Graphic Design
The Silent P’s New Sketch Books Are Ready for Action.
We recently made these new sketchbooks (scrap books, notepads, etc) out of acid-free paper (50 sheets in each!) bound with aluminum grommets (great band name btw) and then sandwiched the paper with French Paper printed poster stock from some we had around the studio. Each sketchpad will be unique – all depends on the crop…
Read MoreK E E P P U S H I N’
A mantra for now and the years ahead, a great video and theme we love here. K E E P P U S H I N’ Keep On Pushin’ from Ricki Bedenbaugh on Vimeo.
Read MoreFun Tote Bag Designs
Here’s some fun ideas we had for a new line of tote bag designs – if we get enough interest we may plan on printing these up, so let us know what you think! Feel free to share these via your preferred social media outlet…you saw it here first (click images for a larger view)!…
Read MoreMajor 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
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