June 2026 Issue: Design 50 (Digital Edition) Newcity To cite a Seinfeld routine

To cite a Seinfeld routine

Blackbird was at the forefront of the Chicago restaurants that started people talking about our city as a culinary destination

the new artistic director of Hubbard Street Dance Company

but there is not a time—not a single time—that I don’t drive by the intersection of Western and Belmont and hear in my mind’s ear the park’s famous spokesperson-huckster

June 2026 Issue: Design 50 (Digital Edition) Newcity To cite a Seinfeld routineDesign 50 2026 The Architects and Fashion, Graphic and Furniture Designers Who Shape Chicago "Design in Chicago moves between disciplines, neighborhoods, communities and scalesshaping everything from the spaces we inhabit and the objects we live with to the systems, stories and experiences that connect us to one another. The people on this list are not simply making things. They are building platforms, preserving histories, challenging conventions,