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Open call

08.14

Submissions open

Last call

10.10

Final day to submit

Opening night

10.27

5:30 PM at the Field Building

Closes

11.09

Last day on view

01About

An exhibition of
lost ideas.

Pick the length that fits.

Short

~40 words

Design Graveyard is an exhibition of abandoned and unfinished design work, presented by SEGD Chicago. Submissions are open to all designers, with no entry fee. Opening night is October 27 at the Field Building in Chicago.

Medium

~75 words

Design Graveyard is an exhibition of abandoned and unfinished design work, pulled from designers' archives and shown as finished pieces. Sketches, studies, prototypes, material tests. Work that got cut, shelved, or never finished. Submissions are open to all designers through October 10, with no entry fee. Presented by SEGD Chicago. Opening night is Tuesday, October 27 at the Field Building, 135 S. LaSalle Street. On view through November 9.

Long

~160 words

Design Graveyard is an exhibition of abandoned and unfinished design work, pulled from designers' archives and shown as finished pieces. Much of our work never makes it into the world. It gets set aside because of project constraints, shifting priorities, budgets, or a client who chose another direction. Sometimes it was just an afternoon spent exploring a new material. These are not failures. They are relics of the process, dense with experimentation and unrealized potential. Submissions are open to all designers, in any discipline, through October 10. There's no entry fee, nothing new has to be made, and designers keep the rights to their work. Presented by SEGD Chicago and curated by Ryan Odom, AIA and Katie Osborne. Opening night is Tuesday, October 27 at the Field Building, 135 S. LaSalle Street, Chicago. On view through November 9, 10 AM to 5 PM.

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Open call

Now – 10.10

Design Graveyard is an open call for the work that never made it out. Submit one lost idea from your archive. A sketch, a study, a prototype, a pitch that didn't win. Nothing new needs to be made. Open to all designers, no entry fee. Submissions close October 10. Opening night is October 27 at the Field Building. designgraveyard.org Presented by SEGD Chicago. @design.graveyard

Last call

Week of 10.05

Last call for Design Graveyard. Submissions close October 10. Print work goes on the 17″ × 17″ template. If your piece is video, interactive, or 3D, email submissions@designgraveyard.org and we'll work it out. designgraveyard.org @design.graveyard

Opening

10.20 – 11.09

Design Graveyard opens October 27 at the Field Building. Abandoned and unfinished work, pulled out of designers' archives. Opening night: Tuesday, October 27, 5:30 PM On view: October 27 – November 9, 10 AM – 5 PM 135 S. LaSalle St., Chicago. Free. RSVP at designgraveyard.org Presented by SEGD Chicago. Sponsored by @amplify.branding and @elbe_interactive. Fabrication by @zundamerica. Materials by @reboard_kor. @design.graveyard

03Key facts

The details.

What

An exhibition of abandoned and unfinished design work.

Open to all designers. No entry fee.

Opening night

Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 5:30 PM

RSVP for opening night

On view

October 27 – November 9, 2026

10 AM – 5 PM. Free and open to the public.

Where

The Field Building

135 S. LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60603

Submissions

Open through October 10

One lost idea per person. Firms and studios can submit one per team member. No new work needed, and designers keep the rights to their work.

Submit a lost idea

Print

17″ × 17″, printed for you.

Sketches, studies, renderings, collages, diagrams, illustrations, photos of models. Place it on the InDesign template and submit. Printing is provided by Amplify.

Digital and 3D