Future
2026 06
2026 06 12 OOO June Cowork Event Coworking 2026 06 18 June Social Hour Social Hour
Already Happened
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