This was a great project. One of those that just “found us” through a bunch of separate referrals from friends and friends of friends. One we were hoping to work on. And a quick one. I think we had a week total to bang this out, from photo shoot with the wonderful Piper Ferguson through delivery of the package to Rory and Matt over at Dangerbird Records.
A big thanks to Lisa Nupoff, Brian Klein, Rory Wilson, Matt Solodky, Peter Walker, Piper Ferguson, Fitz, Noelle, and the rest of the band.
This was truly a labor of love, really getting into the nitty gritty with Fitz at the studio, and we’re stoked with how it turned out. We really went out on a limb with the concept on this one and luckily it resonated with everyone. Once we get the CD and Vinyl in our hands we’ll shoot it, but for now, here’s the cover!
Chris Shiflett is a long time friend and client of ours. We’ve worked with him on a variety of projects, from Foo Fighters merch and single packaging to Jackson United merch and album packaging, and now his new side project, Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants.
Album is scheduled to be released July 13th in CD, Digital, and Vinyl formats. Preorder it here. This one turned out great, drawing on Chris’s Santa Barbara roots throughout the package. We’ll post product shots once we have it in our hands but for now, here’s the cover:
Chris and the boys have been playing a bunch of warm up shows up and down the west coast. Played a great show at the Bootleg Theatre here in LA last night actually. If you’re in Long Beach tonight, go see them at Alex’s Bar. Show starts at 9pm.
Margaret Cho is releasing a new comedy music album on August 24th and we were tapped to do the logo and album package. You can see the full cover and album details here. Cover art is actually a piece by Shawn Barber and we don’t want to steal his thunder there, so we’ve posted just the logo portion below. It turned out pretty sweet though and once we get the CD aqnd Vinyl in-hand we’ll shoot it for proper product shots.
I bet anyone who went to the LCD Soundsystem show is getting handed one of these right now as the walk out. HELL YEAH! We love The Fillmore! Thanks Arlene!
This year for 311 day in Las Vegas we whipped up a super sweet silkscreen poster and collectors program. The program featured some very intricate spot uv on the cover which turned out fantastic!
We’ve been hold-up in the studio working on the roll-out for AWOLNATION’s epic movie re-releases and documentaries for the past few weeks. With help from our stratecig partners, the amazing guys over at The Nova Project, this has come together beautifully and the new micro-sites have launched today. Thanks also to Piper Ferguson for the amazing photos! We’ve worked on these from concept through final product, developing the overall project and documentary concept, all print collateral, the micro-sites, the video footage, etc.. and we’re stoked on how everything came together! AWOLNATION is BACK in a BIG way!!!
Check out the video embeds below, and get out your 3D glasses!!
If you’re down in Austin, keep an eye out for AWOLNATION flags on pedicabs and cheerleader squads passing out AWOLNATION 3D Glasses. Get your tickets now!
(Wait, are these real movies? Re-release? Oh no.. I’ve said too much….)
Jason Mraz, a long running client of ours and all around nice guy, just wrapped up a huge North American tour which culminated with a sold out show at the Hollywood Bowl. We did this sweet limited edition poster for the occasion. This one just makes us feel good.
So, Jeff’s father-in-law runs the Lobster Festival in San Pedro each year. It’s coming up on Sept 18 - 20. For the past 3 years we’ve done the website and the posters. So I guess you could say it’s become a bit of a family tradition. That, and Jeff and Jen selling lobster hats at the fest.. feel free to come by and laugh at them. Then buy a hat.
This year, we were given the ok to switch it up and go in a new, more artistic direction than years past. The images below are the two separate posters we came up with to focus on different aspects of the fest. (We’ll also have a limited edition screen-printed poster available for purchase at said hat booth with all proceeds going to a local charity).
The deluxe vinyl is pretty sweet.. just like the CYH vinyl we put it in a collector’s box, but with this one we designed the box cover to be done on a 3D Lenticular instead of standard printing or foil stamping. I have a press proof of the lenticular here in my hands and it’s insane. It’ll break your brain. We’ve been trying to take pictures of it that showcase the 3D aspect so people can get a feel for it, but the camera just won’t capture it. This little video is the closest we could get to showing the effect:
Anyway, take our word for it, it’s totally awesome. We love doing these special packages.
We’re please to bring you the Jason Mraz Summer ‘09 Gratitude Cafe Tour Admat collab. This was actually started by Brett Wulfson and sent to us by Jason. We then took it and reworked it, created the new logo, etc. Turned out great - thanks Brett!
You should be seeing these.. well.. everywhere right about now. Ad Materials we just designed for Kylie Minogue’s first ever North American Tour. Apparently that’s pretty newsworthy. Look like she’s intent on taking us over. I think we can all be ok with that.
