Chicago Design Week 2010

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Text on Button CHICAGO DESIGN WEEK 2010 Gensler
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Black and white kaleidoscope-like pattern on the top and bottom with black stylized text on the left-center and red text on the right-center

Curl Text algachicago.org/designweek Buttons sponsored by www.busybeaver.net
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Beginning with the first annual event in 2010, Chicago Design Week is a professional conference for designers hosted yearly by AIGA Chicago, a local chapter of the AIGA professional association for design. The sponsorship branding on the button is from the global architecture, planning and design business Gensler.

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AIGA Chicago (May 9, 2014). Chicago Design Week Press Release. Accessed February 16, 2023 via https://chicago.aiga.org/chicago-design-week-press-release/

AIGA Chicago (2023). About: Mission. Accessed February 16, 2023 via https://chicago.aiga.org/about-us/mission/

Gensler (2023). Gensler | Creating a Better World Through the Power of Design. Accessed February 16, 2023 via https://www.gensler.com/

Catalog ID EV0955

I Love Blocking

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Text on Button I ♥ BLOCKING
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Illustrated red heart with a white cross in the center and black block-letter text on a white background

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This is a variation of the I heart NY logo that was created in 1977 by Milton Glaser for an ad campaign created by advertising agency Wells Rich Greene. The marketing campaign was sought by then-Deputy Commissioner William S. Doyle to increase tourism in the state of New York. The campaign was a wild success. The original sketch of the logo is permanently on display at the MOMA.
 

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Catalog ID IL0140

Jennifer Gentle

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Text on Button Jennifer Gentle
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Jennifer Gentle is an Italian psychedelic rock group formed in 2000. They take particular inspiration from the 1960s band Pink Floyd, but incorporate a wide variety of styles and instruments. The band received international attention after the release of their second album in 2002, and have since gone on tour in the US, UK, EU, and China. In 2004, they became the first Italian band to be signed to the record label Sub Pop.

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Jennifer Gentle. (n.d.). Anniversary Group. https://anniversarygroup.com/Jennifer-Gentle

Jennifer Gentle. (n.d.). Sub Pop. https://www.subpop.com/artists/jennifer_gentle

Catalog ID MU0559

Think Happy Thoughts

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Text on Button THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS
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Red background with purple, yellow, and pink text. A blue cartoon character with a square head, black hair, and two bandages on its forehead is on the left-hand side next to a thought bubble with a cartoon cheeseburger inside. The character wears a red jumper adorned with a skull.

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So So Happy is an accessories and apparel brand that is a trademark of So So Happy Studios. The studio provides backstory for the monster characters that feature in So So Happy’s trademark designs. The blue werewolf character pictured on this button is named Ozzie and likes bubblegum.

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United States Patent and Trademark Office (June 26, 2012) So So Happy. https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4804:d0a3wa.3.17

Fandom (2023) Ozzie https://so-so-happy.fandom.com/wiki/Ozzie

Facebook (2023) So So Happy. https://www.facebook.com/SoSoHappy/

Jazzmyn Albright (May 12, 2015). SO SO HAPPY. https://prezi.com/plg1hmjmthgh/so-so-happy/

Catalog ID HU0218

HU A Love Song to God

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Text on Button HU A Love Song to God
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Eckantar is a religion started and centered in the United States and practiced worldwide. HU: A Love Song to God is a recording of stories, exercises and ECK religious wisdom compiled by Sri Harold Klemp. Sri Klemp has been the leader of the religion since 1981.

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Eckantar (2023) Frequently Asked Questions. Accessed February 18, 2023 via https://www.eckankar.org/explore/faqs/

Eckantar (2023) Explore HU: A Love Song to God. Accessed February 18, 2023 via https://www.eckankar.org/hu/explore-hu-en/#:~:text=HU%3A%20A%20Love%20S….

Catalog ID AD1056

The Slits at the Aklam

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Text on Button The Slits at the Aklam
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Black child-like handwritten text with a stick figure illustration of the band The Slits

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Punk rock was quite a sensation in 1978 in London. Posters for the Slits show at the Aklam list opening acts The Innocents and The Doll, as well as indicating the bar was open 'til 12.

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Larkin, C. (2006). Punk. In The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. : Oxford University Press. Retrieved 18 Feb. 2023, from https://www-oxfordreference-com.ezproxy1.library.arizona.edu/view/10.10….

Catalog ID MU0560

Domestic Divas Sleuth With Style!

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Text on Button Domestic Divas Sleuth with Style! divamysteries.com
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White text on a red background with light-colored filagree around the rim

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The Domestic Diva mysteries are a contemporary novel series written by Krista Davis. The novels feature amateur sleuth Sophie Winston solving tasty mysteries in small town Virginia. In addition to following Sophie's adventures, recipes and cooking tips are included in the books. Other series by the author are the Paws & Claws mysteries and Pen & Ink mysteries.

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Davis, Krista (2022) Domestic Diva Mysteries. Accessed February 18, 2023 via https://www.kristadavis.com/domestic-diva-mysteries/domestic-diva-myste…

Catalog ID AD1055

So Reach Alternate Version

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Text on Button So REACH! MADE IN CHINA
Image Description Illustration of an angry cartoon man holding a gun in each hand with a blue and red hat with bullet holes through it. There is a yellow ray surrounding him with a red background. Below the illustration are the words So REACH! in red bold letters on a white background. Manufacturer location is printed on the bottom of the button.
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The outlaw gunslinger is a trope that has captured the imagination of people for years. A few cartoon cowboys that have enjoyed popularity are Tex Avery from The Wacky World of Tex Avery, Yosemite Sam from Looney Toons, and Woody from Toy Story.

This is an alternate version of IB0162: it features the same image, but was manufactured in a different location.

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Perlmutter, D. (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Accessed February 18, 2023 https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Encyclopedia_of_American_Anima… TV Tropes (n.d.) The Gunslinger. Accessed February 18, 2023 via https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheGunslinger

Catalog ID IB0778