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Surveillance

Issue 22
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Talking to Myself

Visual essay by Rick Valicenti, founder and design director of Thirst/Chicago
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Repetition

Issue 21
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Makin’ It

Script by Julia and John McMorrough
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Posconflicto Laboratory: More and More about Less and Less and Less and Less about More and More

Essay by Roberto Soundy and project by URBANÍSTICA—Empresa Metropolitana de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de la Ciudad de Guatemala and Asociación Centroamericana Taller de Arquitectura (a—c—t—a)
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10 Rorschach Images

Project by Ana Miljacki, Lee Moreau, and Sarah Hirschman
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Original Copies: Inside China’s Imitation Binge

Text and photographs by Bianca Bosker
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Surveillance by Designers

We asked a few great Chicago designers to give us their view of surveillance

Events

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Bilbao issue launch in Bilbao

MAS Context Spring Talks 2017
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Tracing Rick Valicenti

MAS Context Fall Talks 2024
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Common Chicago

Exhibition

Observations

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Helmut Jahn (1940-2021)

Remembering architect Helmut Jahn and his work
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In Context: Javier Arbona

Javier Arbona recontextualizes the MAS Context archives

News

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Thirst, New Art Director of MAS Context

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Engaging the Chicago Design Community

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New MAS Context website designed by Span

Shop

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Repetition

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