I know… it is a little late notice. But isn’t that how you hear about all great things! After you hit the Threadless opening come support one of the best art magazines of our time, Proximity Magazine, as they release their new issue. Here are the specifics…

September 5, 2008: 10PM ::
Release Party for Proximity magazine number 2
The Co-Prosperity Sphere • 3219 S Morgan Street • Chicago IL 60608
$10 donation, please.

With special guest performances by:
Bobby Conn
Bird Names
Magical Beautiful
Stagecoach

Help I have a headache has got to be one of the best overall brands for pharmaceuticals I have ever seen. The packaging is clever, their site is very approachable, and all the copy writing is very tongue-in-cheek… just how I like it.

Original Daily Show clip

Opening Party on Friday, September 5th, from 7pm-9pm.
Runs until October 1st.
Threadless Gallery

“Threadless Chicago celebrates local printmakers from around the city in this group show of talented artist, all who print for Threadless PRINTS.”

Alec Soth

Opening: Friday Sep 5 (11am–6pm) @ Stephen Daiter Gallery

On Sunday September 7th, Sonnenzimmer Art and Print Studio will hold a one-day “blowout” sale of older posters and misprints. In an effort to make room in our flatfiles, we’ll be selling selected prints for just $5 each. Expect a relaxed Sunday afternoon with plenty of inexpensive art and free entertainment provided by the local jazz trio featuring Jason Roebke, Josh Berman, and Keefe Jackson. We’ll be opening our doors at 2 p.m. and closing at 7 p.m. Music starts at 5 p.m. Come on by.

When: Sunday, September 7th, 2008
Where: Sonnenzimmer
3605 N Damen Rear Store
Chicago, IL 60618
773-248-9610
www.sonnenzimmer.com
(North East corner of Damen and Addison intersection)
What time: 2pm -7pm
Music: at 5pm, free; jazz trio featuring Jason Roebke, Josh Berman, Keefe
Jackson

This summer we had the privilege of hangin out with a very talented young illustrator and designer, Eric Ellis. He contacted us to come hang out and write a paper for school. After a short time he ended up learning how to screen print and kickin it with us for most of the summer. Well, now he is hitting the freelance circuit so send him work! And he just updated his website with a bunch more work so check it out.

(chuckles) Oh, Aled Lewis you’re so funny.

Image from Booooooom!

There’s a nice lineup of designers for this year’s releases from Endevor Snowboards: Katie Burgess, Nathan Mathews, Jeff Hamada, Thomas Marecki, Jarrik Muller, Rory Doyle and Chris Allen.

Okay… I am on a collage kick today. Which is much like every other day. Anyway, here is some really nice work by Eva Han.

Not Paper is a blog with strictly collage related artwork. Also lots of interviews. How do they find all these collage artists!?

These cartographers show the world as it’s warped by the influence of humans, creating unfamiliar landscapes of consumption, populations and resources, like the bloated map above showing CO2 emissions in 2000.

Worldmapper via Inhabitat

Pre WW2 Foundry Type Specimen Books. Absolutely beautiful set.

Happy type setting.

designboom has put together an interesting article about the history of observatories.

“these first structures were used for very practical purposes such as observing the enemy in battle or guiding ships along the coast. over time observatories have come to gain new purposes. today, observation decks allow people to look at nature from unique vantage points or look skywards towards the constellations.”

Nice colors, concepts and compositions by Neil Doshi.

We go lo-fi once again with our Music Monday choice. Okay… I know it’s not Monday. But it was the holiday yesterday! So yesterday was like a random extra weekend day, right?! Either way, here is some stuff by Spare The Rod, Spoil The Child. A folk pop multi-instrumentalist out of Pontiac, MI.

Richard moves from charcoal to crayola focusing on structures of architecture and the internal human body. You can see more of Richards work at the Secrist Gallery Chicago.

Currently showing at Intuit, a show of thrift store paintings by unknown amateur artists. “Each painting represents the maker’s attempt to communicate through art, and range from surreal to banal, comically absurd to erotic. Lost and rediscovered, they are attempts by unknown Americans to communicate through their art; and presented at Intuit to an audience the artist may never have dreamed of reaching. These paintings are readymade works of art with no creator to claim them and give them context. As such, they become a record of Americana and documents of an experience to which many can relate.”

Very in depth article on the Monocle Magazine and website redesign. I think in depth is an understatement.

Probably best known for his ‘hearts,’ Chris Uphues’s intricate ‘Death Star’ painting (images on left) is quite impressive.