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Spectacular Vernacular is the first major solo exhibition of work by the design studio Parsons & Charlesworth, formally founded by British husband and wife Tim Parsons and Jessica Charlesworth in 2014 after years of informal collaboration. Showing three distinct aspects of their creative practice – observation, experimentation, and speculation – across the three galleries of the Chicago Rooms, the exhibition reveals how Parsons & Charlesworth mix their craft and industrial design backgrounds with influences from fiction, science and the arts. 

Two SAIC alums designed an iPad game that teaches children how to code—and landed jobs at a California app company for their efforts.

Time magazine recently featured the work of SAIC alum Tom Lea (SAIC 1924–26) in a piece titled “A Painter’s View of World War II.”