Here is an exciting opportunity to be part of “the creative vibe” at Open Book!! In the Spring of 2012 we will have approx. 3000 sq ft. of street level market rate office/store front space available for lease. Located on Washington Ave in the Historic Mill District of Downtown Minneapolis this is a perfect location in every way.
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Keep up to date with all the happenings at Open Book on our new FaceBook page. The building's arts tenants – Open Book, The Loft Literary Center, Milkweed Editions, and Minnesota Center for Book Arts – support, teach, and celebrate the idea and art of the book. Explore the artistic assembly of the pages, covers, and spine, imagine the ideas and characters that create the story, and browse the published and distributed finished product through these one-of-a-kind organizations at Open Book.
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The Open Book website has been honored with a creative award from a prestigious organization that judges design and marketing communication effectiveness. 2010 Silver Award The International Davey Awards The Davey Awards honor the “Davids” of creativity, the finest small firms, agencies and companies. David defeated the giant Goliath with a big idea and a little rock - the sort of thing small firms do each year. The annual International Davey Awards honors the achievements of the "Creative Davids" who derive their strength from big ideas, rather than big budgets. The Open Book website was designed, donated and is maintained by CRC Marketing Solutions, a Minneapolis integrated marketing communications agency. The Davey Awards is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy o
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Just a decade ago, Open Book opened its doors as the first literary and book arts center of its kind in the nation. Since then, the creative energy of the building has not only attracted readers, writers, artists, and passersby to explore the space and see what the tenant literary organizations have to offer, but Open Book has also spurred the rapid development of a once-run-down neighborhood. Learn more about 10 inspiring years devoted to the book, covered by local Minnesota presses.
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Open Book in Minneapolis, Minn. received a $10,000 award in recognition of the exemplary collaboration among its founders, three independent nonprofit organizations – The Loft Literary Center, Milkweed Editions, and Minnesota Center for Book Arts – who pooled their resources to form a vibrant literary arts center.
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After the city tried and failed to revamp Washington Avenue between the University of Minnesota and downtown Minneapolis as its own Silicon Alley, it took three literary arts organizations devoted to the book to revitalize a neighborhood known best for sprawling parking lots and empty warehouses.
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