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New 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,…

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Wilco 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…

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Howard 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…

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Take 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…

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Solid 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…

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Before 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…

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Logo 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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Never Kill A Client.

Good reminder… …and a GREAT crime novel cover design! These guys created some of our favorite book covers ever (see our related older post regarding crime novel cover art here)….

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First Images of Album Gatefold Design for Everest!

We could not be happier to show the first vinyl record samples of the design we did for Everest! So nice to see it LARGE ON A VINYL RECORD SLEEVE…

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Messy is Good.

We were inspired to revisit making art with a xerox machine and a scanner. Here’s how you can too: Step 1. Print typography (or image) in black. Step 2. Open…