“When I’m going to make a sculpture, it’s not this perfect sculpture that’s really clean. I’ll just grab a piece of wood in a dumpster and see what happens.”

The scrappy, eclectic work of Chicago artist Cody Hudson has appeared everywhere: on snowboards and record covers, on clothing and show flyers, in galleries and abandoned buildings, even inside two of Chicago’s most popular restaurants. He’s just one of the leading design thinkers featured in This Is Chicago, a snapshot of the city’s creative community curated and published by AIGA Chicago.

Grab a copy at the book release party on June 18, or pre-order one right here.