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HUUUUUGE Minnesota tribute poster designed by the legendary Aaron Draplin! We will be screenprinting this bad boy and debuting it at Aaron's ""THANKS MPLS"" show opening at CO Exhibitions this Saturday night. We'll have these four color prints on hand for $25 each. Don't miss out! That's Saturday October 23rd, 7-10pm CO Exhibitions 1101 Stinson Blvd (corner of Stinson & Broadway in NE Minneapolis) RSVP on Facebook.

Fantastic type design by the legendary Gerard Huerta. Such a rare treat to see 1920s art deco revival style laid out in a needlepoint pattern and rendered in early computer pixel fashion. Huge YES to all of those. Stay tuned for more incredible work from Mr. Huerta next week!

Logotype by David Quay.

I just wanted to share a few of my favorite photos of Mikey ""Eyedea"" Larsen. Mike Davis wrote some pretty amazing words in the previous post. Please read them. Our hearts go out to the Larsen family and friends, Rhymesayers, and music fans everywhere. Eyedea's mother has set up a memorial fundraiser here. Please help if you can.

photo by Ben LaFond Yesterday afternoon, we were crushed with the news of the sudden passing of Micheal Larsen, better known as rapper Eyedea. The news stung hard, not only as we lost a remarkably talented young man, but as we lost a friend and longtime member of our community. I first met Mikey in 1998 when he and Abilities came to St. Louis to perform with Atmosphere and a few other Minneapolis acts at a festival near my apartment. He was only 16 years old at the time but showed more genuine passion, hunger, and talent than just about any other rapper I'd seen at that point, twice his age or beyond. At one point during the day, Eyedea, Slug, and Felipé and Bilam (of Minneapolis group Los Nativos) came to my apartment and we filled up at least one side of a blank cassette with them rapping and...

Here is a set of stamps from Laos, commemorating the 1984 Olympic games. I'm really into the illustration style, reminiscent of movie posters from the same era.

This Thursday, October 14th, we will be releasing all THREE of our Arcade Fire California posters! 1. Oct 2,3 / Berkeley, designed by Mike Davis 2. Oct 5 / Big Sur, designed by Wes Winship 3. Oct 7 / Los Angeles, designed by Wes Winship Each print will be available individually for $30 (includes shipping in the US / $35 international). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - We will also be offering a very special CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' COMBO which includes - all three Calfornia Arcade Fire prints - a mystery Arcade Fire Scratch + Dent print of our choosing. It may date all the way back to 2005! This special combo will be $80 (includes shipping in the US / $90 international). It won't last forever,...

Tomorrow night at the Rialto Theatre in Tucscon AZ, The National will be performing live in concert. If you're at the show, do pick up a poster designed and screenprinted by us good folks at Burlesque of North America. Here is a look behind the design (Mike Davis) and printing (Ben LaFond) processes of this poster. Stay real close to our newsletter for the details on when copies will be available through our online store. Starting to sketch things out. Thinking about big, loud American trucks and long, quiet road trips. A spilled bottle of beer that turns into a winding highway? I'm so clever! Now thinking about geometry, typography, and how to break up the space on the page. Drawing out some basic shapes and choosing some colors. Wait, how do you draw eagles? Have vintage luggage tags, will travel. Illustrator Obsessive Compulsive. The finished design. The dirt across...

Here is a poster designed by the great Seymour Chwast, he of Push Pin Studios fame, to promote magician Doug Henning's televised recreation of Harry Houdini's infamous stunt. This went down December 26, 1982.Bill Cosby was there!Here's a recap of Henning's performance: