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    More is More
    Nancy Rosen

    Friday, October 8, 2010
    6-12pm

    More Is More, in the Family Room, represents a diverse and expansive taste of Nancy Rosen’s endless collection—a wide variety of little things. Join us for art, beer, coffee snacks and so much more.

    Learn More

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    Sameness
    Book Release Party

    Friday, August 20, 2010
    6-9pm

    at Golden Age

    Join us for drinks and pick of a copy of Sameness!

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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, 2010

    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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    Nils Völker

    Berlin, Germany


    I'm really enjoying the work of Nils Völker.
    Found on Co. Design

    Posted on Aug 26, '10 by Scott Thomas | Share this Post | Permalink | 0 comments

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    Public Works Speaker Night #1

    Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago

    Public Works Speaker Night #1 will feature Scott Thomas (Post Family / Obama), Stephen Gossett (Flavorpill Chicago) and DJ Pete Dougherty (Hey Champ) at the Andrew Rafacz Gallery.

    The Public Works speaker series seeks to create a real, live knowledge base for making a life in the independent arts. We're bringing in internationally recognized artists and creative entrepreneurs to speak to what we know to be true: "Art makes work; work makes art."

    The speakers will discuss the creation and continued success of their endeavor, introduce their work, and share stories relating to the work and their processes. Each speaker presents for 45 minutes followed by a question and answer period. The night is meant to educate and inspire, and to answer the basic questions "What do you do?", "How do you manage to do this?", and "What does this bring to the community at large?"

    Friday August 13 at the Andrew Rafacz Gallery
    835 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, IL 60607
    7-10pm

    Read More

    Posted on Aug 13, '10 by Scott Thomas | Share this Post | Permalink | 0 comments

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    Ross Racine

    Prairieside Forks on 20X200

    Ross Racine draws these amazing aerial-looking-photos without any photographs or scanned materials which is pretty perplexing. Would love to see "photos" of his process.

    Some of his work is being featured on the Art for Everyone site, 20x200

    Posted on Jul 27, '10 by Scott Thomas | Share this Post | Permalink | 0 comments

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    Music Monday

    J Tillman - Singing Ax

    J. Tillman's new album Singing Ax, which was recorded in just a 3-day span somewhere in Chicago, is speaking directly to my soul.

    He'll be performing at the Empty Bottle in Chicago on August 5th.

    Check out Three Sisters (mp3) that Western Vinyl is distributing as the album preview.

    Posted on Jul 26, '10 by Scott Thomas | Share this Post | Permalink | 0 comments

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    Misspelled - Victor Reyes

    Open til August 14 in SF

    A new friend recommended I check out Victor Reyes solo show at the Robert Berman Gallery. So after a night of printing at the Levi's Workshop I rode my bike over only to be surprised by Reyes hanging out. So after a nice personal tour of his work he snapped this photo.

    Check out it out by picking up his beautiful monograph of the show.

    Posted on Jul 26, '10 by Scott Thomas | Share this Post | Permalink | 0 comments

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    Scanning Plural

    Plural made the entire room into a scanner for the We are Family show. They shared the entire set of scans on their flickr page. Check it out

    Posted on May 24, '10 by Scott Thomas | Share this Post | Permalink | 0 comments

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    RicharDaily

    Richard "Bud" Rodecker goes daily

    RicharDaily the "playground" of, The Post Family's friend, Bud Rodecker shares his life and the things which inspire him. The project forces him to have a daily deadline to create.

    Pretty cool project. Pretty cool experiments. All of his explorations are for sale at richardaily.com. Get it before the day is over!

    Posted on Mar 29, '10 by Scott Thomas | Share this Post | Permalink | 0 comments

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    Philippe Rahm

    Archinect features...

    "For me, architecture is not only a practice, it is not only building buildings, doing projects, it is also inventing a world, opening new fields, discovering new spatial qualities, writing a theory."

    Check out the interview

    Posted on Mar 15, '10 by Scott Thomas | Share this Post | Permalink | 1 comment

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    Hi Speed.

    WIRED's coverage on the nations high speed trains

    A wonderful article done the WIRED way on America's new high speed rail.

    Props to Paul Rogers for the amazing illustrations.

    Posted on Jan 27, '10 by Scott Thomas | Share this Post | Permalink | 0 comments

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    Hello iPad

    Apple Launches iPad $499

    Apple releases the iPad. I'm disappointed there is not a B&W Kindle-like experience for reading. I think this book reader is going to make us all blind. The interface is clunky for apps going from small to big.

    I'm curious what people are thinking about the release. Add your thoughts to the comments.

    Posted on Jan 27, '10 by Scott Thomas | Share this Post | Permalink | 12 comments