Posts Tagged ‘music design’
New EP Design Proves There is Fire On The Moon.
We recently worked with the Minneapolis band Fire On the Moon on their new EP design. The stark black and white photography of Darin Back worked seamlessly with the feel the band was after. We went through a few different treatments before ending up with the image you see above (check out the process photo’s…
Read MoreNew Year = New Location! …and a New(ish) Name.
Whew! The last several weeks of 2010 were NUTS for us: We packed up the studio at its previous location (four years worth!) and with the help of some great friends (who enjoyed free pizza and beer after!), we moved into our new digs. We will be posting more about the great location soon (and…
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 MoreNew Band Logo Designs
We were recently asked to help this new band with their identity development and to help capture the “feel” of the band and their music. The only specific directive from the band was that we not use ANY imagery of flowers or an actual magnolia. US: “Right, ok, roger dodger, NO magnolias in the design,…
Read MorePoster for “SYNTH: Group Art Show Inspired by Bob Moog”
We really enjoyed designing our new poster “Analog Forever” for “Synth: A Group Art Show Inspired by Bob Moog.” Moogfest is a three day music festival in Asheville, NC this weekend (Oct. 29 – Oct 31). They are having some amazing musicians and bands coming to this event, check out the band list! Equally amazing is…
Read MoreDesign of Alison Scott’s latest CD release!
We really enjoyed working with Alison Scott and Kevin Bowe on Alison’s latest CD release “Chinese Whispers”. Designed around the great black and white portraits captured by the very talented Darin Back out of Mineapolis, MN. The initial concept was to emulate the look of Chinese restaurant paper menus, it grew from there, with the…
Read MoreWhen Horses Meet Birds: New Poster Design and Print!
We just finished working with Band of Horses on our latest poster for their Los Angeles show at the Greek Theatre. Birdie num num poster can be purchased by clicking the above image or visiting the shop: Band of Horses poster! This was printed on French Paper’s Construction White Wash by our buds at The…
Read MoreSteel Train Design Is Comin’ Down The Tracks.
We really enjoyed the recent project we did with the band Steel Train. They had a special live in-store performance in Orlando, Florida to help promote their latest release. Check out the band here: steeltrain.net/site/ The deadline was pretty insane on this one, but yet again, our pals at The Half and Half came through!…
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 MorePoster Design For Jon Lindsay
Here’s our latest design work, this project was for Jon Lindsay, a really talented musician out of Charlotte, NC, right in our backyard. Take a listen to Jon’s album “Escape From Plaza-Midwood” here (www.jonlindsaymusic.com/) It’s on Chocolate Lab Records, check their stuff out here: www.chocolatelabrecords.com/. We hand lettered Jon’s name (see photos below) and then went…
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