entries Tagged as [music]
Big 40 poster
40th Anniversary Woodstock tribute poster tied to a west coast music festival.
This was a collaborative project I designed with psychedelic light show legend George Holden. His liquid light backgrounds, my illustration and lettering.
My tour poster on tour
doug’s tour
This fall, Oklahoma City-based photographer Doug Schwarz followed LA-based band Normandie on tour. And I just happen to be designing for Normandie.
Normandie is a side project of theSTART – or another way to look at it, Doug also followed theSTART on tour because Normandie just happened to be in the same vehicle. Follow that? Hope so.
So it was fun when Doug pinged me and said he got my poster signed by everyone he talked to. It’s now part of his Wall of Inspiration (above); the signed poster (below).
tees-n-stuff
This year I also designed some tees for Normandie. They can be snagged via the new online Normandie store here. They’re running a holiday special too (details on page). One can also order a poster. [Read more →]
Heart of Glass
Political message hidden within.
Edgar Winter’s Frankenstein
Early keytar, sax, drums, feedback and bike horns! From 1973.
Frampton comes alive
Frampton Comes Alive! was one of the best-selling albums of 1976. Here’s a performance from The Midnight Special, circa 1975.
Found via Jason Malmberg
handpicked posts
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tetro and typography
it’s typography: film, song and dance
ghosts of gustov klimt
the great times new roman controversy
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kapitaal
defining terms: design is not decoration
garcia's 'pure design'
'enhance that image!'
magic highway remixed
the cynic
rad anthem
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