A teeth-chattering hello from NYC, where a cold winter wind is chilling us to the bone. Today's edition, by international sensation Linzie Hunter, combines words and humor and a touch of geekery. In other words: it's awesome.
Enter the World of Boundless Sensual Enjoyments is an original illustration that Linzie created exclusively for 20x200. You can hop on over to the site and buy one now, well ahead of when it will be available on the 20x200 homepage.
The editions are printed on 100% cotton rag paper using archival inks and are available in three sizes:
8.5"x11"
Edition of 200 each $20.
17"x22"
Edition of 20 each $200.
30"x40"
Edition of 2 each $2000.
I wrote about Linzie over on Personism at the end of October, after discovering her Flickr set of Spam One-Liners via the excellent illustration blog Drawn. As I said then, my predilection for pictures made of words and the poetry of spam meant that I fell in love with Linzie's work instantly.
A friend emailed me after my post and said "How about a Linzie Hunter edition?" To which I replied: "I'm on it!" And I was... I had already emailed Linzie about doing an edition and was happy to get an enthusiastic yes.
Since our getting to yes, Ms. Hunter has gotten scads of attention. The blogosphere went mad for the drawings, and just this past Sunday trend-tracking Rob Walker wrote a Consumed column about her for the The New York Times Magazine.
Linzie and I have similar habits - she's a workaholic night owl who doesn't mind burning midnight oil on fun projects. I received emails and files from her at the most preposterous times. (And it wasn't just because of the time difference between here and London, where she lives and works.) It was really fun to work with her, and her hard-working ways made it possible for us to offer you a fresh, original piece in just a few short weeks. (And there's another one in the hopper too!)
For today, I invite you to Enter the World of Boundless Sensual Enjoyments, relax a bit and prepare yourselves for Part II of the 20x200 British Invasion, which will arrive tomorrow in photographic form.
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