Wilco
Wilco’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 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 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…
Read MoreWilco’s Solid Sound Festival at MASS MoCA.
We recently got to attend this great event as guests in North Adams, Massachusetts curated by Wilco, one of our favorite clients. Thought it’d be nice to post some of the highlights from this arts + comedy + music weekend! We’re already planning on next years, but shhh, don’t spread the word too much, we…
Read MoreScrabbleriffic Merchandise Graphic Design for Wilco.
The idea for this Wilco tee shirt design came after a recent game of the classic board game played with friends. I lost, but this shirt won client approval. We went through several versions, some of which spelled different things like: “CALL WILCO WHO ROCK”, “ON NIFTY FEW”…you get the idea. Our thanks go out…
Read MoreJeff Tweedy Has Landed On The Hudson
It was a fleeting idea. Jeff Tweedy’s management needed a limited edition screen printed poster for his Tarrytown, NY sold out solo show. The city of Tarrytown is on the Hudson River, site of the infamous “Hudson Miracle” jet landing. The sketch was done and sent to the client – we waited to see the reaction……
Read MoreA Look at the Design Process for Recent Wilco Project
We recently worked with Wilco’s management on creating several promotional items for the band’s very successful Solid Sound Festival, recently held in at the MoCA. Even though our poster for the event did get published as well as our transit bus signage, we thought it’d be interesting to show some of the process related to…
Read MoreFive new poster designs for Wilco!
Man, we’ve been working our butts off, apologies it’s been a while between posts. We were very happy to once again work with Wilco and their management for five new posters in support of their East coast tour. Each design ties into something about the venue and or the host city, as an example the…
Read MoreNew vinyl sticker design for Wilco gets the thumbs up.
This was a fun one to work on. Stickers are endless and it’s super cool to get to help a band we love with this latest one. We have a stupid amount of stickers, something you cannot have enough of. It may eventually become a tee or some other fun item, we’ll wait to see!…
Read MoreCommunication Arts thinks we’re “fresh”, how about that?
We’re really thrilled to be the “fresh” feature over at Communication Arts Magazine online edition. Communication Arts is the largest international trade journal of visual communications. Founded in 1959, the magazine’s coverage includes graphic design, advertising, photography, illustration and interactive media. There are some insights into the design samples they chose to feature that you…
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