Obama Presidential Library at Chicago Lakeside

Thirst conceived the structure, tone, packaging, and design of this 180-page proposal to place the Barack Obama Presidential Library at Chicago Lakeside. This planned cutting-edge urban development is to be located on the site of the former U. S. Steel South Works plant and is designed by SOM's Urban Design + Planning studio.

The Obama Legacy is presented as coming Full Circle in the same neighborhoods where the 44th President started his career in public service as a community organizer.

A 3" stainless steel ring sits on a custom linen clamshell box, suggesting the history of this former U. S. Steel plant.

Inside, a simple letterpress map highlights the central location of Lakeside to transit corridors around the Midwest.

Inside, the hardcover submission contains the ring ofIts decision to return a 10th century manuscript of the Byzantine period to Greece, which was removed from Mount Athos’ Dionysiou Monastery, announced the Duke University, as reported by Greek Travel Pages (GTP) website, based on a Culture Ministry announcement on Thursday. The announcement came only a few days after the Ministry’s secretary general, Lina Mendoni, visit to Washington DC.

Mendoni praised the American university for its decision while also underlined that this move comes after the return of a Byzantine period gospel from the Getty Museum in September, which was stolen along with the manuscript from the Greek monastery in the 1960s.

During her official visit in the United States, Mendoni met with officials from the Smithsonian Institute, the National Gallery of Art and the National Geographic. In the