Will Happen
2026 10
2026_10_24 Cemetery Type Community Event 2026_10_29 Trick or Trivia Community Event
Already Happened
2026 09
2026_09_25 VALUES :: A Poster Exhibition Closing Reception Exhibition 2026_09_11 VALUES :: A Poster Exhibition Exhibition
2026 08
2026_08_20 Whiskey and Tea Talk 2026_08_08 Intuit Art Museum — Social Hour & Tour Social Hour
2026 07
2026_07_23 July Social Hour Social Hour 2026_07_11 DMOC’s Flag Feast Community Event
2026 06
2026_06_18 June Social Hour Social Hour 2026_06_12 OOO June Cowork Event Coworking
2026 05
2026_05_18 Span Studio Tour Studio
2026 04
2026_04_29 On Point Talk 2026_04_24 Out of Office Coworking Coworking
2026 03
2026_03_20 Reviewed Critique
2026 02
2026_02_26 Confronting Danger Workshop 2026_02_13 Out of Office Coworking Coworking
2026 01
2026_01_27 Copyright Guidance for Designers: A practical guide in the age of AI Talk
2025 12
2025_12_20 Holiday Party Social Hour
2025 10
2025_10_31 November Social Hour Social Hour 2025_10_25 October Social Hour Social Hour 2025_10_21 A conversation with Erik Carter Talk 2025_10_17 Peek Into the Newberry Library Tour 2025_10_11 Screenprinting Workshop Workshop
2025 08
2025_08_28 Cold Style Talk
2025 07
2025_07_26 Camera Eye Social Hour 2025_07_21 July Social Hour Social Hour
2025 06
2025_06_28 Faculty 2 Release Party Release Party 2025_06_23 June Social Hour Social Hour
2025 05
2025_05_31 May Social Hour Social Hour 2025_05_28 Cold Style 02 Talk
2025 04
2025_04_22 Backstage:
Ushering a Chicago Landmark back into the Spotlight Talk 2025_04_19 April Social Hour Social Hour 2025_04_02 Cold Style Talk
2025 03
2025_03_20 Spudnik Social Hour & Tour Tour 2025_03_19 Thinking Through Graphic Design History Talk
2025 02
2025_02_25 5 Years of the CGDC Anniversary 2025_02_06 Cold Style 01 Talk
2025 01
2025_01_15 January Social Hour Social Hour 2025_01_11 Letters Beyond Form Tour Tour
2024 12
2024_12_17 December Social Hour Social Hour
2024 11
2024_11_21 An Evening with Jennifer Sterling Talk 2024_11_16 November Social Hour Social Hour
2024 10
2024_10_29 October Social Hour Social Hour 2024_10_17 Confronting Values Workshop
2024 09
2024_09_12 Design B&B • Trivia Night Social Hour 2024_09_07 Flag Fest Social Hour
2024 08
2024_08_22 Creating Francis
Magazine Talk 2024_08_14 Social Hour in West Loop Social Hour
2024 07
2024_07_27 Field Day at Navy Pier Social Hour 2024_07_10 Social Hour at The Riverwalk Social Hour
2024 06
2024_06_28 Printer’s Row • A Walking History Tour Tour 2024_06_15 REVIEWED: A Portfolio Critique Critique 2024_06_12 Social Hour at Lincoln Park Social Hour
2024 05
2024_05_14 Harold Washington Library Center • Design Tour Tour 2024_05_08 Social Hour at the Game Room Social Hour
2024 04
2024_04_11 A Wildly Incomplete Introduction to Mother Design Talk 2024_04_10 Social Hour at Dark Matter Social Hour 2024_04_03 Talking Type with Ellen Lupton Talk
2024 03
2024_03_07 In the Studio with Rick Tour 2024_03_02 Faculty Release Party Release Party
2024 02
2024_02_08 Feminist Designer Book Talk 2024_02_01 On the Personal & the Political of Design Talk
2024 01
2024_01_18 Design B&B • Interactive Studio Tour Tour 2024_01_06 The Chicago Graphic Design Club 
meets at the Art Institute Tour
2023 10
2023_10_07 Seeing Anew: A Downtown Chicago Walking Tour Tour
2023 09
2023_09_28 Studio Tour: Firebelly Tour
2023 07
2023_07_13 Confronting Artificial Intelligence Workshop
2023 06
2023_06_29 Let’s talk about Emigre Talk
2023 05
2023_05_27 the chicago graphic design club meets by the lake Social Hour 2023_05_24 Storytelling Through Design Methods Workshop 2023_05_04 Ways of Being Book Talk
2023 04
2023_04_13 CGDC X MNML Tour
2023 03
2023_03_09 Graphic Design Is (…) Not Innocent Talk
2023 02
2023_02_23 Talk with Michael Ellsworth of Civilization Talk
2023 01
2023_01_26 A conversation with Mitch Goldstein Talk 2023_01_17 The New ID Talk
2022 12
2022_12_01 Typespace • AR-First Variable Typeface Talk
2022 11
2022_11_03 Design Emergency: Building a Better Future Talk
2022 10
2022_10_06 Normal Studio Tour Book Talk
2022 09
2022_09_13 Tanner Woodford of the Design Museum of Chicago Talk 2022_09_01 Letterform Archive Virtual Private Tour Tour
2022 08
2022_08_11 How to Be a Graphic Designer without Losing Your Soul Book Talk
2022 07
2022_07_26 One Design Studio Tour Tour
2022 06
2022_06_09 Design After Capitalism Book Talk
2022 05
2022_05_12 Ways of Seeing Book Talk
2022 04
2022_04_23 Field Trip to Starshaped Press Tour 2022_04_21 Show Who You Are Talk
2022 03
2022_03_17 Fragile Self • Dissected/Interpreted Talk 2022_03_10 Baseline Shift • Book Discussion Book Talk 2022_03_03 NFTs WTF Talk
2022 02
2022_02_23 Digital Lab, Latitude, Studio Tour Tour 2022_02_17 Ancient Futures Reveal Party Release Party
2022 01
2022_01_27 The Discipline of Design and the Humanity of Designers Book Talk 2022_01_13 Span Studio Tour Tour
2021 12
2021_12_09 CAPS LOCK by Ruben Pater Book Talk
2021 09
2021_09_30 Reframing Design Through Anti-Racism Book Talk 2021_09_25 Printer’s Row Printing History Walk Tour 2021_09_23 Dope Your Life: Creating Ancient Futures Talk
2021 08
2021_08_19 Hot Design Manifesto Summer Book Talk
2021 06
2021_06_24 Never Enough Talk 2021_06_03 Evidence of Things Unseen Talk
2021 05
2021_05_20 Natural Born Creatives Talk
2021 04
2021_04_29 Designing Public Memory: Reimagining Monuments and Memorials Talk 2021_04_15 Big Shoulders: Fonts for Chicagoans Talk
2021 03
2021_03_10 …and the world isn’t flat anymore Talk
2021 02
2021_02_24 Design as an Attitude By Alice Rawsthrorn Talk 2021_02_23 The Design of the City of Chicago Talk
2021 01
2021_01_26 Seven Things Every Designer Needs to Know About Writing Workshop
2020 12
2020_12_03 The Search for Mies Typography Talk
2020 11
2020_11_18 Experimenting in Graphic Design Talk
2020 09
2020_09_30 Are We Human? by Beatriz Colomina & Mark Wigley Book Talk
2020 08
2020_08_05 Designing Design by Kenya Hara Book Talk
2020 06
2020_06_24 The ABC’s of Triangle, Square, Circle: The Bauhaus & Design Theory Book Talk
2020 05
2020_05_06 Design as Art by Bruno Munari Book Talk