This poster is hanging in my room right now.

aestheticapparatus.com | Aesthetic Apparatus was my first exposure to the screenprinted poster. This happened when I was either a sophomore or junior in high school. I have no idea why it took me until October 2007 to buy posters from them, but I do have an old Elk shirt that is sadly, splattered with ink and photo chemicals. Well loved to say the least. Anyway, some actual research… Aesthetic Apparatus is Dan Ibarra and Michael Byzewski and they are based out of Minneapolis, MN (My actual hometown. Shhhh, don’t tell Tulsa.). Their official biography is here. I wrote a little paper about them when I first took Screenprinting with Pepe Coranado in ’06 and found a wealth of links about them and have tried to re-Google a fraction of those links. Here’s a page that has an entire presentation that they did for the Alberta North chapter of the Graphic Designers of Canada in ’05. You Work For Them has a great profile on AA, I can’t find a date, but based on the images that they posted, it seems recent. This is a video that shows the guys going through the process of printing (if you’re watching this in a public / quiet place, I suggest turning down the volume or putting it on mute). Here’s some more video from Coudal Partners that gives you a mini tour of their studio space, a sense of how they got started and some hijinks. Speak Up also has an interview with AA circa 2003.

I can’t possibly finish all of these links tonight, maybe I’ll do two or three a week. Here’s a peek of what’s to come: thebirdmachine.com / dianasudyka.com / matdaly.com, thedecoderring.com, programmablepress.com, thelittlefriendsofprintmaking.com, thesmallstakes.com, iso50.com, and many more.