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Check it out. Winning cover for the 2010 Best Of issue of New York Magazine designed by Eric Flegel of VSA Partners. http://nymag.com/nymag/toc/20100315/

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North American Wildlife
Friday August 7th, 8PM – 12 AM
Location: The Family Room 1821 W Hubbard, 202 Chicago, IL 60607
http://thepostfamily.com/events/3-north-american-wildlife

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Indianapolis and Chicago area photographer, Larry Endicott, recently updated his site. The work is worth checking out. http://www.larryendicott.com

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Anyone who's interested…Typeface the film is playing Friday September 26th from 8-11 at the AV-aerie, 2000 W. Fulton #310. Here's the link to the site. http://typeface.kartemquin.com/

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Hello all. Jhoana Mora sent me an e-mail regarding the 8th International Design Conference, Esquina Norte, to be held in Tijuana, Mexico this September 15, 26, and 27. Check it out at the link below. It's looking to be a great line-up of speakers. If you are so inclined as to be be in Tijuana in September, you might want to swing by.

Here's the link. There are English and Spanish sites—Flash and HTML options for both.

http://www.esquinanorte.com

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theyshoulddothat.com

Check it out. This is a great site for cool, thoughtful and functional idea that companies should integrate into their products. Many of the ideas are right on the money.

http://www.theyshoulddothat.com

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Alright…I'm obviously not impartial. But, we had nothing to do with this. Converse just launched a really cool project with Julian Casablancas (from The Strokes), Pharell (N.E.R.D.) and Santagold. Free download song off their web site http://www.converse.com as well as a video which has just started leaking through YouTube. The video was produced by Psyop in New York. It's a pretty amazing piece of work. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPZ5fnYFI4Q

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MillerCoors New Logo

Pentagram launched a new logo for MillerCoors over the past few days. Share your thoughts. To see the animation follow the link below.

http://blog.pentagram.com/2008/07/new-work-millercoors.php

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If you are into a broad range of music—and don't want to always buy everything—you want to check this site out.

By the way, the guys behind this are from Chicago—a little hometown love.

http://songza.com

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Steven joined VSA Partners nearly 14 years ago. An accomplished creative director he has led VSA design teams on projects for clients such as Coca-Cola, Compaq Computers, Converse, First Data, IBM, Interface, Mohawk Papers Mills, Motorola, Nortel Networks, Potlatch Papers, and Smithfield Foods. 

With expertise in branding, investor & corporate communications, retail strategy and design, and interactive applications Steve brings a broad understanding of technology and design to both business interactions as well as creating end-user value. 

Steven’s work has appeared in various publications and award shows including Communication Arts, Critique, Graphis, How, Print, and The AR 100 and has been recognized by organizations like the Type Director’s Club. 

Steven holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and was a participant in the 2005 AIGA/Harvard Business School Business Perspectives for Design Leaders. 

In addition to his leadership role at VSA, Steven is the current President of AIGA Chicago.

http://www.vsapartners.com 

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