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Fantastic pair of stamps for Indonesia's 9th Pekan Olahraga Nasional, or the National Games. It's interesting to see how other artists designed sports icons after Otl Aicher shut down the game with his 1972 Olympics icons. That said, I love how there is just enough variety between the style of these icons to keep them interesting, but still very much all in the same family.

The crew from the Twin Cities Public Television art documentary series MN Original stopped by our studio to film our own Peter Bekke as he was printing the posters they designed for their party, which goes down later today in Mears Park in St. Paul. Have a look at the video and then check out their site to see more, including this video of Ben LaFond printing Greg Gossel's ""Midnight"" and ""Crash Landing"" art prints. Come check out MN Original's party today at Mears Park, 5-8pm. It's free and everyone is invited! BRLSQ will have a booth set up!

Now-Again recording artists Seu Jorge & Almaz begin their Summer tour of North America tonight in Miami. Catch them on the road and pick up one of these posters designed by Mike Davis and printed by Ben LaFond. Can't make it to one of the shows? Once the tour wraps up, we'll have a deluxe BRLSQ-only edition of the print available through our online store! The folks at Now-Again Records were kind enough to host a collection of photos from the printing process on their website, so go have a look HERE.

In honor of all the insane yardwork going down at my house right now, here's a stamp commemorating agriculture and celebrating the tractor drivers all across Israel. The curvy serifs in the green Hebrew ישראל text fits so well with the curvy green highlight shapes on the tractor and the driver's sleeve. Love it.

Anyone who knows me knows I'm a big fan of cheeseburgers. From the Burger Dunny I designed for KidRobot to the Best Burger Ever t-shirt I designed for Burlesque, this passion for grilled meat sandwiches has shone through in my art and design work. To expand on this particular passion, I thought it only appropriate to set out on a quest to find the best burger in the Twin Cities. Ladies and gentlement, welcome to a little web series I shall call... I should mention that this web series is sponsored in part by the Best Burger Ever t-shirt, available exclusively in our BRLSQ online store. Last night, my dude and fellow burger-admirer Jimmy 2 Times and I hit up two spots in downtown Minneapolis. The first was the highly-acclaimed Vincent, A Restaurant. Not Vincent's Restaurant, but Vincent, A Restaurant, home of the elusive Vincent Burger. Based on Minneapolis' infamous...

Very cool and effective set of icons for the Children's Hospital of Buenos Aires, designed by Guillermo Gonzales Ruiz and Gabriel Ezcurra.Click for larger viewClick for larger viewClick for larger view

Heads up! This Thursday we will unleashing our t-shirt mystery madness sale. Earlier in today's newsletter, we accidentally wrote that these were going to be 2 shirts for $30 + shipping. As good a deal as that would be, that's not how much you're gonna have to pay! Oh that's right, how about 2 t-shirts, chosen at random in your selected size, for $10 + shipping!?!?!? We are out of our minds! ""Wait, what newsletter?"" you may be asking... If you're not signed up, you can do that riiiiiight here.

(click the image) NOW you know. if you just clicked the image and you still don't know like i said you did, thats ok, i'm WELL aware there is nothing there that says anything about what it all really is, so i'll tell y'all right here right now as best  i can... I started my very own cute little skateboard company and its called ""the HIGH 5"". I'm very happy about this! -Todd Bratrud

4-stamp set from Berlin Germany, inspiring the youngsters to look after animals. Not sure about dumping a whole bunch of kittens into a sack though.

Designed by Barrett & Gaby in 1971 for Miami's ""Vote 4 Clean Water"" committee - something I think we can all get down with, especially on a day like today.