For days when ‘the world is too much with us’, there’s Lush. This adaptation of a line from a William Wordsworth poem (titled “The World Is Too Much With Us”) provides the inspiration behind eight bespoke artworks that are popping up in The windows of Lush Cosmetics stores across North America from December 1 until mid January.

The Lush Chicago storefront (746 Michigan Ave) will be one of the eight locations included in this partnership, and will be home to a one-of-a-kind painting from a Chicago native. Local Artist: Katie Chung katiechung.com.

Katie Chung is a Korean-American visual artist from Chicago working in drawing, print, and sculpture. She blends her heritage and personal identity to build a legacy that reveals her relationship to immigration and labor. She received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2014, became resident printmaking artist at Lillstreet Art Center from 2015—2016. In 2017 she became a member of Candor Arts, a Chicago-based resource for the design and production of artist books. In 2018 she participated in the Center Program at Hyde Park Art Center. She is a 2020 recipient of the IAP D-CASE Cultural Grant from the City of Chicago, 2019-20202 Chicago Artist Coalition HATCH Resident Artist and a 2020 Facebook Inc Artist in Residence.

• This winter, Lush has collaborated with Amplifier, a nonprofit design lab that builds art and media experiments to amplify the most important movements of our times.
• The collaboration came together through shared ambitions to promote wellbeing and affect real social impact: whether that be through Amplifier’s mission to distribute free art to millions of students across the US, or Lush’s long history of advocacy and activism work.
• Alongside decades of ethical campaigning, Lush logged off social media last year as a result of mounting evidence of its unsafe and toxic effects on mental health, especially among the youth generation that we see in our shops.