Long 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…

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Our 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…

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Wilco in Desert Palms, California.

We are always happy to work with clients that “GET IT”. And by “get it”, we mean they get why a client allows a designer/artist to pretty much do what they do best: CREATE/DESIGN without a lot of static from the client. Here’s what was produced from a healthy client relationship as described…We can all…

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Lots of Work, Little of Blog.

The Silent P has been… a bit TOO silent. The reason for the lack of updates is a great one though: WE ARE BUSIER THAN A ONE-ARMED MAN AT A HIGH FIVING CONTEST (clap sounds). So, to bring you up to speed (of sorts), here’s a partial list of some of the projects that have…

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Coffee Never Smelled, Tasted or Looked So Good.

We were recently asked to design Wilco’s latest coffee mugs. It was fun creating the two sided design, which highlights two of Wilco’s songs on the new album The Whole Love. On one side we have “One Sunday Morning”, the other has “Dawned On Me” on the record art created. Check out the images below to see…

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Modern Gigposter Design: 100 Stunning Examples

Nice short article about good poster design by GoMediazine.com. 100 samples show: Our poster for Wilco’s Savannah show is in there among some great samples from talented artists and designers. They also try to answer the question “What is a great poster?” Enjoy!

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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),…

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The 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…

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Wilco’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…

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Scrabbleriffic 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…

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