Chicago Bean & Chicago (intersection of tags)
12 Chicago Bean posts • 930 Chicago posts • 11 in common
- A fun pair: a reflective tanker truck by the shiny Chicago BeanWhat’s shinier than the 110-ton Chicago Bean? Why a Hot Wheels Heavy Tanker Truck! With its reflective chrome tank, this Hot Wheels is quite the photogenic truck. Sheer power with eight exhaust pipes rising up behind the stout cab. Oversized…
- What features should Chicago Bean version 2.0 have?I was just sitting on a bench in part of Millennium Park that is normally occupied by a giant family tent. Over the winter, the tent is removed, leaving a huge empty plaza. The tiles on this plaza match the…
- Sylvester Stick loves the Chicago Bean and the Louisville Slugger logoAmidst the hectic tourists of Chicago’s Millennium Park lies a number of peaceful sections. A line of eight Sycamore trees is reminiscent of the Gardens of Versailles in France. This gallery of tress is one of my favorite quiet areas…
- Gamorrean Guard looks like the Chicago BeanThe roundness of this Gamorrean Guard illustration reminds me of the Chicago Bean. EVERYTHING reminds me of the Chicago Bean these days. Glenn Savage has done other sketch cards for Star Wars. The Gamorrean Guard is my favorite. This is…
- Merging a John Singer Sargent painting with the Chicago BeanThe John Singer Sargent exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago is closing this weekend. Thankfully my brother informed me of that this morning. Now that I work within walking distance of the Art Institute, I wanted to take full…
- Reflections on the Chicago BeanOne of the world’s most iconic public artworks is right across the street from my new workplace. That famous artwork? The 110-ton reflective bean in Chicago. Installed in 2006, this mirrored sculpture hit the ground just in time for our…
- The Spudart logo looks like the Chicago beanMy Spudart logo bears a somewhat resemblance to the Chicago Bean, aka Cloudgate. I find pleasure in this because when I designed the Spudart logo in 1998, I wanted my logo to function like a potato where it has many…
- Color the Chicago Bean for Trader JoesTrader Joes Coloring Contest! Color the Chicago bean and get your drawing on display in the downtown Chicago’s Trader Joes grocery store. At the front door of the store they have sheets of paper with an illustration of the Chicago…
- Photo Diary of the Chicago Bean pretty cool. our little bean being born.Photo Diary of the Chicago Bean
- how to take photos of the chicago bean From Metroblogging Chicago: The deal with the Bean is that you can take a crappy camera and sort of wave it in the general direction of the Bean with your eyes closed and you take, every time, a freakin’ awesome…
- photograph mini cloudgate bean around ChicagoSeeing that people are not allowed to photograph Chicago’s newest most provocative sculpture of a 110-ton reflective bean, I’m going to get my hands on a mini reflective bean and photograph that all around the city of Chicago. Problem is…
