On January 25, 2012 our friend, world-reknown entertainment photographer Jeremy Cowart debuted his new print portfolio to the world. The cool thing is, we were a part of it, creating his cool new hand-drawn logo which was debossed into the cover and slip case, which were made by Scott Mullenburg.
It’s always cool to see your work show up in print and in a fashion magazine is even sweeter. As you can see below, three of our custom-painted Vans were recently featured in the Youth Issue of the fashion magazine Fiasco.
We’re excited to finally debut The River , a novel we designed for gifted author and musician Michael Neale.
The story centers around Gabriel Clarke, a third-generation legendary whitewater guide, whose experience with The River rescued him from a life of brokenness and pain.
Check out this trailer to get your feet wet and hear what others are saying:
If you want to learn more about this story you can visit www.theriverexperience.com or you can purchase The River here.
(Design note: The trailer was created by another studio, but the Design and Art Direction for the book and experience came from us.)
We’re happy to announce that in the last few weeks Burton released their Winter 2012 tees, some of which feature our art on the Women’s, Men’s, and boys lines.
I ran across a picture of this the other day on Pinterest of this and thanks to a tip from my pal Shawn there’s a vid out there of artist D*Face and his crew inventing a sweet way to paint and freshly painted pool using skateboards and a spray paint mechanism. Enjoy!
Via Shawn Romano and etsicommunitcation
Here’s a look at our West Coast Polaroid Vans on display in the Union Square Vans Store in San Francisco, California. They came out really nice and have a good placement at just above eye level in the store.
On June 8, 2011, I had the honor of speaking at Full Sail University as part of their DLXS (Design Lecture Experience Series).
To help promote the talk I created a 2-color silkscreen poster on chipboard which bore my likeness and eluded to the theme of the talk which was Make The Jump. In crafting the talk, I wanted to speak to two groups, art students who are stepping out for the first time and to more established artists and designers who want to be successful in their business.
It was a lot of fun sharing some helpful tips with the students as well as some of my work and experiences creating work for great clients all over the country. I got a lot of great emails and messages that my talk was one of the best DLXS yet. Students asked lots of questions during the Q&A portion of the talk which is a pretty good indicator that they were connecting with me or to the work I create. Several students also came down afterwards to have me review their portfolios and give them some advice.
Thanks to Peter, the Full Sail staff, and students for having me and to Mama’s Sauce for printing the posters.
Some new work for Jetty's Spring/Summer 2011 line is hot off the press and available now. Look for Anchored, Hooked and Woodblock on Jettylife.com and in surf shops throughout the East Coast.
Our friend, Anna Bond, of Rifle Paper Co. has finally made her dream of opening a brick and mortar shop a reality. We have always loved Anna’s work, she has such a beautiful style that she incorporates nicely into paper goods of all kinds. She’s been selling her goods online for awhile and profiles of her work and products have been published both online and print, including Martha Stewart Weddings. Also, this year a selection of her notecards were picked up by Anthropologie.
We enjoyed the evening at the Grand Opening party November 19, perusing Anna’s goods, snacking on treats from Blue Bird Bake Shop, and catching up with old friends. Here’s a few pictures from the night:
