Eerie Illustrations by Jon Klassen

Illustrator Jon Klassen is from Niagara Falls and now lives in Los Angeles, where he creates these very odd, almost creepy images for clients such as Hyperion Books and the New York Times, as well as work for films and children’s books.

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Elsewhere

Obesogenic Motorgenic Cincinnati: thoughts on car culture and/in Cincinnati. Making Historic Preservation Pay off in Louisville: an incentive program for old buildings, in exchange for obtaining landmark status. Announcing the Walk Indianapolis Architectural Tours: “Put on your walking shoes and listen as leading Indianapolis architects tell you the stories and history behind our most prominent [...]

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Lyon & Healy Ghost Sign in Chicago

Spotted in downtown Chicago within sight of the CNA Building: a faded ghost sign for Lyon & Healy — “everything known in music.” The company was founded in Chicago in 1864; I wonder how old this sign is.

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VisuaLingual in 365 Habits of Successful Graphic Designers

Our work is included in the just-released book 365 Habits of Successful Graphic Designers: Insider Secrets from Top Designers on Working Smart and Staying Creative, written by Laurel Saville, Joshua Berger, Steve Gordon Jr., and Sarah Dougher, and published by Rockport Books.

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Peaslee Neighborhood Center Mural by Emily Storch

This intimately scaled mural for the Peaslee Neighborhood Center at 14th and Sycamore Sts. in Over-the-Rhine was recently completed by Emily Storch and a team of ArtWorks apprentices.

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Suburban Paintings by Danny Heller

Los Angeles-based Danny Heller paints the Southern California landscape with a specific focus on its architecture and car culture. These paintings are from Suburbia, Heller’s 2007 solo exhibition at Terrence Rogers Fine Art in Santa Monica.

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Elsewhere

Avondale Pride: check out the process behind this new Cincinnati mural by our good friend and talented painter Cedric Michael Cox. Youngstown: 5chw4r7z shares photos of his hometown. Emergency Architecture: Occupy Caracas: life in a high-rise squat. Flowers of War: Seed Bombing Gets Political: urban gardening in Brighton & Hove. High Line Inspires Philly: Philadelphia [...]

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New York Cleaners Ghost Sign in Over-the-Rhine

Dear Powers That Be: if you ever decide to remove the New York Cleaners sign from the building at 1216 Main St. in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine, please give it to me [unless you plan to donate it to the American Sign Museum, which is admittedly a worthier cause].

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Ads and Street Signs by TrustoCorp

“TrustoCorp is a New York based artist (or artists) dedicated to highlighting the hypocrisy and hilarity of human behavior through sarcasm and satire. TrustoCorp targets areas in the public domain typically reserved for messages of trust and authority and subverts them with messages of mayhem and absurdity hijacked from the visual style of our authorities.”

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Visions in Pullman by American Academy of Art Students

The mural Visions in Pullman was painted by students from the American Academy of Art 15 years ago. It’s situated on the back of the Historic Pullman Visitor Center at the corner of 112th St. and Cottage Grove Ave., on the South side of Chicago.

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