Zoë Ryan, curator of architecture and design at the Art Institute of Chicago, has been selected to curate the second Istanbul Design Biennial, taking place from October 18 through December 14, 2014. Read AN’s report from the previous Istanbul Design Biennial here. Ryan has been working to expand the Art Institute’s architecture and design holdings and teaches at the School of the Art Institute and at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Previously, she worked at New York’s Van Alen Institute and the Museum of Modern Art. (Photo: Courtesy Art Institute of Chicago)