Design
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 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.
Read MoreNever 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). There are rumors in the works that we will get to illustrate and design one for an author soon. Stay tuned…unless you want a knuckle…
Read MoreFirst 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 (12″). Wow. The print work is really sharp and shows some nice details on the uncoated paper stock we opted to run this one on.…
Read MoreMessy 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 copy machine cover (or scanner bed) and as the scanner or copy machine is in the process of making the copy, move your print all…
Read MoreThe Great American T-Shirt.
We have printed some fun graphic tees for your pleasure here. For your viewing pleasure, check out some of these beautiful photos taken by Eckard Photographic, these guys kill it! You too could potentially look THIS good in our new t-shirts…think about it.
Read MoreFirst Views of Everest’s New Album Print: Thanks ATO!
We just got a goodie package from our pals over at ATO records chock full of print samples for Everest‘s new release “Ownerless”. We worked on some poster designs, some postcard designs and of course, the CD package/album design. Oranges and deep reds, yeah buddy. More details to come…
Read MoreNew Brewery Gets New Look.
We just finished working with the great folks over at Howard Brewing on their new brand identity and logo design. Check out their Facebook site redux (first look at logo etc) and look for their very own website coming soon! We’ll be helping with a ton of fun beer related items for these guys coming…
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