Haus der Statistik, 20 September 2022

The dinner party was full of surprises and creative freedom.

BAUHAUS MEETS CHICAGO
Creative Mornings, September 2019

We are seeing organizations using repurposed spaces in creative ways.

TOUR TAKES LOOK AT DETROIT AS LEADER IN SOLVING SOCIAL ILLS WITH INNOVATION
Crain’s Detroit, 13 April 2016

The energy we saw with social innovators was really very moving.

CHICAGO DESIGN SCHOOL INCORPORATES DETROIT SOCIAL INNOVATORS INTO CURRICULUM
Crain’s Detroit, 23 May 2016

A film about the making of László Moholy-Nagy's Bauhaus-derived school makes a fitting debut in Chicago.

THE NEW BAUHAUS MAKES A SPECIAL PREMIERE AT ITS NAMESAKE SCHOOL
Architectural Digest, 30 September 2019