Posts by The Silent P
New Album Design for Brad Sucks, Who Most Definitely Does Not Suck.
Bradsucks, aka one-man band Brad Turcotte from Ottawa, Ontario hired us to help him complete his album design for the latest release “Guess Who’s a Mess”. Think Beck meets Moby, and bumps into Folk Impossion on the way to hang out with good friends. We enjoyed working along with him on this design, go grab…
Read MoreCustom Die Cut Business Cards for ZagCo
Hot off the printing press, our design for ZAGCO‘s new ID system. A slightly rounded angled trim dieline gives this a custom look and speaks to the custom design services the company provides for furniture and architectural clients. We will be creating an all new robust website for these cats as well, coming soon.
Read More“Hey Tenacious D, That Was Fruity Fun.”
You just never know what work you’ll get to end up helping with in this crazy business. Our pals Kung Fu, Inc. over in Raleighwood asked us to create some merch designs for the infamous duo, Tenacious D. You may have heard of them, comprised of Kyle Glass and Jack Black, they are THE biggest…
Read MoreNew Work for Dave Douglas’ “Be Still”
Dave Douglas Quintet just released a beautiful album, and we were asked to design an accompanying poster for the tour supporting “Be Still”. We ended up creating two color variants, one blue, one red. Read a great review and back story to this very personal album in The New York Times. Enjoy the gallery below,…
Read MoreWilco in Desert Palms, California.
We are always happy to work with clients that “GET IT”. And by “get it”, we mean they get why a client allows a designer/artist to pretty much do what they do best: CREATE/DESIGN without a lot of static from the client. Here’s what was produced from a healthy client relationship as described…We can all…
Read MoreHoward Brewing Getting Closer to: BEER!
We have been helping a new local brewery, Howard Brewing, with all of their branding and marketing efforts. Last week we stopped by the downtown location to check the progress on the building and the brewery itself – we were NOT disappointed! Things are coming along nicely, with all tanks currently brewing some delicious beers, to…
Read MoreTake Our Logo Out to the Ballgame.
One of our fave music clients recently had the privilege of playing some songs at the Minnesota Twins game a few Sundays ago at Target Field. Our logo design for the band was seen on the huge Jumbotron by around 36,000 baseball fans. Not sure if the Twins won, but in our book Farewell Milwaukee…
Read MoreSolid Sound Festival is Back, We Have a Banner to Prove it.
We were happy to get the call to help Wilco‘s management create a teaser banner for the return of Solid Sound Festival in 2013! Sneak a peek at the big ol thang here, printed on large format vinyl at nearly 6 feet wide. At all upcoming concerts this will be hanging around the merch table,…
Read MoreBefore and After with Wilco.
It’s interesting to see the rough thumbnails that eventually become actual printed merchandise. BEFORE: Here’s our pencil (very) rough thumbnail concept for Wilco‘s recent show poster at Big Sky Brewery in Montana: AFTER:…and here’s the finished art/design: Some background on the locale: Obvious ones, like Montana being known for “Big Skies”, we knew the sky…
Read MoreLogo Design On Kick Drum, Boom-Boom, Da-Boom.
Bands seem to like our logo design work enough to keep making these great kick drum stencils and prints. The latest is for our fave Dublin lads STAND.
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