Posts by The Silent P
Major Brands Owned by Hipsters
For the sheer fun of it, we are experimenting with how well known major brand’s logos would appear if they were owned by hipster shops (you know the ones). Please note ironic quotes used in the well known tagline. This is only one take on a well recognized brand (McDonald’s), we have several coming up…
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Pfahlert Creative Labs Signs Agreement To Promote Frye Regional Medical Center’s Breast Center Of Excellence FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Matt Pfahlert, Pfahlert Creative Labs 520 8th Street NE Ste 203, Hickory, NC 28601 // 828.261.0075 email: matt@pfahlertcreativelabs.com HICKORY, NC — Pfahlert Creative Labs (The Silent P), a professional creative design services company located in Hickory, NC, recently…
Read MoreTools of the Trade…
Here’s a little preview from a photo shoot we did with Darin Back recently. Darin has shot a lot of photos of a lot of things, many of which are people, like Paul Westerburg (best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter in The Replacements), Charlie Mars, Mark Olson (one of the founding members…
Read MoreWhat if Draplin Designed it?
For the record: I love all things Draplin. Aaron Draplin is a very talented graphic designer – one of our faves – a great & funny communicator as well (a couple classics can be found here and here – FYI, some NSFW language smattering in each video). Possibly most well known for his ‘Field Notes‘ series of…
Read MoreMake Your Best Work Available, Because…
Because “You never know”… If you make your creative work available, there’s a chance somebody out there may just dig it. That’s what happened with some images we shot in New York City earlier this year that caught the eye of one of our favorite design blogs, ‘Design Taxi‘, TAXI is the global creative network…
Read MoreOnce In A Lifetime.
The Silent P’s creative note/thought of the day: By far, for me personally, one of the most influential music videos during my youth was Talking Heads “Once In a Lifetime”, from their 1980 album “Remain in Light”. Critics loved the album, but ironically it was the worst selling Talking Heads record ever. Thanks to my high…
Read MoreMassimo Vignelli, Design Hero.
Our homage to one of the greats in the craft of graphic design…Massimo Vignelli died today at 83. “Inspiration Never Dies” is our nod, the rest are quotes of Mr. Vignelli’s. // Click on each image to enlarge // @Pfahlert Creative Labs, 2014
Read MorePolicyMic features Two Poster Designs
A recent article in the Arts & Entertainment section of PolicyMic, a popular news and lifestyle blog out of NYC, talked about poster art and design in the music world. Two Silent P posters are featured, one for Mike Gordon, the other for The Autumn Defense. Read the article: “15 Beautiful Indie Concert Posters That…
Read MoreSpecial Edition “Vinyl is Killing the MP3” T-shirt
To celebrate Record Store Day coming up on April 19th, 2014, we will be releasing one special edition version of the “Vinyl is Killing the MP3” t-shirt theme. The original can be seen here. The new one will be one of these, you’ll just have to wait to see which one…or which two? Here’s a…
Read MoreThe Making of a Poster (Process Photos)
Behind-the-scenes peeks of any creative endeavor, be it a movie, a painting, or in this case, a poster design, are always kinda cool to get a glimpse of…hopefully you’ll agree, and if not, there’s endless shots of cats on the Internet waiting just for you…and away we go! * EDIT: Band management informed us that…
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