Itty Bitty Competitty

For those of you unfamiliar with our Itty Bitty Competitty’s; this is a weekly competition that is meant to take little time for the cleaver thinkers. We provide a simple theme and ask for entries, we then post all entries on this site and allow students to vote, then choose a winner. Easy as pie and you if you win you get a $20 Gift Card!! Who doesn’t like some easy money.

For our first Competitty of the school year we will be accepting submissions until Monday August 29th. To submit, send to aias@iit.edu and file must be 8.5×11 PDF format. Voting will then be open from Tuesday August 30th until midnight Thursday September 1st, with the winner announced on Friday at our Board Meeting. The same schedule will be implemented for every competitty that follows!

So check out the poster below and SUBMIT!!!

iitAIAS Honorable Mention in Chapter Honor Awards

We are pleased to announce that iitAIAS has received an Honorable Mention in this years Chapter Honor Awards! We were recognized for our tremendous strides in reviving  and growth of the chapter, graphic presentation, engagement of faculty, and for our positive impact on the culture of the College of Architecture. This will be formally announced in Washington D.C. at the Grassroots Leadership Conference (end of July) as well as conferred in Phoenix at FORUM (December).

We would like to thank our board and most importantly our members!

MESS WITH MIES: think outside the box

Our first second and Third place winners for the mess with Mies competition arrrreeeee

( drum roll please )

Michael Gillhouse with his ” Mies Dispenser “ 

Andrew Baley with ” Foldable Crown ”    

Lulu  Al-Awadhi with ” Nurture vs. Torture  ”

Thanks to all our competitors and participants and we again would like to thank our amazing sponsors who really made this a wonderful event :

Mies Society

312 Brewery

MEtropolitan Brewery

Blick art supplies

and one anonymous  donor !

I hope you all enjoyed the show

Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibition

iitAIAS will be taking a trip to the Milwaukee Art Museum to visit the Frank Lloyd Wright Exhibition currently on display. This is a great opportunity to visit a building in which is famously designed by Santiago Calatrava and will house the works of Wright. Dean Sennott will be in attendance with his class on Wright, offering an academic insight. This will be a lengthy day but will allow attendees to stay at the museum for as long as they wish or venture out into the surrounding grounds (exp. Eerro Saairnen’s War Memorial). Bus Departs Chicago at 9:00 am and will arrive back in Chicago no later than 8:00 pm. Tickets can be bought at the contact listed on the below poster or at said times during the week of the 21st, which will be announced at a later date.

Mess with Mies competition coming soon!!

Use your spring break to create a master piece!

here are a few links for inspiration

on the facebook page you can find sketches portraits, Architecture, and you can friend Mies Van der Rohe!

flicker

LIFE

Most importantly, take a look at the PDF for a more detailed description of the submission requirements

GET YOUR TICKETS! Chicago Beaux Arts Ball 2011

On sale this week; tickets to the Chicago Beaux Arts Ball. Available at the IPRO 333 Bake Sale March 2nd from 12:00pm – 2:00pm and the iitAIAS bake sale Friday March 4th. Don’t miss the event Chicago has been waiting for!

 

 

Chicago Beaux Art’s Call For Work

Frank Lloyd Wright tour

Cork and Kerry’s @ the Park

Above: The Latino Burger; Below: The Irish Burger

Cork & Kerry’s has awesome burgers and decent drink specials. Located on 33rd & Princeton, they are just across the bridge over the Dan Ryan.

Hot Dog Stand Toronto

AIAS national conference was in Toronto, Ontario this year and our frequented restaurants while in the city were the hot dog stands. 2 vendors were located on Front Street across from our hotel (The Fairmont Royal York) where the above picture was taken of Louis about to enjoy and a couple blocks down by the entrance to the CN tower. A third was near Dundas Square where the below picture was taken, the pigeons were very aggressive and Andres seemed a little surprised as one tried to snatch a hot dog. A certain technique is used among vendors where they cook the dog the traditional way, then slice it to shreds and place it in a bun. Next step is to load it up with condiments located on the sides of the cart, the slits allow for the flavors to mingle and mix making for an AMAZING hot dog! Highly suggested stop whilst in Toronto.

French Market Chicago

Located off the Clinton stop on the Green line this trendy market mimics the fresh produce markets of Europe. Fine wines, RAW features Raw food, organic tacos, fresh meat, and much more. The French Market is great for a quick lunch break or AIAS meeting locale.

Gio’s

Gios is a great place to eat Arancini!!