STA: Society of Typographic Arts parties before Archive10: Photo gallery

STA: Society of Typographic Arts parties before Archive10: Photo gallery

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  Ryan McGovern of DesignChat. Photos: Emily Lin and Ohn Ho.

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  (from left) Mig Reyes, judge Steve Hartman of Creativille and judge Renata Graw of Plural Design. Photos: Emily Lin and Ohn Ho.

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  Cheri Gearhart, STA president and Marjie Best, STA vice president. Photos: Emily Lin and Ohn Ho.

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  (from left) Jana Kinsman, Victoria Pater and Katherine Walker of Quite Strong. Photos: Emily Lin and Ohn Ho.

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  Marko Masnjak (left) with Ron Mocerino of Graphics Arts Studio. Photos: Emily Lin and Ohn Ho.

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  Susan Herda and Katrina Strich of Rule29. Photos: Emily Lin and Ohn Ho.

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  (from left) Susan Herda of Rule29, Josh Blaylock of Grip Design, Ashley Lewis and Camay Ho of Grip Design. Photos: Emily Lin and Ohn Ho.

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  Bob Zeni, Chairman of Archive10. Photos: Emily Lin and Ohn Ho.

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  Jimmy Watkins. Photos: Emily Lin and Ohn Ho.

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  (from left) Emily Lin (hiding), Alison Catuira and Kiyomi Negi-Tran. Photos: Emily Lin and Ohn Ho.

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  (from left) Victor Fong, judge Jessica Hische and Erin Borreson. Photos: Emily Lin and Ohn Ho.

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  Jackson Cavanaugh. Photos: Emily Lin and Ohn Ho.

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  from left) Jamie Saunders of Neenah Paper, Kelly Kaminski of Grip Design and Justin Ahrens of Rule29. Photos: Emily Lin and Ohn Ho.

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  (from left) Gabrielle Schubart and Jason Harvey of the Grillo Group, and Chuck Kratz. Photos: Emily Lin and Ohn Ho.

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  (from left) Sage Brown, Katherine Walker, Bud Rodecker of Thirst, Frances MacLeod and Ashley Lewis. Photos: Emily Lin and Ohn Ho.

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Ryan McGovern of DesignChat. Photos: Emily Lin and Ohn Ho.

Graphic designers tend to be a wild bunch, but Chicago's Society of Typographic Arts (STA) has a particularly checkered past. According to Bob Zeni, chair of the organization's Archive10 competition, after an "out-of-control Lake Michigan boat party in 1927 led the AIGA to de-certify its Chicago chapter," the disgraced creatives reorganized as the STA.

While the AIGA is better known nationally as a graphic designers' professional association, STA's a crucial player in Chicago, hosting its own events and supporting hometown design initiatives such as the Show 'n Tell Show. Plus, it knows how to party. Zeni sent us photos, above, from Archive10's August 26 Judges' Meet & Greet at the Landmark Grill. Archive10's judges—Renata Graw (Plural), Maria Grillo, Jessica Hische (Daily Drop Cap) from New York, Seattle-based Terry Marks and Steve Hartman of St. Louis—just chose recent examples of local design for permanent inclusion in the Chicago Design Archive; those winners will be announced at STA's October 21 gala.

In the meantime, see which local design celebs you can spot in our slide show, which includes pics of DesignChat's Ryan McGovern and Threadless's Mig Reyes as well as guests from Quite Strong, Thirst and Grip Design.