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February 20, 2012
MasterMind Awards honor our eighth class of artistic entrepreneurs
On Saturday night, Westword introduced the eighth class of MasterMinds -- artistic entrepreneurs who are changing the cultural landscape. Since we started the program, we have given more than $130,000 in grants to artists and arts organizations. The latest winners (click on the link for profiles): M ... More >>
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February 16, 2012
Westword's MasterMind Awards for 2012
On Saturday night, Westword introduced the eighth class of MasterMinds -- artistic entrepreneurs who are changing the cultural landscape. Since we started the program, we have given more than $130,000 in grants to artists and arts organizations. The latest winners (click on the link for profiles): M ... More >>
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December 9, 2011
Make it Matter: Get well-designed goods at Matter Studio's annual sale
The inimitable Westword cover boy Rick Griffith and his ink-spattered crew at Matter Studio normally toil with their sleeves rolled in a letterpress world that bridges classic craftsmanship and modern design, hand-running hip posters and other printed matter on the old-fashioned machinery of ... More >>
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August 1, 2011
Rick Griffith and MATTER create Market Street mural for New Belgium Brewing (VIDEO)
Last January, we profiled local type-and-design maestro Rick Griffith and his MATTER studio. Much of the story focused on small details -- the tiny serifs on a font, miniscule measurements between blocks of text on ancient letterpress printers. But Griffith and his crew also work big, as in a ... More >>
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January 20, 2011
Readers' love-hate relationship with Rick Griffith
Last January, we profiled local type-and-design maestro Rick Griffith and his MATTER studio. Much of the story focused on small details -- the tiny serifs on a font, miniscule measurements between blocks of text on ancient letterpress printers. But Griffith and his crew also work big, as in a ... More >>
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January 20, 2011
Rick Griffith's Westword cover gets spoofed around town
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and if that's the case, everyone involved in coming up with the cover image for Westword's recent feature on local type and design maestro Rick Griffith -- and the list includes photographer Eric Magnussen, Westword Art Director Jay Vollma ... More >>
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January 13, 2011
Letters: Rick Griffith should be recognized for his good work
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and if that's the case, everyone involved in coming up with the cover image for Westword's recent feature on local type and design maestro Rick Griffith -- and the list includes photographer Eric Magnussen, Westword Art Director Jay Vollma ... More >>
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January 10, 2011
Rick Griffith's cult of letters: Do complicated typefaces make people smarter?
Last week's cover story, "Extra Bold" deconstructs the weird, wonderful world of Denver designer Rick Griffith, a man who's constantly scrutinizing how words and letter-forms are used everywhere -- including the Denver School System. Griffith might be on to something, since a new paper report ... More >>
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January 7, 2011
Rick Griffith: If Denver's letter connoisseur were a typeface, what type would he be?
This week's cover story, "Extra Bold," details local designer Rick Griffith's love affair with everything having to do with letters. It made sense, therefore, to ask his friends, family and colleagues what typeface Griffith most resembles -- and all of them were eager to weigh in. You can che ... More >>
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January 6, 2011
Rick Griffith has designs on Denver. Bold ones.
This week's cover story, "Extra Bold," details local designer Rick Griffith's love affair with everything having to do with letters. It made sense, therefore, to ask his friends, family and colleagues what typeface Griffith most resembles -- and all of them were eager to weigh in. You can che ... More >>
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January 6, 2011
Rick Griffith explains his "Notice to all employees" sign (VIDEO)
This week's cover story, "Extra Bold," which profiles Rick Griffith, the founder of MATTER studio in Denver, opens with writer Joel Warner's observation of Griffith's "Notice to all employees" sign. We asked Griffith about the inspiration for the sign in this video.
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January 5, 2011
Rick Griffith's "Definition of Graphic Design": Can you dig it?
"Extra Bold," this week's cover story, details the creations of Denver type maestro Rick Griffith, including his "Definition of Graphic Design," a 59-word sentence he spent eighteen months crafting that now appears on T-shirts, posters and scarves. Jeremy Peterson, art director at Griffith's ... More >>
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December 22, 2010
My dinner with Steven: A convivium and preview night at Illiterate Gallery
A Convivium Illiterate Preview Dinner with S.D. Prochyra. Quietly, very quietly, over the last year since the venue opened, Illiterate Gallery director Adam Gildar instigated a resident artist program, wherein Illiterate offers artists who go through an application process a chance to stage a ... More >>
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December 10, 2010
Get your ink (and drink) on tonight at MATTER's 11th Annual Print Sale and Party
Imagine a holiday office party on acid mixed with boundary-shattering Christmas shopping and doused with a fish tank full of mojito mix and you more or less have local design studio MATTER's 11th Annual Print Sale and Party, which launches tonight at 8 p.m. at MATTER's studio, 2134 Market Str ... More >>
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December 2, 2010
Smooth Talking
Imagine a holiday office party on acid mixed with boundary-shattering Christmas shopping and doused with a fish tank full of mojito mix and you more or less have local design studio MATTER's 11th Annual Print Sale and Party, which launches tonight at 8 p.m. at MATTER's studio, 2134 Market Str ... More >>
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May 27, 2010
Just My Type
Imagine a holiday office party on acid mixed with boundary-shattering Christmas shopping and doused with a fish tank full of mojito mix and you more or less have local design studio MATTER's 11th Annual Print Sale and Party, which launches tonight at 8 p.m. at MATTER's studio, 2134 Market Str ... More >>
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December 10, 2009
The Theory of Matter
Imagine a holiday office party on acid mixed with boundary-shattering Christmas shopping and doused with a fish tank full of mojito mix and you more or less have local design studio MATTER's 11th Annual Print Sale and Party, which launches tonight at 8 p.m. at MATTER's studio, 2134 Market Str ... More >>
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April 23, 2009
Untitled Energy
The Denver Art Museum will jump again on Friday night.
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March 9, 2009
Today's featured event: Rick Griffith spreads the words at the Denver City and County Building
"MATTER: Disregarding the barriers between design and art since 1999." That's the motto of MATTER, the fast-forward local design studio masterminded by Rick Griffith -- and it perfectly describes the show Griffith has hung in the fourth-floor Jury Selection Room at the Denver City and County Build ... More >>
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March 5, 2009
Spread the Words
"MATTER: Disregarding the barriers between design and art since 1999." That's the motto of MATTER, the fast-forward local design studio masterminded by Rick Griffith -- and it perfectly describes the show Griffith has hung in the fourth-floor Jury Selection Room at the Denver City and County Build ... More >>
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December 18, 2008
Scene, Not Herd
MATTER Studio throws down for a holiday party and print sale.
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January 24, 2008
Talking Shoppe
Tran and Josh Wills are on an arts-and-crafts mission.
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December 14, 2006
Prints Charming
Tran and Josh Wills are on an arts-and-crafts mission.
Culture
December 30, 2004
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Tran and Josh Wills are on an arts-and-crafts mission.
Culture
December 23, 2004
Text Messaging
Art and language mix it up at the Mizel Center and + Gallery.
Culture
December 16, 2004
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Art and language mix it up at the Mizel Center and + Gallery.
Culture
December 9, 2004
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Art and language mix it up at the Mizel Center and + Gallery.
Culture
December 2, 2004
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Art and language mix it up at the Mizel Center and + Gallery.
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November 25, 2004
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Art and language mix it up at the Mizel Center and + Gallery.
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November 18, 2004
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Art and language mix it up at the Mizel Center and + Gallery.

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