Graphic Design
Appreciating The Imperfect (and Hand-Done) Typography Around You.
On a recent trip to our local Flea Market, we saw all sorts of fun and interesting items (edible cactus for one!). We also really dug all the hand painted old signs around the location. Here’s a selection of some sweet work that we think is more interesting than the “perfect” fonts and typography found…
Read MoreProphecy of New Website in 2012 Comes True.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: We have an all new customizable website. Holy crap. You (the user) can change the way our website looks! Wait, is that right? We don’t like making predictions, but it would seem just plain wrong that after all the work we’ve put in during 2011 and now finally releasing an all new website…
Read MoreModern Gigposter Design: 100 Stunning Examples
Nice short article about good poster design by GoMediazine.com. 100 samples show: Our poster for Wilco’s Savannah show is in there among some great samples from talented artists and designers. They also try to answer the question “What is a great poster?” Enjoy!
Read MoreKatharine Whalen’s Album Art Part of “Album Covers of the Year”.
We are really happy to announce that our album art and design for Katharine Whalen and her Fascinator’s CD “Madly Love” is getting some mad love over at Seattle’s own REDEFINE Magazine. The album cover has been included in their year end article “Album Covers of the Year 2011”. The article includes some nuggets from…
Read MoreWilco’s Incredible Shrinking Tour of Chicago Poster Series
One of our favorite music clients and bands asked us to help create a complete poster series for “Wilco’s Incredible Shrinking Tour of Chicago”. Five dates, five different venues in Chicago. The deadline to accomplish the project was insane, to say the least. With help from some of our friends (you know who you are),…
Read MoreOur Logo On Band’s Kick Drum? COOL.
We see our logo designs on a lot of different items: Pens, hats, tee shirts, vehicles, books, brochures…you get the idea. The COOLEST so far has to be this though: Our new logo art we created for Farewell Milwaukee‘s album “When it Sinks In” has been applied as a kick drum stencil! BOOM-BOOM, DAH-BOOM. Check out…
Read MoreNew Gigposters Vol. 2 Has Some Familiar Designs.
On page 145 of the beautiful new “Gigposters Vol. 2” book, you’ll find The Silent P! It’s an amazing honor to be published along with some truly inspiring designers & artists. It’s also nice to see our region represented really well, with such talent as: Us & Them (NC), The Half and Half (SC), Status…
Read MoreAmplified Art Gallery Poster Show
We had a Pfantastic time at the opening reception for our poster show at Raleigh’s own downtown gallery “Amplified Art Gallery”. Ryan and the crew did a great job hanging the show and we all got to enjoy some great live music by Katharine Whalen and Her Fascinators.The show remains up through December 4th, so…
Read More“M is for Moog”, Moogfest and the Synth Art Poster Show!
We are thrilled to once again be a part of Moogfest’s art show “Synth Art Show” curated by Justin Helton. This show will include two prints by (drum roll please)…BRIAN ENO! Yeah, crazy. Great job to Justin to making this all come together, lots of work! Asheville’s Mountain Express has a nice write up here:…
Read MoreThe Gateway Arch, Water and Wilco.
We recently finished up a poster design for Wilco’s October 4th show in St. Louis, MO. One of those little birdies to the right of the arch told us that these sold out at the show. Below are some of the process shots, details and even the initial idea as we sketched it out. Sometimes…
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