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    December 26, 2008

    Join us in ringing in the new year with family and friends at The Family Room. $20 gets you all you can eat and drink and if you bring a dish we’ll give you $10 back! The fun will start at approximately 8pm, although it may vary for each person. While you’re there, be sure to jump around in our inflatable bouncy room, grab a drink from our rollerskating monkey waiter and make the night permanent with some ink from our drunk tattoo intern. It’ll be a blast! Space is limited, so act quickly. There aren’t actual tickets, you’ll be on a list. Buy Tickets

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    December 15, 2008

    Chad Kouri will be guest blogging at Book-By-Its-Cover.com from Dec 15th to the 19th.

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    December 15, 2008

    Check out The Post Family on CLTV. Sam is very good on camera but he also has years of experience.

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    December 09, 2008

    Proximity Magazine Issue #003 Release Party

    Friday, December 12, 2008,
    7:00 PM - 12:00 AM
    At The Family Room
    (1821 W Hubbard St #202)
    312.265.6406
    $5 cover ($10 gets you an issue of Proximity issue #003 and a complimentary drink).

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    December 09, 2008

    We miss you all already... So we want you to come by our home during our holiday studio shop hours.

    Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 2pm to 8pm thru the 23rd of December & by appointment (short notice is fine, we live down the street) let us know.

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    Dane Lovett

    Paintings

    Man, I love paintings like this... awesome work by Australian artist, Dane Lovett.

    Posted on January 05, '09 by Rod Hunting | Share this Post | Permalink

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    Cristiana Couceiro

    Seven Days

    Check out the great work by another Portuguese artist, Cristiana Couceiro. I love her incorporation of bright colors to the old black and white photos and aged paper.

    Happy last day of the year!

    Posted on December 31, '08 by Rod Hunting | Share this Post | Permalink

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    Ana Ventura

    Illustrator

    Some really nice playful illustrations from this Portuguese artist.

    Posted on December 29, '08 by Rod Hunting | Share this Post | Permalink

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    Tuesday Type?

    Zoo York Skateboards

    Zoo York has had excellent design as long as I can remember and they often get artist and designer friends to do board graphics for them. Their latest series called the photocopy series focuses on hand drawn and found typography around the city. They're almost like those hand made fliers for punk shows way back when. Great series.

    Type can be fun too.

    Posted on December 23, '08 by Rod Hunting | Share this Post | Permalink

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    Zamak

    3D Artist

    Alright... I have a little secret to tell you. I love 3D stuff. Well, not everything, but what I do like is that geeky star wars type concept stuff that's done really well. And rendered well, too... that's important. I've been geeking out on Zamak's stuff now for a few days... kinda makes me want to go buy Maya.

    Posted on December 23, '08 by Rod Hunting | Share this Post | Permalink

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    Rene Almanza

    Illustration

    I really like the chaotic lines Rene uses. You get a great sense of movement.. equally chaotic and graceful.

    Posted on December 22, '08 by Rod Hunting | Share this Post | Permalink

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    Joe Kittinger

    Can you put badass on your resume?

    So I saw this clip a while ago on the Boards of Canada video for Dayvan Cowboy and have been mesmerized since. The footage for this is some of the most beautiful and captivating film I've ever seen.

    If you hadn't heard of him before, here you go... Joe Kittinger.

    Posted on December 19, '08 by Rod Hunting | Share this Post | Permalink

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    Skater of the Year

    Silas Baxter Neal

    I don't know if you know this... but I really like skateboarding. I grew up doing it, it's what got me into design and illustration. I'll admit, I still look at skateboarding websites and watch skatevideos and I even keep up with who's still riding skateboards. So it's to my surprise that I've never really heard of this guy before... SOTY2008.

    Posted on December 19, '08 by Rod Hunting | Share this Post | Permalink

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    Lapin

    Illustration

    Some really inspiring watercolor & line work from this wonderful French artist. Damn!

    Posted on December 19, '08 by Rod Hunting | Share this Post | Permalink

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    Waste = Food

    Sundance Channel Documentary

    I've been watching a lot of disturbing documentaries lately, and I came across this one which actually didn't leave me wishing I had never been born. Kind of a long watch, but well worth it. Interesting to see the length that some will go to make their manufacturing process more eco-friendly.

    Oh, and I snagged the image of Marjorie the Trash Heap from some Jim Henson site... she's not really in the movie.

    Posted on December 18, '08 by Rod Hunting | Share this Post | Permalink