Wilco Poster Process.
Please indulge us in a little process post for The Silent P’s latest poster art created for the amazing band Wilco. For those with shorter attention spans, below is the entire process represented in a handy image gallery. Below the gallery is a more expansive detailed description of the process. We’d like to thank Dan…
Read MorePerfect Book Covers.
There’s just something about a perfectly executed book cover design. Browsing book stores to check out all those excellent examples of type treatments balanced with amazing illustrations is a favorite pastime. I really loved the collection of stellar design work shown over at The Casual Optimist latest post, check out the original article here. Part…
Read MoreThe 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 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)!…
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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 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
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 MoreSpecial Edition “Vinyl is Killing the MP3” T-shirt
To celebrate Record Store Day coming up on April 19th, 2014, we will be releasing one special edition version of the “Vinyl is Killing the MP3” t-shirt theme. The original can be seen here. The new one will be one of these, you’ll just have to wait to see which one…or which two? Here’s a…
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