“100,000 ways to harvest hope”, what a great title to design an album around. We just finished this one up with Dublin-raised/New York-based four-piece rock act Stand. These guys are the real deal and work hard to get their great songs heard, we’re honored to help with this project.  The band’s website states “All are songs of hope and optimism during a dark era of life as our generation has known it so far.” We hope our design helps in whatever way to get these great songs to folks that could use some healing…and love good rock and roll!

You can preview and purchase the album at iTunes NOW: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/100-000-ways-to-harvest-hope/id345055223

Also, check out the band’s site to learn more about the album: http://standland.com/

We recently finished helping a client completely rebrand their private line of hosiery related products. Peds® socks have been around since the 1930s!  Today, Peds creates a wide array of footwear that unites beauty and performance to support every woman’s unique sense of style.

If you’re a lady (or you have a thing for buying ladies socks), Peds can be found the next time you’re shopping at Kmart, Payless Shoes, Shoe Carnival, Famous Footwear and a few other retail locations.

Along with the updated and refreshed logo identity, we printed each design with metallic silver throughout, so the design helps create a uniting brand and feel for the completely updated product line. It was a fun and challenging project!

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!

Get a few here: W I L C O sticker.

Gomez and their management liked our poster design “Hand Radio” so much, they had us design two new band tee’s from the original artwork. They came out really well, a simple two color print on bright yellow and dark red American Aparrel t-shirts. You can purchase them here: GOMEZ TEES.

We’ve seen these guys live, a truly amazing band! Do yourself a favor and check them out when they come to your town. They even tour GREEN: Gomez Interview. These guys are great chaps!

After we finalized his new logo, the client applied it to some of his devices (or “skinned”). We think it came out pretty dang cool. We can do the same for your small (or HUGE) company! Impress friends, clients and people that are easily impressed! Seriously, we think it came out fantastic and hope to do the same with our very own logo! Thanks to Bil for the photographs.

Call or email us for any identity design or logo design projects you might have coming up, you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Just ask Bil.

We just finished up some garment designs for the very talented Yonder Mountain String Band. The design originally came from a poster design that turned into an admat that then turned into tour tee shirts. They are available at the shows (check the tour page out) and eventually the online store. We’ll be posting the official tour poster design and print very soon, a completely different take with similar elements used.

Here’s some of the process for our “Smart Satchmo” series we did for the upcoming “Dogs In School” show in Portland, OR. It had been a LONG time since working in this medium, but the print came out great. To see the finished work and design, please see the previous post from last week, which includes the addition of the glasses she’s wearing. To learn more about the show and the story that inspired it, check out the site here: Dogs In School.com

The gallery in Portland hosting the show can be found here: Screaming Sky.com

P.S. Woof, woof!

Two years in the making, “Dogs In School” art show is at hand (or paw). We are very excited that this art show is finally upon us!

It’s a really great idea inspired by the curator’s personal experience from growing up in a creative household, and his desire to thank his parents for all they provided in life, from creative inspiration to being great parents. Make sure to read the “about” section here (dogsinschool.com) We’ve been involved since 2008 as this very personal project starting taking shape. More sneak peaks and process photos coming soon…shown above is our entry “Smart Satchmo”, an original linocut illustration and print.

The gallery hosting the event is the Screaming Sky Gallery in Portland, OR. Link here: http://www.screamingskygallery.com/

Coming in at over 100 pages, our first book showcases lots of poster designs and prints, along with a skate deck section and some music packaging we’ve helped produce. It’s a nice quick read too, perfect for fireside evening “reading”. VERY limited quantities for now, we hope to produce more in the near future. Welcome to 2010, more fun stuff to come, stay tuned!

There are some insights into the design samples they chose to feature that you might find interesting, and a short interview as well. Find out things like: Are we educated? What are some of our cultural influences? And what’s our philosophy? Boxers or briefs?

Check out the article here: Communication Arts