John Morris
@john-morris.bsky.social
block prints Chicago http://tinycitypress.com
I'm trying out a new offering: custom building illustrations. There are limited spots open now, but more may open up depending on demand. Have you ever wanted an illustration of a particular building? Your home, a favorite building, a place you used to love when you were younger...now's your chance.
Progression from drawing to mini print of three South Side two-flats on the 8000 block of S. Rhodes in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago #printmaking
So excited to announce the release of my book ART DECO WORLD! A global survey of the beloved style’s past 100 years from inception to rebirth (to rebirth again!), it will be released September 1. U.S. and int’l readers can register for a pre-order link here: www.routledge.com/Art-Deco-Wor...
A Tribune article...about my art??? 🤯 www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/25/c...
Visit Norwood Park! Or Englewood! A Chicago artist creates and sells tourism posters for the city’s neighborhoods
Illustrator Steve Shanabruch’s retro posters suggest 1930s travel advertisements — what was once a side gig now makes up half his income.
chicagotribune.com
16 of my watercolors will be on display at Lula Cafe for the next few months. Eight of these paintings are for sale, and you can find details on my website. Prints are available as well.
Three two-flats on Pulaski near 31st in Little Village. At first glance they all look identical with ground level entrances and large front gables But there are small stylistic variations making each one unique 4x6 mini #linocut print
Font 21: CLEANERS is inspired by the Pride Cleaners sign in the Chatham neighborhood in Chicago. It was recently announced that Pride Cleaners would be closing, but hopefully the amazing sign and iconic building will be saved 🤞🤞🤞 www.thechicagoneighborhoods.com/fonts/p/clea...
Cleaners: A Chicago-inspired Font — The Chicago Neighborhoods
CLEANERS is a font that inspired by the Pride Cleaners sign in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood.
thechicagoneighborhoods.com
deltiologists deride the technical/artistic quality of the linen postcards popular in the 1930s & 1940s because the production process was much more mechanized BUT before mass producing them, they’d hand-paint a mockup for customer approval, which are lovely little art objects themselves
New mini print featuring three Chicago two-flats in North Mayfair
A set of three three-flats and a corner store and flats building at the corner of California and Armitage in Logan Square Oil ink #linocut print with a splash of color via oil pastel for the three-flat covered in ivy
I'm glad I ran across this blog post from @chigeek.bsky.social about the old Chicago architecture Twitter scene and her impressive output on the platform. I've learned so much from her over the years and always felt like she's an essential follow. chicagolandarchitecture.substack.com/p/good-bye-t...
Good-Bye to Architecture Twitter
As people delete or abandon their Twitter accounts due to its changes related to content ownership etc. that begin today, September 29th, I thought I’d look back at some of the content I’ve provided o...
chicagolandarchitecture.substack.com
I wrote about the School of the Art Institute of Chicago selling artist Roger Brown’s Home and Studio at 1926 N. Halsted in Lincoln Park, and the potential demolition of the historic property. chicagolandarchitecture.substack.com/p/the-future...
The Future of Roger Brown's Home & Studio
This past week Dennis Rodkin of Crain’s Chicago Business reported that the School of the Art Institute of Chicago is selling the historic 19th-century building in Chicago’s Lincoln Park where artist R...
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A poster at the Sokol Community Center with a few different typefaces that could be from @chgohoods.bsky.social
Hennepin Avenue Bridge (1990) by HNTB and the Grain Belt Beer Sign (1941), moved to its current location in 1950.
851 w montrose 1977, "man, on way to lake to fish, dies and is taken away by fire department, ambulance on montrose ave." jonas dovydenas photo
Now available: River North, featuring a view of the Reid Murdoch Building, Marina City, and a boat cruising down the river while giving an architectural tour. 👋 Oh hey, that looks like Chicago's First Lady, doesn't it @chiarchitecture.bsky.social www.thechicagoneighborhoods.com/shop/p/river...
My favorite museum in the city has joined the series. So many good memories visiting MSI as a child, and making new ones now every time I bring my own kid!
I don’t write about furniture because I’ll never be a “good taste” person; but for Untapped I wrote about the mythology of MCM design. Why does its aesthetic continually speak to so many—even in cheap knockoffs? www.untappedjournal.com/issues/issue...
Furniture That Supports Us, When and Where We Need It
The allure of Midcentury Modern objects isn’t just about craftsmanship.
untappedjournal.com
Made the pilgrimage to see Z Erol Smith’s polychrome pièce de résistance, one of Chicago terra cotta nerdom’s most revered sites
