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as well as our transit bus signage, we thought it’d be interesting to show some of the process related to the event’s unpublished logo designs. As the gallery below shows, we went through several variations during the design phase. Ultimately, it was fun to work on and see where all the designs eventually got used…and we hope equally as interesting to see here (for the first time) most of the unpublished sketches and roughs we worked on.

Enjoy.

Here’s a look at our recent work for Alison Scott’s poster and album release (More details on the CD package design coming up in the near future!). We’ve included a couple of sneak peeks at the elements below, some of which are used in the package design for the album. We hand inked the lettering for the title, using an asian style brush (whatever helps!) and black water proof ink.

We teamed up with Darin Back Photography out of Minneapolis. He captured some beautiful shots of Alison (a couple out takes below). Check more of Darin’s work here: darinbackphoto.com

To learn more about Alison and pre order “Chinese Whispers” check out Alison’s web site here: alisonscott.com. We’ve heard enough off the new release to really like it, she has an amazing voice and the musicians playing with her are super talented.

For The Black Keys sold out show at Detroit’s Fillmore, we opted to honor the Motor City pretty heavily. References to the guy’s new album entitled “Brothers” are in there too, racing and all! Size is 18″ x 24″, three color screen print on thick French Paper Construction Tile Green.

Some detail shots are below…and you can BUY the poster in the Get a Clue Design Store HERE.

Cars, girls and rock ‘n roll, rev it up….Vrrooooooom, Vrroooooooom!

During a time when lots of stuff we buy seems to be coming from a host of other countries, we thought it was a timely reminder that there’s a TON of great items made right here in the ‘ol U S of A.

We think supporting all the local and regional shops and boutiques around you is an important conscientious decision that in the end, does make a difference in many ways, some small, some big.

So here’s one local event that we highly encourage you guys to check out: Indie Craft Parade!

As the site states, “Indie Craft Parade brings the best handmade artists from the Southeast together under one roof. It’s a public market where you’ll find quality crafts, local food, and opportunities to make friendships and connections with the artists themselves.” Our good friends at The Half and Half will have space there, so make sure to check out their great print work and unique poster art.

Until next time,
- Get a Clue Design Studio
STILL MADE IN THE USA

We’re really happy to be offering our work through the VERY cool and FREE Rock Show App for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch owners. Here’s some good articles that review and talk about this great product:

Download from iTunes

Cult of Mac article

Interview with Creators of Rock Show App

Rock Show lets users browse, share and order hand-made, limited edition concert and music posters. It now has support for iPhone 4’s Retina Display so the artwork looks phenomenal. All concert posters featured in Rock Show are available to order directly through the application.

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 a little nuts with the imagery and textures, this was a fun one. We love working with local bands and people doing some positive work, give us a ring on the ol telephone to talk about your next design project: 828-261-0075.

Just click the above image to be taken to the shop and start shopping. Or, click the following link to start picking your favorite posters: www.getacluedesign.com/shop/

We have a very limited number of this print, so move fast to get yours. Edition of 100, signed and numbered. BIG area of lovely silver metallic, shining just for you. Get yours in the Get a Clue Design SHOP or just click the above image.

The show that this poster supports was FANTASTIC, a sold out show at The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC.

Short and sweet: Detail imagery  of our upcoming Modest Mouse poster for their stop at the awesome Orange Peel in Asheville, NC.
Signed and numbered limited edition of 100. SILVER METALLIC. Full images coming after Monday night’s SOLD OUT show! . . .

Back in February of this year we were part of a very special art show in Portland, Oregon called “Dogs In School”. Since then, the organizers have put together this very cool book with all the artist’s work featured throughout. We were really proud to be a small part of this special show and are very stoked to see all the great work in the new book! To see more from the show, please visit the Dogs In School site here: www.dogsinschool.com/artists.html. Our fave West coast gallery Screaming Sky Gallery hosted this show (as well as our recent “Hold the Halftones at Bay” poster show).