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Ashley Marsh

A Cannon Designer taking on the world’s greatest challenges. A leader locally and nationally in public interest design. Instigator and co-founder of Open Hand Studio. Interested in grounding her work in a rich understanding of how it shapes the world around us: spatially, ecologically and socially. Her creative efforts focus on delivering sustainable urban change through socially just design. She lists among her motivators/instigators Jacek Utko, Jonathan Harris and Paula Scher. Ashley completed her Masters of Architecture with an emphasis on interdisciplinary urban issues at Washington University in St. Louis. You can find her most often working as an architect in Chicago.

Posts by Ashley Marsh

Chicago Studio: Uptown Entertainment District

CHICAGO STUDIO reception featuring visionary concepts for the advancement of the Uptown Entertainment District. All civic leaders, industry leaders and supporting organizations are encouraged to participate in the discussion of the future of Uptown. COME SEE THE EVOLVING VISIONARY CONCEPTS 
FOR THE UPTOWN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT CHICAGO STUDIO reception Monday November 12th 2012, 5:30-7:30pm Chicago Architecture [...]

Ashley Marsh - 08 Nov 2012

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An Inaugural Pro Bono Leadership Summit

This fall, Cannon Design’s Open Hand Studio was invited to join the first-ever Pro Bono Leaders Summit, which convened the vanguard of architecture and design firms creating industry change at the Sundance Resort in Utah. Our objective was to leave with a robust set of tasks to move the conversation surrounding socially impactful practice beyond its status quo.  Open [...]

Ashley Marsh - 03 Oct 2012

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Open Hand Studio to Host Event Launching Taproot Foundation’s New Pro Bono Book

One week from today on Sept 13, Open Hand Studio is excited to be inviting the world to our new Chicago office. We are hosting one of our new office’s first partner events: the national debut for the Taproot Foundation’s latest book, Powered by Pro Bono. The event will include a cocktail reception and a [...]

Ashley Marsh - 07 Sep 2012

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Chicago’s 2012 Bike Commuter Challenge

Might be old news, but the results the Active Transportation Alliance’s 2012 Chicago Bike Commuter Challenge are out and the winners include some colleagues and clients. But… where’s Cannon Design? Hoping we can drum up support for the Chicago office to support a winning entry next year!

Ashley Marsh - 20 Jul 2012

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2012 Open Hand Studio FORUM

A year has passed since a group of Cannon Design colleagues gathered for the first Open Hand Studio Forum in Chicago. At the time, Open Hand Studio leaders from across Cannon Design shared an interest in engaging with worthy organizations in our local communities. Since that meeting, we’ve become better organized, more clear in our goals and more able [...]

Ashley Marsh - 16 May 2012

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Syvertsen Participates in Significant “A Billion + Change” Panel

Cannon Design Senior Principal John Syvertsen took part in a panel for the A Billion + Change initiative in Chicago on March 7. This growing national campaign seeks to mobilize billions of dollars in pro bono and skills-based volunteer services from corporate America by 2013. Recently, the campaign made a stop in Chicago, where John [...]

Ashley Marsh - 14 Mar 2012

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School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) Campus Master Plan Forum

Cannon Design will be assisting the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) with a community event focused on its campus master plan tomorrow from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. CST. Students, faculty, staff and alumni have been invited to participate in this forum where the school will engage with peer artists and mentors [...]

Ashley Marsh - 15 Feb 2012

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Currently geeked about: Myriahedral Projections

“Mapping the Earth is a classic problem. There’s no right way to do this perfectly in a way that depicts the shape and size of the surface in a proper way.”

Ashley Marsh - 24 Jan 2012

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Covers by Luis Urculo

Some Chicago love from Luis Urculo in his latest work, Covers.  Can you guess the other works? The video is pretty impressive too. “Covers is an investigation about architecture as a consumption object or souvenir and its relation with the domestic non-specialized language of everyday things. The work is a reconstruction and review of iconic [...]

Ashley Marsh - 06 Jan 2012

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The Next 1%

As architecture and design firms across the country commit to Public Architecture’s 1% program and engage in institutionalizing pro bono service, many ask how they can sustainably work with the nonprofit sector to impact our most vulnerable communities. Representing The 1% as a Design Advocate firm, Cannon Design will lead a forum highlighting emerging models [...]

Ashley Marsh - 07 Nov 2011

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