Front Forty Profile No. 2 is nearing completion!

Hey Blog-O-Sphere,
We have been putting the finishing touches on the next profile in our series and it is going to be a hot one. The premiere issue garnered some good attention, the next one builds on that and amplifies it- literally. Sean Duffy is the focus of No. 2 and he is a sculptor who uses many talents to bring his work to the public. Lest I say too much (we want you to buy the book both to read and see) so let me just give this link and tell you that the essay is by the esteemed writer Doug Harvey and the Q&A is by the amazing Veronica Fernandez. See Sean Duffy's work here on the website of his gallery in Los Angeles:

http://www.vielmetter.com/artists/Sean_Duffy.html

Also included with the purchase of the book you will be able to log in to our site and hear some of the sounds his sculptures make!

This profile is a love letter to the L.A. between the artist, essay, interview, and the loving design by Caitlin Bauler and F40 team. Look for it to hit in late Spring.

Best wishes,
Doug Fogelson
Director/F40

Creative Quarterly 21

Creative Quarterly: The Journal for Art & Design selected the first issue of the Front Forty Profiles Series to be featured in the New Talent: Graphic Design section of Issue 21. It's a great independent magazine with inspiring work and interviews. See the current issue online or purchase in stores.

Mark McGinnis at Post 27

OPENING RECEPTION

Thursday, December 2, 2010

6:00-10:00 PM

Post 27

1819 W Grand Avenue

info@post27store.com
(312) 829-6122

Mark McGinnis, the first artist to be featured in the Front Forty Profiles Series, is showing a rather cheeky series of handsome silk-screened prints Death Drugs and Hot Dogs: A Contemptuous Lexicon of Popular Culture at Post 27 in Chicago.

E if for Embryo, D is for Drive by, G is for Gimp, M is for Merkin... come find the letter that's speaks to you!

You can take a sneak peek of McGinnis' alphabet at mistermcginnis.com!

Chicago Book Clinic Awards 2010!

Founded in the 1936, The Chicago Book Clinic encourages excellence in publishing. The purpose of the Chicago Book Clinic is to promote the highest standard of craftmanship in bookmaking and publishing and to promote understanding and cooperation among all the professions and trades concerned with the publishing industry.

Front Forty Press received the Crystal Book Award of Excellence for the publication of The Time After (designed by Tim Hartford) in the Special Trade Division (Pictorial) at the Chicago Book Clinic's 59th Annual Book and Media Show. The award is presented for excellence in cover and interior book design. One of two Honorable Mentions went to Front Forty Profiles Series No. 1: Mark McGinnis. We are very excited to be honored this year!

http://chicagobookclinic.org/

Printers Ball 2010

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The sixth annual Printers’ Ball, which this year takes as its theme “Print Loves Digital,” is an annual celebration of literary culture founded by Poetry magazine and other independent Chicago literary organizations. The Printers’ Ball is produced with the Center for Book & Paper Arts and the Student Affairs Offices of Columbia College Chicago.

What: Sixth Annual Printers’ Ball
Where: The Ludington Building
Columbia College Chicago
1104 South Wabash Avenue
One block west of Michigan Avenue
When: Friday, July 30, 2010 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Admission: Free, all ages

In addition to featuring thousands of magazines, books, broadsides, and other takeaways available free of charge, the Printers’ Ball will showcase live readings, music, and performances and host letterpress, offset, silk-screening, rubber-stamping, and paper-making demonstrations. Christian Wiman, editor of Poetry magazine, will offer a welcome at the beginning of this year’s festivities.

For a list of all of this year's participants and lead-up events visit the Poetry Foundation online.

Beautiful/Decay writes up FFPS No. 1: Mark McGinnis

Art and Design publication Beautiful/Decay likes the book. Read the review on their blog.

Afterimage reviews The Time After

There's a great review of The Time After in the May/June 2010 issue of Afterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism. It's written by by Colin Edgington (on P. 37). We're still waiting for our copy of the issue to arrive, but for now, here's a link to an excerpt (under Special Section on Photo-Bookworks).