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from the Studio >>> March 13
Preparing for the inaugural Volume Gallery show: THE NEW / by Jonathan Nesci... full details Monday.
Zoë Ryan in Conversation with Alice Rawsthorn March 11
The Architecture & Design Society presents
Zoë Ryan in Conversation with Alice Rawsthorn
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
6:30 p.m.
Fullerton Hall
The Art Institute of Chicago
Please use Michigan Avenue entrance.
Doors open at 6:00 p.m.
Free to AIC staff with valid I.D.
$5 students and SAIC Faculty/Staff with valid I.D.
$10 Architecture & Design Society and Auxiliary Board... (read more)
New Acquisitions from the Video Data Bank March 11
New Acquisitions from the VDB
Saturday / March 13 / 2010
@Roots n Culture
1034 N Milwaukee Ave
$5 suggested donation
The Video Data Bank have put together a promotional new acquisitions screening, which includes The Eternal Quarter Inch, along with work by Sterling Ruby, Dani Leventhal, Jim Finn, Susan Youssef, K8 Hardy, Wynne Greenwood and Nicolas Provost.
The program will... (read more)
Plural is a Chicago–based creative studio founded in 2008 by Renata Graw, Jeremiah Chiu, Christopher Kalis, and Eric Mika. With a focus on strong typography and composition, they explore new ideas within the design process as they collaborate on a wide range of print, web, video and music projects.
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Radar Eyes NYC: A Survey of Hallucinogenic Printmaking is a show at Fardom Gallery and The Space in Long Island City. The exhibition showcases over 50 artists' experimental prints evoking altered states, perceptual distortions, and outright hallucinations.
A poster for Shannon Benine's solo show at Chicago Photography Center. Means Without End is a multi-media installation consisting of hundreds of 10x10 unfolded photograms of peace cranes. The number of photograms represents the number of American deaths in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom on March 19, 2003.
Poster for the Forward Music Festival 2009 in Madison, Wisconsin. Created using custom type coming out in waves. 1-color silkscreen on 100C Blu Raspberry & Razzleberry Pop-Tone French Paper
A poster for Fischer Papier Company as part of the Poster Design Workshop, the Basel School of Design, 2009.
2 unique wrapping papers, based on experiments in the studio, available for purchase soon in the Plural store.
A summer concert at Ravinia with performances by Seu Jorge and Cesaria Evora. Interlocking typography creates two layers of information on the poster. Green was used to remind the public to bring their picnic and sit on the lawn.
A mapping of the song structure and sequence of Chandeliers song, Maldanado. The info design shows relationships between the instruments and song sequence. Created during Marion Fink's 2007 Summer workshop at the Basel School of Design.
A type specimen exhibiting the salient features of the Memphis typeface. The poster plays with the counter forms of the letters to highlight their features. The unexpected colors are a combination of styles: copper from the 1930’s—when the typeface was designed—and a hot pink and black from today’s palette.
A promotional poster for Icy Demons & The Ex + Getachew Mekuria at Logan's Square Auditorium. 2-color silkscreen on light blue newsprint.
In collaboration with Proximity Magazine, Plural launched the annual (Con)Temporary Art Guide: Chicago. 156 pages perfect-bound with essays, maps, guides, event-calendars, and more. A single publication showcasing both mainstream and alternative spaces with contemporary art programming.
In collaboration with Artist Shannon Benine, Plural created a limited edition of hand-bound artist books and envelopes. 56-pages perfect bound. Shannon Benine
The UIC 2008/09 Annual Newsletter includes highlights and essays from students and faculty of the College of Architecture and the Arts.
UIC MFA Studio Arts Exhibition Catalog, 2007. A collection of writings and images showcasing the work of the Studio Arts Masters graduating in 2007. Photos of flying artist and a dreamlike color palatte reinforce the idea that belief is something that is not proven as fact, so it belongs to the realm of faith, imagination and dream.
UIC MFA Studio Arts Exhibition Catalog, 2008. A collection of writings, poems, and images showcasing the work of the Studio Arts Masters graduating in 2008. A clean, elegant solution combines colorful images and simple typography. A color coding system makes connections between each artist and writer.
UIC MFA Graphic Design Thesis Show Catalog, 2008. Supporting materials also include a postcard and poster. Using the members of the 2008 class, varying sizes of letters were cut out of foam board and held by individuals at different distances creating an optical illusion captured through photography.
A collection of travel experiences documented as a video and book. Making connections of color, typography, symbols, shapes, and experiences, a loose narrative follows 4 students through Germany to Basel, Switzerland.
A collection of short stories about growing up in the seventies. The cover and box set are covered in wallpaper from that time. Limited Edition Letter Pressed Book.
Mapping explorations based on the question: “How can we visually describe the directions from place A to B in a city?” Created in Michael Renner’s Inquiry by Design Workshop, Basel School of Design, 2007.
Cardiology Nuclear Scanner launch book for Siemens Medical Solutions. The book highlights the approach used to develop the machine itself, instead of focusing on the technological advances, the scanner is designed to be comfortable, friendly and more human. Each page is printed on a different surface, making the book a tactile experience. Limited edition of 15.
33 track LP from Chicago-based Chandeliers, on magenta vinyl. Featuring artwork by Christopher Schreck. Available at www.hbsp-2x.com
10-track album from Chicago-based Chandeliers. Check them out at thechandeliers.blogspot.com. CD and Vinyl available at ObeyYourBrain.com
A handmade box and set of 5 dvds and booklet for the films of Jennifer Montgomery at the 2008 Whitney Bienial, Limited Edition.
Brian Ulrich is a photographer working/living in Chicago, IL. He is a recipient of the 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship
notifbutwhen.com
Wanger Investment Management, Inc. is a boutique investment management firm dedicated to creating and maintaining wealth for our clients through a fundamental approach to long-term investing.
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Located in the heart of the Gold Coast, this gallery displays work by prominent post-war artists including Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson, Joan Mitchell and more. Site created with Mike Bingaman.
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Having worked and lived most of her professional life in London and Amsterdam, in 2005 Dutch-born Renata moved with her husband and three young children to the woods of Upper Michigan. Attracted by the wilderness and the heritage of the Native Americans, she chose for a life closer to nature and closer to her heart.
Renata Heinen
DBE Software empowers data modelers, data designers and database professionals to design flawless database schemas to ensure the quality of the information produced by any application.
Identity system for a whimsical fashion boutique in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The typeface was designed based on the couturier’s handwritting.
A human resources company in São Paulo, Brazil.
Logo and identity system for São Paulo-based filmmaker Paola Siqueira. Letter press business cards and modular address label.
Kindergarten school logo.
Logo parody for Brazil.
A Jones Lang LaSalle software company logo.
Not-for-profit organization for medical relief logo.
Logo for community theater.
Logo for series of rock concerts to raise funds for breast cancer relief.
This site-specific installation transforms the window into a visual metaphor of the bar, consisting of two parts, the bar, and it's culture (or patrons). All of the objects within the bar were cataloged and displayed in black vinyl on the glass. An interactive projection displayed a spectrum of hues which were determined by the level of sound in the bar, (capture with microphone and custom software developed with Mike Bingaman).
5 Channel video installation for Hyde Park Art Center. Filming from 5 CTA trains, this 15 minute video seamlessly loops as the trains travel towards Chicago’s downtown loop. At the Hyde Park Art Center January 26 - February 7, 2008.
An interactive art project built for the public screens at the Hyde Park Art Center (HPAC) in Chicago that ran live from March 10 – March 23. A live RSS feed of headlines from the Chicago Tribune supplied streaming content, while visitors to the project’s website could post comments that would appear live on the website and at the HPAC. Collaboration with Gretchen Schulfer and Eric Mika.
Digital video in a series of videos for the Chandeliers synchronized live show. Video is manually triggered in realtime, corresponding the sound with abstract visual imagery.
A timeline displaying a sequence of musical instruments being played with the same set of hands over a period of time.
Plural & Obey Your Brain Records participated in this years Renegade Craft Fair. Promotional postcards were created by composing type on screen, photographing the screen, and putting it back on the computer.
UIC MFA Thesis project documenting the process of formulating a visualization of sound in the environment. Attempting to diminish the negative connotations associated with noise, this project provides viewers with a multimedia interactive experience. Documented in a 57 page perfect bound handmade book.
UIC MFA Thesis project documenting the process of creating new formal identities for modern music.
Experimental Typographic Exploration about language, poetry, and rhythm based on a poem by Carlos Drummond de Andrade.
A typographic study of the word Chaos, stop-motion animation.
A series of handmade fabric buttons individually cropped from found textiles. Used as promotional material for The Brown Party live concerts.
UIC MFA Thesis project documenting the process of creating a new typeface that captures the spirit of the Olympics and Chicago. NovaChicago is a bold, sans serif typeface that exudes characteristics of Chicago while still maintaining the integrity and beauty of the Olympic games.
Part of a study in creating NovaChicago. A typeface attempting to capture the fluidity of Chicago’s lakefront.
A typeface created using hands. Available only in Capitals... well, except for the r.
Headphones, usb cables, plugs, adapters, connectors, soon to be relics from the past. Remember them now. Printed on American Apparel t-shirts.
$20 plus shipping
Based on visualizations from the (Con)Temporary Art Guide Chicago, these shapes are formed by connections between Chicago art spaces and galleries. Printed on American Apparel t-shirts.
$20 plus shipping
Another type tee showcasing our love of Adrian Frutiger's Univers typeface. Become a master of Univers today. Printed on American Apparel t-shirts.
$20 plus shipping
The first in a series of shirts showcasing the beauty of the Akzidenz Grotesk letterforms. Printed on American Apparel t-shirts.
$20 plus shipping
Closed parentheses, flying birds, or a cyberhug, in real life. Printed on American Apparel t-shirts.
$20 plus shipping
Sometimes you just can’t resist the all too obvious. A good rule of thumb: Always let Akzidenz happen, seriously. Printed on American Apparel t-shirts.
$20 plus shipping
19 x 25, 2-color silkscreen. Showing the Lunar Phases & Solar Cycles, complete with the full moon cycle, solar eclipses, solstices, and equinoxes..
$20 plus shipping
19 x 25, 3-color silkscreen. Based on the idea of zodiac sign compatibility, connections are made between different sign inferring compatibility trends..
$20 plus shipping
19 x 25, 3-color silkscreen. Using custom type, Roundabout, letterforms become shapes that overlay and create new forms. Text reads:going about in a roundabout way..
$20 plus shipping
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