▁in ▁industrial ▁designer ▁and ▁adj unct ▁lect urer ▁John ▁Hart man ’ s ▁industrial ▁design ▁projects ▁class ▁at ▁the ▁Seg al ▁Design ▁Institute , ▁based ▁at ▁the ▁McC orm ick ▁School ▁of ▁Engineering ▁and ▁App lied ▁Science . ▁ ▁Museum ▁Col lections ▁The ▁Block ▁Museum ▁houses ▁a ▁growing ▁permanent ▁collection ▁of ▁over ▁ 6 , 0 0 0 ▁art works . ▁The ▁collection ▁is ▁strong ▁in ▁prints , ▁draw ings , ▁and ▁photograph s ▁by ▁American ▁and ▁European ▁modern ▁and ▁contemporary ▁artists . ▁Special ized ▁collections ▁include ▁American ▁computer - generated ▁art works , ▁Chicago - based ▁print m akers ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁and ▁‘ 4 0 s , ▁document ary ▁phot ography ▁of ▁the ▁Mid west , ▁and ▁South ▁African ▁prints ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 0 s . ▁Since ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁The ▁Block ▁has ▁increased ▁the ▁divers ity ▁of ▁media ▁and ▁the ▁international ▁array ▁of ▁artists ▁represented ▁in ▁its ▁collection . ▁Rec ent ▁g ifts ▁and ▁purch ases ▁have ▁included ▁videos , ▁sculpt ure , ▁draw ings , ▁photograph s ▁and ▁install ations ▁by ▁intern ation ally ▁known ▁contemporary ▁artists ▁such ▁as ▁Paul ▁Chan , ▁O mar ▁Victor ▁Di op , ▁Felix ▁Gonz ale z ▁Tor res ▁and ▁Car rie ▁Ma e ▁We ems . ▁An ▁active ▁teaching ▁collection , ▁the ▁Block ▁Museum ’ s ▁works ▁are ▁used ▁in ▁exhib itions , ▁in ▁wide - r anging ▁curr ic ula ▁across ▁the ▁university , ▁by ▁students ▁and ▁fac ulty ▁across