Friday Jan 27, 2012 by mike

Philately Fridays: No Smoking

2 great stamps from Itlay (1982) and Thailand (1980) exploring the disadvantages of smoking.

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Friday Jan 27, 2012 by Jodi

Origins of Solitude: Thomas Hooper

Thomas Hooper commissioned us to print this gorgeous poster for his current exhibition in NYC!
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Wednesday Jan 25, 2012 by mike

Extracurricular Screenprinting

We've been feeling creative and crafty lately as we've been working on pieces to include in our ongoing, everchanging Working Title art show happening right NOW at CO Exhibitions. Wes and Ben were looking through our hallway and found an old screen we exposed, what, like 5 years ago? with an image I put together of Jim Belushi rockin' an Ol Dirty Bastard tribute version of his famous COLLEGE sweatshirt. We ended up printing a run of those sweatshirts and they were awesome.

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Tuesday Jan 24, 2012 by Jodi

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODD BRATRUD!!

This virtual Native Foods cupcake is for you sweet T!

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Tuesday Jan 24, 2012 by mike

Scratch + Dent Mystery Tubes

Feelin' lucky? Go grab a tube of randomly-selected Scratch + Dent posters right now!

Monday Jan 23, 2012 by mike

Dre Day 2012

LIKE WE ALWAYS DO ABOUT THIS TIME... don't you even think about missing out on the TENTH annual Dre Day celebration! That's right, we've been throwing the biggest and baddest celebration of the music and legacy of hip hop icon Dr. Dre every February since 2003 and here we are a decade later, still going strong.

We're back at Triple Rock Social Club with an exclusive performance from Heiruspecs-based LBC Drama Club. Read More

Monday Jan 23, 2012 by mike

BRLSQ Spotlight Series: Justin Thomas Kay

Thanks to everyone who tuned in to our very first Spotlight Series interview with James White. We're picking up right now with episode two, shining the spotlight on our friend Justin Thomas Kay. Justin first came into our radar in 2004 when he phoned up the Burlesque office to ask us to create an editorial illustration of rapper Common to be featured in Complex magazine. From there, we quickly fell in love with his type and design skills and we've stayed in touch over the years, collaborating on several projects under his art direction. Read on!

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Friday Jan 20, 2012 by mike

Working Title at CO Exhibitions

Tomorrow night is the first of four opening nights of Working Title, the new group art show in CO Exhibitions, the gallery space run by Permanent Art & Design and ourselves. We've invited about a dozen local artists to bring in their partially-finished artwork, trade them with each other, and add their own creative touches to everyone else's pieces. The results of this creative experiment will be going on display Saturday January 21, 7-10pm at CO Exhibitions.

All unsold artwork from the opening night will go back into the hands of the artists, who will continue adding / subtracting / cutting / pasting in preparation for the second opening. This will continue for four weeks and will offer Twin Cities art lovers four different opportunities to come experience four different variations on the original Working Title art show.

Opening night: Saturday January 21, 7-10pm
Music by DJ Mike Cina

Night two: Friday January 27, 6-9pm
Music TBA

Night three: Friday February 3, 6-9pm
Live collaborative beatmaking performance from BrodR and Mike 2600

Night four: Friday February 10, 6-9pm
Live music from Bloodnstuff

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Friday Jan 20, 2012 by mike

Philately Fridays: Russia, 1980

Two stamps all about the Soviet Space Program. Loving the illustration style, very indicative of the era when they were created. Can anyone translate the type here?

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