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    Cantankerous Hellfighter

    Thursday July 15th from 7pm-11pm
    at The Family Room
    1821 W Hubbard St. # 202

    Join us pre-Pitchfork/Flatstock to celebrate the work of two of the longest names in poster art, Delicious Design League and Aesthetic Apparatus, as they join forces to create Cantankerous Hellfighter – a collection of collaborative prints, paper toys, apparel and test prints. Only one rule applies: NO GIG POSTERS!

    Both design studios share similar histories and paths to glory. For example, both shops were started by two heterosexual life mates living together and running a shop out of their basements; both utilize original and found content in their design in unique and novel ways; both give better hugs than handshakes.

    Please come and enjoy Cantankerous Hellfighter, another show exploiting The Post Family’s continued fascination with the space between form and function.

    performance by Hot Club of St. Francis

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    THERE, NOW IT WILL LAST FOREVER
    Views of Nature and Conceptions of Preservation

    Gallery Hours
    Mon-Fri 12-6pm
    or by appointment
    thru July 9th

    The Family Room Gallery
    1821 W Hubbard St, #202
    Chicago, IL 60622

    Opening Reception
    Friday, June 25, 2010
    7:00pm–12:00am
    Free & open to the public

    Join us as we delve into human nature in relation to the natural environment; our inherent connection as animals dependent on the Earth for survival and the disconnection created by technology, self & society.

    More information…

    Show continues through July 9, 2010

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    We’re creating an online gallery of imagery and work related to the current crisis in the gulf.

    Send us your work—be it smart, witty and sophisticated or heavy-handed, blunt and angry—so we can pool it together. We’re not asking you to bash BP—most would say we’ve all played a hand in this mess. But tell the world what’s on your mind in the best way that artists and designers know how.

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    We Are Family
    Emerging talent in Chicago

    Friday, May 21, 2010
    7:00pm–11:30pm
    Free & open to the public

    The Family Room Gallery
    1821 W Hubbard St, #202
    Chicago, IL 60622

    Join us as we welcome nine voices from the far reaches of Chicago’s graphic design community to the Family Room Gallery for a look at surprising, evocative and oftentimes challenging work that consistently redefines the boundaries of the field.

    More information…

    This event is a part of Chicago Design Week 2010.

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    Join us for the closing of THE FOLLOWING OF ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER and The Post Family SPRING SALE. Stop by our studio on Sunday, May 2nd, 2010 to see a whole wall of moss. We will have screenprints, letterpressed cards, misprints, handmade books and supplies for sale.
    The Family Room will be open from 12 to 5pm for everyone to hang out.

    Sunday, May 2, 2010
    12pm-5pm

    The Family Room
    1821 W Hubbard, #202
    Chicago, IL 606022

    Contact Ina for more info.

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    Design Bureau

    + The Family Five

    The Post Family has a monthly feature, "The Family Five", in this sweet new design mag called Design Bureau. We are asking the raddest designers out there 5 thought-provoking questions. The first in the series is an interview with the super talents, Sonnenzimmer. Check it yo.

    Posted on Jul 29, '10 by Alex Fuller | Share this Post | Permalink | 0 comments

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    Thank You San Francisco!

    Love, The Post Family

    The Family has just returned from an amazing trip to San Fran. We are all exhausted and refreshed at the same time. We spent a week at the Levi's Workshop/Printshop letter pressing and screen printing posters and that explore the mission of Creative Commons with the help of Craig Newmark. We presented a fresh new identity to the brilliant Green For All organization. We had some insane croissants from Tartine Bakery that made me have to take a nap. Indulged in some insane coffee from Blue Bottle. Went zine crazy at Needles & Pens. And most importantly, made some super rad friends!

    We will be updating our flickr this week with some beautiful and possibly incriminating photographs so check back. Also, we will be loading up our shop with new prints from the workshop in the next few weeks.

    Posted on Jul 27, '10 by Alex Fuller | Share this Post | Permalink | 1 comment

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    Public Works

    2010

    Dan Funderburgh
    Mike Perry
    Sonnenzimmer
    Seripop

    at the
    Andrew Rafacz Gallery
    835 W. Washington, Chicago
    August 6th - September 3rd 2010
    Noon to 5pm Wed - Sat or by appointment

    opening
    Friday August 6th 2010
    6-9pm

    Both in their art and their attendant values these artists work tirelessly to sustain cultural entities. They blanket space with meaning and convert square footage into bold proclamations. The music world reaps the rewards of Sonnenzimmer's subtle, painterly gig posters while the apparel industry appropriate's Mike Perry's electric zine hallucinations into backpacks and Nike dunks. Both Dan Funderburgh and Seripop explore the limits of spatial adornment, Dan through the design of delicately intricate wallpaper that balances Moorish mosaic with American op art, and Seripop via enormous street poster collages, a medium they have evolved from their monstrous rock posters and describe as "the 'skin' of a city, growing and shedding organically."

    This is going to be awesome my friends: Public Works

    Posted on Jul 23, '10 by Alex Fuller | Share this Post | Permalink | 0 comments

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    Vinyl Ombré Vases

    By D-Bros

    "Stunningly simple, these flat pack vinyl vases fade orange to turquoise and blue to violet. Part of the Hope Forever Blossoming series, set includes one of each vase. Great for indoor or outdoor use."

    Super fresh. Get them at Unison!

    Posted on Jul 22, '10 by Alex Fuller | Share this Post | Permalink | 0 comments

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    Khuan + Ktron

    also known as Kobbyhuan & Kobbytron, KHUAN Cavemen Co., Kwan Tung Lo, The Long Johns Of Yore and/or Yonder, The Abominable Tribe of Long-Haired Goons, The Daruma Crew, and finally, since the advent of Mixail Mitmalka, The Kargasok Clan.

    'A shelter for wandering taoist monks, martial arts instructors, spare-time pathologists, daisypickers, vegan cooks, flute-playing shepherds, slightly aging anarcho-punks, ascetics and other zealots, off-season theme park enthusiasts and maggot-infested zombies, united by mutual intrests and passions.'

    These dudes are totally awesome!

    Posted on Jul 20, '10 by Alex Fuller | Share this Post | Permalink | 0 comments

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    Founders Grotesk

    I really love the grotesk. If you share my love, you should check out this article over at I Love Typography comparing Founders with it's close relatives.

    Posted on Jul 19, '10 by Alex Fuller | Share this Post | Permalink | 0 comments

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    9 Hours

    A capsule hotel

    The 9 Hours is a capsule hotel: a Japanese hotel concept with sleeping pods instead of rooms, and shared bathrooms.

    via Minimalissimo

    Posted on Jul 16, '10 by Alex Fuller | Share this Post | Permalink | 0 comments

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    Lifework #5

    Sam Rosen

    The ideal live/work space to me is centered around integration and not separation, the art of balance and not of juggling. These images represents the most important elements I value in my own space and tried to depict how they can work together.

    Lifework

    That concludes our week of ideal live/work concepts at Herman Miller's Blog. We would like to thank Lifework for including us in this project. It's been a ton of fun!

    Posted on Jul 16, '10 by Alex Fuller | Share this Post | Permalink | 0 comments

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    Some Type of Wonderful

    Siggi Eggertsson

    "The month following September and preceding November."

    Beautiful new work up on Siggi's site. I can't enough of this dude's work. Such an amazing balance of structure and expression not to mention color. Check it.

    Posted on Jul 15, '10 by Alex Fuller | Share this Post | Permalink | 0 comments

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    Lifework #4

    Rod Hunting

    “I’ve been a skateboard rider for almost 20 years. I still have the urge to ride once in a while, but the only problem for me is getting to a good place to skate. Having a ramp in my living room would make for some great stress relieving sessions I’m sure. And with lots of natural light, I don’t think I’d ever need to leave my house.”

    Lifework

    Posted on Jul 15, '10 by Alex Fuller | Share this Post | Permalink | 1 comment