Wandawega Blog Archive

Unison home in the house!

recently, the local design powerhouse, known as Unison Home- shot a catalog in our house. Many of our artist friends design for them- and we love that they support the Chicago design community by commissioning locally. A fun post of ‘behind the scenes’. thanks for paying us a visit, guys! come back anytime 🙂    

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Six degrees from this month’s issue of the NEW YORKER

5 REASONS WE ARE CRUSHING ON JEANNE GANG: she’s a midwesterner, too. she created the place we call home. she brings her crew to camp every year to get dirty, creative and inspired. her mom was a girlscout troop leader (who knew?) shes got an epic feature in this month’s New Yorker (and speaks to her humble roots, & how she is inspired by camping)   congrats, Jeanne & Studio Gang Architects! can’t wait to have you back up this summer 🙂  

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TRNK NY in the house.

we love these guys. two talented and adorable style mavericks, criss-crossing the country- stopping along the way to take pictures and spread the gospel of good design. thanks for swinging by, guys!! THE CITY MOUSE STORY: THE COUNTRY MOUSE STORY. AN EXCERPT FROM THEIR STORY: “They relinquished full control of the home’s design, and devised crafty ways to stretch their budget… Did you notice there are no doors at all upstairs?”   their teaser:    

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A Day in the Life of Charlie. (Or, what it’s like to have a camera follow you all day.)

Our  dear friend Jane is a New York-based lifestyle + people photographer. For her next book, she is shooting a series of little humans, documentary style. Jane: “I‘m booking a flight to Chicago, lets go put angel wings on Charlie and chase her down Michigan Avenue!” Me: “That sounds ridiculous. How fast can you get here?” Soon after, she rolls up at day break schlepping her bag of tricks & her body weight in camera gear. She crept into Charlie’s room to capture our favorite moment of the day – when charlie first opens her eyes for the day. The second Charlie met Jane,…

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