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8x8

In the spirit of artistic collaboration, The Coop and Gapers Block teamed up to produce 8x8, an experiment in writing and design. Eight Chicagoland designers were paired with eight local writers to create collaborative works, with text informing and influencing art and vice versa. The results of this experiment are presented in limited edition poster form, with writing and design back to back.

Writers & Artist include: Patrick Somerville, Claire Zulkey, Ramsin Canon, Kevin Guilfoile, William Shunn, Veronica Bond, Wendy McClure, Scott Smith, Jesse Hora, Andy Luce, Chad Kouri, Ina Weise, Letterform, Ryan Sievert, Paul Octavious, Kyle Fletcher

Friday, May 18, 2012, 6-10PM
The Coop- 230 W Superior St, 2F

Proceeds benefit Open Books

Typeforce 3

Be sure to drop by Typeforce tonight. Guaranteed radness.

At Co-Pros

3219 S Morgan St in Bridgeport

7-11pm

5 x 7 + Chicago

I'm excited to say the 5 x 7 + Chicago series is finished! Our first in many collaborative series to come.

For this first series we decided to stay close to home. We chose 3 studios/people representing various mediums in Chicago to develop unique concepts for our format (32 pages, 2 colors, 5x7 inches). We even reformatted to bring the last concept to life!

Our first book with Debbie Carlos was a wonderful extension of her unique process of wandering and shooting. We selected a small group of photos from her year-long journey to develop a spontaneous narrative for Note Well.

Our second book with duo, Sonnenzimmer, demonstrated the seamless, improvised, mark-making process between Nick and Nadine. The two went back and forth, mark for mark, in A Painting in 31 Marks.

Our Final book with Ina Weise was challenging and exciting. Our standard format did not work with her giant mountain drawings. So, we decided to have the 5x7 book fold out to 7x20 in From Here to Here.

All books are now available for purchase at 5x7books.com.

Thanks to Brian Guido for the amazing photos!

Post Family does CreativeMornings

We're thrilled to announce that on March 30th, 9AM at The Coop we're going to be chatting as a group for the Chicago chapter of CreativeMornings about what we do as a family. If you haven't been it's a monthly morning gathering for creative types. Each event includes a 20 minute lecture, followed by a 20 minute group discussion.

The gathering begins at 8:30am and we start chatting at 9:00am. It's free of charge and it sells out typically in a couple minutes. So check out the site and prepare to signup March 26th at 11AM.

See you then!

Big Big City: Chicago Pop Up Market

Art & culture blog, BIG THINGS, invites you to a pop-up art market on Tuesday, February 7th from 5-9pm at Public Works Gallery in Wicker Park!

Come support our favorite Chicago artists and designers showcasing their jewelry, printed matter, photographs, vintage clothing and art objects. Including work by the talented fellows at The Post Family; artist and maker, Debbie Carlos; hand-selected goods from the BIG THINGS SHOP; and 10+ vendors! Join us for drinks and snacks as we raffle off prizes from Revolution Brewing Co. and our vendors to benefit 826Chi, our neighborhood non-profit writing and tutoring center.

This event is the first installation of BIG BIG CITY, a yearlong series of events celebrating and connecting the vibrant arts communities of the USA.

Check out the event page for more info.

Coworking Social

If you are in town this Friday. Come to The Coop's Coworking Social!

This Friday, December 16, 2011 from 6:30 until 11pm or so.... We’re kicking off our fun, old-fashioned family holidays with a celebration to giving, coworking, eating and kissing under the mistletoe at The Coop!

Desktime, The Coop, Uber and Refresh Chicago honor our holiday festivities inviting you to our first-ever Coworking Social & Toy Drive.

Also, we’ll collect toys in the Uber sleigh; each guest bringing a toy will receive $10 worth of Uber credits to use whenever, wherever, with whoever. All toys will be donated through WGN’s Morning News Drive-Thru Toy Drive, benefiting Jennifer Hudson’s Julian D. King Gift Foundation. Hope to see you there!

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2nd Copy

If you are in Chicago check out the SAIC 2012 senior visual communications department student show, (*mental breath break*) which will be a mixture of design, interdisciplinary work with design integrated, and fine art with design as its main inspiration. It's at The Coop tomorrow!

Tom Torluemke at Linda Warren

I'm out of town so if someone could go to my buddy Tom Torluemke's show tonight (Friday April 27th, 2012 from 6-9p) at Linda Warren in Chicago and give him a hug for me that would be wicked. Thanks.

Free Jazz Bitmaps Volume 1 Release

Make sure to hit Saki here in Chicago on Friday, May 4th, 2012 from 6 – 9pm for the release of Free Jazz Bitmap Vol. 1 by Nick Butcher. Live music by Nick along with Katherine Young, Jenna Lyle & Joann Cho. It's a free event! Also, make sure to hit Pitch Design Union for a give-away of this poster for the release.

Margot Harrington Feature in Peculiar Bliss

Check out Peculiar Bliss's 9th issue (created by Vaughn Fender) featuring Margot Harrington. My favorite part is the cover design, done by Harrington, which was inspired by the issue's theme of rituals, pulling inspiration from her process of crossing off items on a hand written to-do list which she does pretty much every day. This issue also includes a long interview with Margot commenting on how she got into blogging, past collaborations and the integral part that research plays in her process. All of which is sandwiched between some great portraits and work photographed by Julia Stotz.