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Visit Us at NeoCon 2010, Merchandise Mart

NeoCon is where the design world comes together - three days bursting with new thinking, new resources, and new products topped off with networking opportunities, fun and parties. This is the largest design tradeshow of its kind in the world; it’s your opportunity to view all that is essential to this industry whether it be related to healthcare, hospitality, residential or sustainable products.

Come visit us on the eighth floor, booth #8-2075 June 14, 15 and 16, where we will be showcasing Prints on Demand in any size, on any of five unique substrates including aluminum, bamboo, clear acrylic, canvas and paper.

Gottlieb Hospital : Commemorating A Legacy through Design

How do you maintain a legacy of a medical institution as it evolves through an extensive transformation and merger with another organization? This is exactly the question H. Marion Framing President Jan Marion asked himself when he accepted a project at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park. Not many people know the connection between Gottlieb Memorial Hospital and the Gottlieb family business in the pinball industry.

From a historical perspective, David Gottlieb in 1927 started D. Gottlieb & Co. pinball manufacturers, one of the world’s leading pinball businesses, and later co-founded Gottlieb Hospital with his wife, Dorothy. Jan’s vision for Gottlieb Hospital involved incorporating this relic of a bygone era into the administrative offices' current decor. “I wanted to develop a creative approach to sustaining the legacy of the Gottlieb family,” says Jan. “Using the decorative back glass of an original Gottlieb pinball machine seemed like a memorable representation of that heritage.”

Marion’s research for the project led to the acquisition of three reproductions of Gottlieb pinball back glasses from a pinball enthusiast convention, which he then transformed into framed art for installation. His pinball back glass framing innovations are true conversation pieces and have produced enthusiastic reactions. Jan Marion’s vision represents the legacy of exemplary generosity from the Gottlieb family and continues to inspire people by bringing to life a little-known history.

Featured Artist : Maeve Harris

Born in Princeton, New Jersey in 1976, Maeve Harris fell in love with the creative process at an early age. In 1994, she moved to Phoenix, Arizona to attend Arizona State University where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in photography. Her work in photography carried into printmaking and then continued into painting. Influenced by natural and organic forms, Harris renders expressions of color and light.

Created with a variety of inks and pigments, her paintings reveal a focus on the medium itself. She is interested in the integration of traditional subject matter with contemporary styles and techniques.

Travel and adventure are an important part of her life and she draws from her experiences an optimistic and wholehearted spirit. Currently she resides in Seattle, WA and paints from her studio in Pioneer Square. Her work is available from H. Marion Framing Studios in the capacity of investment-quality originals to print-on-demand reproductions on canvas, satisfying both the collector and the decorator.

Visit our gallery to view more of Harris' artwork or click here