The latest Chicago issue focuses on our city's best: "Whoever said 'good enough' probably didn't get very far in life. In our pursuit of better living through extreme pickiness, we discovered the best reasons to celebrate our ever-expanding city." Below, we highlight the few with "home" written all over them:
Best Closet Organizer:
Nina Lee, Closet Works
Best New Green Entrepreneur:
Cassie Green, Green Grocer Chicago
Best Local Artist to Invest in Now:
Karen Reimer
Best Place to Buy Cheap Art:
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Graduate Exhibition
Best Custom Framing:
FredEric's Frame Studio, Inc.
In addition to the August '08 bests, we spotted several artistic endeavors familiar to Apartment Therapy:
In the magazine: Process of Illumination
Apartment Therapy: Chicago Design: "Get Lit" Design Competition (*note Caroline Lindner's LED Leaning 2x4s in featured in both places)
In the magazine: Weeknight Find: Uncorked
Apartment Therapy: PINK: A Traveling Artistic Experiment Delivers Love Notes to Chicago Homes
In the magazine: Found Art
Apartment Therapy: The Gallery: Howard Henry Chen (below):
(Above the jump: Image via Branca)
Chicago Tribune Magazine Home Design Issue 03.16.08
© 2009 Apartment Therapy
Post 27 is awesome. I wrote a profile with some photos at Strange Closets.
http://www.strangeclosets.com/2008/07/this-week-at-post-27.html
Owners are super-cool, products are great, and the space is fantastic. Check them out.
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