Poster
Massimo 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 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…
Read MoreOne Month Left for “All Access”!
Just a brief note to mention to people in the Western NC area that our poster show “All Access” presently showing at the Hickory Museum of Art is up for only one more month (show ends January 5th). Hope you get a chance to pop in and experience this hidden gem of a museum that…
Read MoreLong Lost Wilco Towel from Japan
Finally saw the special towel print we did for Wilco’s Japan tour, hard item to find! Japanese have the custom of carrying your own personal hand towel everywhere you go. It’s considered good manners to have your hand towel when you’re out. Read more about this interesting trend here, and check out the Wilco towel…
Read MorePoster Design for The National – Fillmore Performance
The National is a pretty impressive band. We were excited to finally see them live, and since we like The Fillmore in Charlotte, we opted to do a special edition ‘venue-only’ (and gift to the band) edition of posters to commemorate the special event. These were printed by Ink Floyd on super nice black stock,…
Read MoreIce Skating with a Fender Amp: New Poster Art for Trey Anastasio.
Here’s the latest poster art done for Phish’s Trey Anastasio. Having the location and time of year in mind, we thought a proper hat sporting gentlemen smoking a pipe whilst ice skating across a frozen pond with his Fender amp was appropriate. Six color edition run by the highly skilled Crosshair of Chicago, we ran…
Read MoreOur Wilco Calendar Design for 2013.
Wilco recently tapped us to help them design this year’s calendar. There were several attempts to create a photo mosaic out of every single poster from last year, but it never seemed to gel to a point where everything worked well together…maybe next year. The style that won out features a 17″ x 28″ hanging…
Read MoreNew Poster for Eric Church, “Lightning”.
A local hero around these parts, Eric Church had a recent concert in Columbia, SC, and we were asked to design the poster for the event. Eric wrote a song called “Lightning”, some of the lyrics go as follows: “They strap me in this chair I hope she forgives me For leavin’ her this way…
Read MoreNew 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, one blue, one red. Read a great review and back story to this very personal album in The New York Times. Enjoy the gallery below,…
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