Nick Cave, an artist and educator working out of Chicago, is the creator of full body “soundsuits” which are made from layers of metal, plastic, fabric, hair, found objects, and other things that rub together to make noise. [ Continue Reading ]

OK Go is a rock band originally from Chicago, Illinois, now residing in Los Angeles. The band is composed of Damian Kulash (vocals and guitar), Tim Nordwind (bass guitar and vocals), Dan Konopka (drums and percussion) and Andy Ross (guitar, keyboards and vocals). Turned internet celebrities over night with their video “Here it goes again“, where the band members ran, jumped off and on treadmills. “This Too Shall Pass” video is trying to capture the same success and energy. So far it seems like it is doing just that. Check out the video after the break. Pretty impressive stuff!

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Adapt-Studio, Inc. is a multidisciplinary creative boutique founded by J. Byrnes in 2003. They emailed to let us know about their newly redesigned website and online store. I took a look and liked what I saw. They do it all when it comes to creative outlets, name and identity / logo [ Continue Reading ]

So here’s the only piece I was able to break off from Ryan Robinson’s kitkat bar, but check the site and admire the milk-chocolatey outside, crispy cookie inside of the Chicago-based photographer’s work. [ Continue Reading ]

The last time you heard from me, I was encouraging everyone in Chicago (and everyone else, really) to visit the new Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago. Since I found myself downtown yesterday, I decided to practice what I preach and take a look-see for myself. And I was not disappointed. [ Continue Reading ]

Jessamyn Patterson, a 20-year-old Chicago resident, creates amazingly detailed un-worldly creatures that hover somewhere between your dreams and your nightmares. Despite the sometimes grotesque nature of some of her creations, there’s a [ Continue Reading ]

Chicago-based artist Nick Cave thinks “the familiar must move towards the fantastic.  I want to evoke feelings that are unnamed, that aren’t realized except in dreams.”  His recent “Soundsuits” exhibit at the Jack Shainman Gallery in New York manifests this movement, with complex and fantastical results. [ Continue Reading ]

The stock market keeps heading downward. Businesses continue laying off thousands of workers. And some who fancy themselves patriots are now openly rooting for his policies to fail. Yes, the heady days of last November now seem like a long time ago. [ Continue Reading ]

Everybody knows what a memorable logo did for Barack Obama’s campaign. But getting elected president might be child’s play compared to fixing this economic mess. So the Obama people went back to Mode Project, a Chicago studio they employed during the campaign. Whether these new logos will translate into public confidence remains to be seen. At least there are some interesting things to chew on.

The “Recovery” logo calls to mind a “T and O” map from centuries ago. And what the Tiger logo lacks in complexity, it makes up for by reminding us of the most powerful athlete in the world. The new president could have done a lot worse than that.