Posts by The Silent P
Old Crime Fiction Novel Cover Designs
We recently came across some classic old crime fiction novels (covers donated by Gary Applegary) and had to share our love for these sorts of things. Most are from the early to late 1960’s with a variety of graphic designers given credit. Look at the great composition on “Slack Tide”. Pure visual sweetness. The art…
Read MoreA Day At The Printer.
Mmm, smell that? That’s ink and paper. We recently did a “Press Check” at one of our favorite printers for a client’s capabilities brochure and thought it would be cool (and very “print-nerdery” of us) to post some photos from the day. We love printing in all its forms and this traditional 4 color press…
Read MoreWhen Horses Meet Birds: New Poster Design and Print!
We just finished working with Band of Horses on our latest poster for their Los Angeles show at the Greek Theatre. Birdie num num poster can be purchased by clicking the above image or visiting the shop: Band of Horses poster! This was printed on French Paper’s Construction White Wash by our buds at The…
Read MoreSteel Train Design Is Comin’ Down The Tracks.
We really enjoyed the recent project we did with the band Steel Train. They had a special live in-store performance in Orlando, Florida to help promote their latest release. Check out the band here: steeltrain.net/site/ The deadline was pretty insane on this one, but yet again, our pals at The Half and Half came through!…
Read MoreA Look at the Design Process for Recent Wilco Project
We recently worked with Wilco’s management on creating several promotional items for the band’s very successful Solid Sound Festival, recently held in at the MoCA. Even though our poster for the event did get published as well as our transit bus signage, we thought it’d be interesting to show some of the process related to…
Read MoreSsshhh, Chinese Whispers Design Work In Progress
Here’s a look at our recent work for Alison Scott’s poster and album release (More details on the CD package design coming up in the near future!). We’ve included a couple of sneak peeks at the elements below, some of which are used in the package design for the album. We hand inked the lettering…
Read MoreNew Poster For The Black Keys Detroit Show
For The Black Keys sold out show at Detroit’s Fillmore, we opted to honor the Motor City pretty heavily. References to the guy’s new album entitled “Brothers” are in there too, racing and all! Size is 18″ x 24″, three color screen print on thick French Paper Construction Tile Green. Some detail shots are below…and…
Read MoreMade In The USA.
During a time when lots of stuff we buy seems to be coming from a host of other countries, we thought it was a timely reminder that there’s a TON of great items made right here in the ‘ol U S of A. We think supporting all the local and regional shops and boutiques around…
Read MoreArtwork Now Available On Rock Show App!
We’re really happy to be offering our work through the VERY cool and FREE Rock Show App for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch owners. Here’s some good articles that review and talk about this great product: Download from iTunes Cult of Mac article Interview with Creators of Rock Show App Rock Show lets users browse, share…
Read MorePoster Design For Jon Lindsay
Here’s our latest design work, this project was for Jon Lindsay, a really talented musician out of Charlotte, NC, right in our backyard. Take a listen to Jon’s album “Escape From Plaza-Midwood” here (www.jonlindsaymusic.com/) It’s on Chocolate Lab Records, check their stuff out here: www.chocolatelabrecords.com/. We hand lettered Jon’s name (see photos below) and then went…
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