The fine folks at Madhouse graphic design in Toledo, OH invited us to be part of their latest poster design exhibit “Rock Paper Scissors”. The gallery space is located in downtown on the corner of Jackson Street and 13th.

Here’s a quote from the gallery page online: “Rock show and gig posters have communicated the who, where and when of an event for as long as said events have been taking place. Now a respected art form, these projects exemplify many a graphic designer’s dreams: creative freedom, typographic expression and proximity to the business of making music.”

We’re honored to be included! Check out the show online here: madmadmad.com

A local band has hired us to design their logo and tee shirts. As you’ve likely gathered, the band’s name is 20/20, so the “vision” we had (sorry) was to keep it simple and at the same time, create a tasteful nod to John Lennon. They loved it.

For the tee shirt merchandise we went in the direction of a color blind test graphic, fun and quite useful! Check it out, and hopefully you see the band name in the middle of these shirt designs…if not, add “color blind” to your list of accomplishments.

Charleston’s City Paper has written a nice feature in the Visual Arts section on poster art. In particular, the “GIG!” exhibition at 52.5 records running through October.

Read the article here.
The writer was apparently moved by the poster we created for Wilco, the folk’s favorite: Tumbleweed Stache!

Here’s a nice quote: “A realistic portrait of a 19th century older gentleman in formal dress looks, without emotion, toward the viewer. The somber earth tones of his skin and clothing are offset by his effusive white beard, which splits at his chin and extends absurdly up either side of his head with a mind of its own, finally meeting above his bald pate to braid itself into the band’s name: Wilco”

There’s also a nice shout out for Chuck Keppler putting it all together and our pals over at the Half and Half in Columbia, SC.

We just finished work on a new poster design for the band The Black Keys.
These fellow Ohio boys are super talented, make sure to hear them live or otherwise. The new album “Attack and Release” with producer Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley) has been getting very positive reviews from folks like Billboard to The New York Times.

Check out the poster here, and hey, buy one while you’re at it.

Thanks to Nick @ The Half and Half for the awesome print work. Three colors on French craft heavy stock paper. In person, you’d swear you could smell that white smoke.