Designer Dylan Allread looked to the "L" system for inspiration for this screen print spelling out "Chicago" with the colors of all the "L" lines except for the Skokie Swift Yellow Line. Allread writes, "The L is more than a train system for us here - it is Chicagoans Connecting (L)ine - it is our (L)ifestyle. I find no better way to portray Chicago than to use the transit lines of the L as if they were ink." more ›

It’s evident from artist Justin Santora’s bio that he’s not a fan of the adult status quo—go to college, go to work, punch in, punch out, repeat. Sure, we all have to work, but sometimes putting on your pieces of flair blows. (Yea, we know. We’re thankful to be employed, too.) Regardless, said “rules” make us feel cagey as hell. And many of Santora’s illustrations and screen prints, which show humans performing mundane, routine tasks—photocopying, answering a phone in the cube farm, drying hands underneath the bathroom blow dryer—reinforce the notion that we truly are creatures of habit. Check out Santora’s upcoming opening, “Gestures in a Blender” at within(Reason) gallery on Friday, May 8. His screen prints, mixed media, and an installation will be presented—no TPS reports required for entry. more ›