Opening Reception: "Everlasting Plastics"

Xavi L. Aguirre

Xavi Laida Aguirre (b. 1984; based in Cambridge, MA; he/him) is an architectural designer, founder, and director of the architectural design practice stock-a-studio and Assistant Professor of Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He develops material tactics and assembles architectures that reconsider our relationship to material circulation and aesthetics... Go to Artist Page

Simon Anton

Simon Anton (b. 1988, based Detroit, MI; he/him) is a multi-disciplinary artist, designer, and educator that collaborates across the fields of architecture, interior design, furniture, art, and jewelry. He is the co-founder of Thing Thing, a design collective that experiments in the transformation of post-consumer, hand-recycled polyethylene plastic sourced from... Go to Artist Page

Ang Li

Ang Li (b. 1986, based in Boston, MA; she/her) is an architect and Assistant Professor at Northeastern University. She is the founder of Ang Li Projects, an interdisciplinary design practice that works at the intersection of architecture, experimental preservation, and circular design practices to examine the maintenance rituals and material... Go to Artist Page

Norman Teague

Norman Teague (b. 1968, based in Chicago, IL; he/him) is a designer and Assistant Professor of Industrial Design at the University of Illinois Chicago. His work focuses on the systematic complexity of urbanism and the culture of communities. Teague works with common, locally sourced building materials and collaborates with local... Go to Artist Page

Lauren Yeager

Lauren Yeager (Cleveland, OH) re-imagines commonplace objects as sculptural components. Using salvaged materials, she references classical and modernist forms through sculptures that recover and elevate the value of these reclaimed objects. Yeager received her BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2009. Since then, her work has been highlighted... Go to Artist Page