DRA explores how art, architecture, and design manifests itself in everyday life, from academia to popular culture. Director/ Matthew Keeshin is a design consultant and writer based in Chicago. He received his BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) with a concentration in design practices and criticism. Inspired to reach out to a wider audience and make design more accessible, he created DRA to connect design and popular culture. He can be contacted at mwkeesh@gmail.com or on Twitter: @MTHWKSHN. Editor/ Jordan Mainzer is an arts and culture freelance writer and a recent graduate of Brown University. His newfound enthusiasm for design has led him to investigate the social responsibility of architecture and independently write about design in relation to art and culture. He can be contacted at jordan.mainzer@gmail.com or on Twitter: @jmainzer. Submissions/ We are always looking for contributing writers and designers. If you’re interested in sharing your projects or ideas, please submit any inquiries to contactdragallery@gmail.com. Submission Guidelines All work must be original. The preferred format for images is JPEG. Please include all proper citation info for text and images.Tumblr (3.0; @dragallery)http://dragallery.tumblr.com/ Hello! We haven&#8217;t posted in a while, but both Matthew and I, Jordan, are working full time...http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/50867714429http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/50867714429Sun, 19 May 2013 20:47:00 -0400 After opening in 2000, Wright has established itself as a leading force in selling modern and...http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/48694129330http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/48694129330Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:28:15 -0400 Since 1994, Manhattan gallery Mondo Cane has provided New York City with an eclectic collection of...http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/48456308390http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/48456308390Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:38:00 -0400 Jeremiah Chiu and Renata Graw met in 2006 within two weeks of starting the graphic design program...http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/47079071591http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/47079071591Wed, 03 Apr 2013 23:07:00 -0400 A guitarist for Chicago indie legends The Sea and Cake and Coctails (and a great singer/songwriter...http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/47071792258http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/47071792258Wed, 03 Apr 2013 21:43:13 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e7055bda47513096ab57f148cd0e4ccb/tumblr_mknu5t9NqM1qai41go1_500.jpg"/><br/> Skyline and Thesis<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6b46dc9499be63376fc7c7f77833e038/tumblr_mknu5t9NqM1qai41go2_500.jpg"/><br/> D + J and Chatype<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c3079eb8c7be4ea9d7bea813ce099378/tumblr_mknu5t9NqM1qai41go3_500.jpg"/><br/> A Material Company<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/23efce401803e69012141c75b417882a/tumblr_mknu5t9NqM1qai41go4_500.jpg"/><br/> A Material Company (cont.)<br/><br/> <p>Team DRA is featured in April’s <a href="http://www.wearedesignbureau.com/">Design Bureau Magazine</a>! Jordan has an article about <a href="http://www.designbythesis.com/">Thesis, Inc</a>’s rebranding of <a href="http://www.skydesign.com/">Skyline Design</a> and an article on <a href="http://chatype.com/">Chatype</a>, designed by <a href="http://dplusj.com/">D + J consulting</a> (you may recall our <a href="http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/35757464674/brand-therapy-an-interview-with-d-j-consulting-by">past</a> <a href="http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/34069537154/design-is-not-just-making-your-iphone-look-like-an-ice">coverage</a> of D + J and Chatype). Matthew has an interview with Robin Reigi and Jennifer Daly of A Material Company. Enjoy, guys!</p>http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/46996186068http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/46996186068Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:39:00 -0400 DRA contributor Sarah Rovang interviewed renowned architect Michael Graves the afternoon before his...http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/46899050523http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/46899050523Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:25:35 -0400 After you graduate from art school and move on to other professions, how do you keep making art?...http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/46168459308http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/46168459308Sun, 24 Mar 2013 12:24:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e1a6074b9186912774d050755f010cda/tumblr_mjzosfyqw81qai41go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/45886211811http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/45886211811Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:41:03 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/0e8625d4b082456837c9cb8e1551389a/tumblr_mjzoqlqJTx1qai41go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>I’m happy to share my story on designer <a href="http://www.dph-studios.com/">David Horowitz</a> from this month’s issue of Design Bureau.<br/><br/></span></p> <p><span>Click on the screenshot below to read the story.<br/><br/></span></p> <p><em><span>Enjoy! Matthew</span></em></p>http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/45886126556http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/45886126556Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:39:57 -0400 On Wednesday, March 13th, DRA attended the Chicago Tribune event Chicago Forward: The Future of the...http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/45435245673http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/45435245673Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:29:11 -0400 Initially a design-build landscape firm founded in 2003 by Matt Olson and Mike Brady,...http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/45423036348http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/45423036348Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:52:00 -0400 Everyone has his or her own opinion about the Italian design movement known as the Memphis Group....http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/45250593813http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/45250593813Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:17:30 -0400If there’s a combination we enjoy as much as design and music, it’s architecture and food. We...http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/45169205730http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/45169205730Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:28:47 -0400 Danish music video director Martin de Thurah has made videos for the likes of James Blake,...http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/45034432153http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/45034432153Sun, 10 Mar 2013 13:04:24 -0400 In what is still a whirlwind experience, DRA sat down for an interview with none other than famed...http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/44719500876http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/44719500876Wed, 06 Mar 2013 13:55:00 -0500 Chicago-based restoration architect Gunny Harboe has worked on buildings by prolific architects...http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/43998265279http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/43998265279Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:31:41 -0500 Continuing our series of interviews with music video directors is the Australian director Kris...http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/43206117932http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/43206117932Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:24:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8f18dc6aa7ef7c20410888dae7803ce0/tumblr_mi7rwgLcIi1qai41go1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/43076584081http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/43076584081Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:21:52 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e73035cad2607c3e0541e4e5e9108c68/tumblr_mi54czmLEz1qai41go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>this is not a cow</em></p>http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/42977842339http://dragallery.tumblr.com/post/42977842339Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:58:11 -0500