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New Songs by Big Kitty

THERE ARE NEW SONGS BY BIG KITTY.

THEY ARE GOOD.

HAND MADE SPACE SHOES for a new world

CASUALSERVICE.COM

Hand made shoes by Michelle Quick.

From stitching 'bow' shapes on to the back of storm trooper-comando-space like boots, to crocheting ankles onto shoes with irregular wedged heels, Quick's Casual Service shoes are both beautiful and bizarre. Above …

Ravaging Appalachia

From the New York Times:

Give the Bush administration credit for persistence. It just won't let a bad idea die. On Friday, the Interior Department's Office of Surface Mining proposed new regulations that it hopes will permanently legalize mountaintop mining -- a cheap, …

Michael C. Hsiung

After an awkward moment, Mermen smoking and drinking

Scenes from a Distraught Man trying to cure his Diseased Warthog

Strong man tiptoeing with exotic animals to vase

See More of Michael's drawings and prints here >>

Yes I Kansas

Curated by Research and Development, Yes I Kansas, features the work of six artists at varying stages of the careers, all with ties to the geographical center of our country, Kansas. "All the artists directly or indirectly, address Kansas' history, geography, …

Chattanooga's CreateHere

Things aren't nearly as progressive as we would like in Chattanooga, however with the launch of the new research and planning project, CreateHere led by Josh McManus and Helen Johnson, that's hopefully about to change. The intention is to encourage community members, …

New ONLINE EXCLUSIVE

View all of the photographs shot for Issue 4's fashion spread:

HIDDEN LIGHT: EXPLORATIONS IN LIGHT AND DARKNESS

by ALEKS TOMASZEWSKA

Featuring The Clothing Of Abigail Glaum-Lathbury, Aay Preston-Myint, & Kristen Kennedy. With Accessories By Michelle Quick, Glory Alice, …

Kinetic Sculpture

Theo Jansen is an artist and kinetic sculptor living and working in Holland. He builds large works which resemble skeletons of animals which are able to walk using the wind on the beaches of the Netherlands. "The walls between art and engineering exist only in our …

I'm Gone

Short Super-8 film by Kevin Bouldin shot in Chicago during the fall of 2005.

Click here!!! to watch the film via YouTube! Analog meet Digital, Digital meet Analog. Ya'll play nice.

Uncovering Sao Paulo

City officials in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a city of 11 million people and the largest in South America, passed an outdoor advertising ban, including all billboards, neon signs, bus kiosks, electronic panels and even the Goodyear blimp. This ban went into effect on January …

Doane Paper 2.0

Boxers or briefs? Beach or mountains? Ruled or grid paper?

Thanks to the smart people in this world we have boxer briefs, the discovery of the Hawaiian islands, and now grid paper with lines. Life is so sweet! This dude named Chad Doane was on break during a product …

REFUSE!

Chad Pelton is a former bear trapper turned designer and collage artists. His finely crafted pieces are composed from his massive collection of old magazines and print ads. They are all found, appropriated, and cut by hand at his home in Knoxville, Tennessee. His work …

Bryan Baker's Opposites

Some nice letterpress posters by Bryan Baker of Yee-Haw Industries. Composed from extra large antique wood type and printed with transparent inks. 403 x 483 Very Nice.

nina westervelt

whoever nina westervelt might be . . . i wish i was a part of her life.

damn.

hurry, seriously go see-- it's quite the adventure . . . the sort you keep thinking is just about to end, that it's too good to continue

. . .but really they do go on and on.

can everyone see …

relation in time

this seemed to just about properly describe relationships just between people, but with our jobs, projects, loved ones . . . so much patience in connection. . . thank you marina

Heidi Johansen

I don't know much about this lady, but she's a picture taker that lives and works in New York and Norway. Her photos are taken mostly on mountain-tops and next to cold water.

Printer's Ball

It's starting!



3rd Annual Printers' Ball Announced

Expanded Chicago literary festival includes month-long reading series

Chicago--The 3rd Annual Printers' Ball is scheduled for Friday, July 20th, at the Zhou B. Art Center in the heart of Chicago's Bridgeport …

TYPE FACE - a documentary in progress

The Columbia Center for Book and Paper Arts hosted an amazing event this weekend. The benefit was to raise funds for Type Face, an in-progress documentary by Justine Nagan and Kartemquin Films, about the Hamilton Wood Type and …

antenna shoes and other fancies

In recent weeks some Memphis melodies have shown up, only at the most appropriate times, as all things Memphis tend to do. Postlethwaite's voice escaping from wriggling across the floorboards of Chris and Emmy's kitchen, onto the back porch and out through the warm …