Our Gigposter for Darling Imperial’s Show at the Berkley Front
We were recently approached by the band Darling Imperial to design and print a poster for their upcoming, and sadly final show, at The Berkley Front, in Berkley, MI. The band gave us free range, so we jumped at the opportunity to design a posted inspired by antique book covers and maps.
Detail shots are behind the cut.
Scott Campbell
Beautiful CMYK goodness abounds in these posters by Scott Campbell, who’s part of Young Monster.
More posters by Scott Campbell…
Paloma Chavez
High fives to Paloma Chavez. She’s a poster artist who’s screenprinting some gorgeous stuff out of Milwaukee. Be sure to check out the detail shots behind the cut.
More posters + detail shots from Paloma Chavez…
Interview: KeeganMeegan
We found out about KeeganMeegan Letterpress & Bindery on our honeymoon in Portland a year and a half ago. After picking up a postcard for an art show at Em Space Book Arts Center, we were lucky enough to find Keegan Wenkman working in his space there. He was very nice and patient with the two of us rubbernecks as we watched him print some posters on a Vandercook.
Keegan and his partner Katy Meegan have been designing and printing together since 2007. The pair has amassed an impressive amount of knowledge and equipment about printmaking and bookmaking. If they can raise the money, (and you can help!) they’re hoping to use their expertise to save an incredibly rare C&P cylinder press bound for scrap. Ever since we first happened upon them, they’ve been a huge inspiration to us, and we’re super excited that they agreed to do an interview.
READ THE INTERVIEW with KeeganMeegan
Connor Hoskings aka CRUSADES
Connor Hoskings, a.k.a. CRUSADES is a designer out of London. His collages and logo designs are excellent, but I think his experimentation with hand drawn type is the most inspiring. You can see more of his calligraphy and graffiti-esque lettering on Flickr.
ABOUT PERFECT LAUGHTER
Perfect Laughter is Dennis and Christina Jacobs of Detroit, Michigan. In addition to blogging about artists that we love, we design, screenprint and letterpress paper goods. If you're looking for a graphic designer or illustrator, commissions are always welcome! (read more...)
OUR LATEST GIGPOSTER
We got to design and print a poster for Darling Imperial's farewell show at the Berkley Front. They let us do whatever we wanted, so we went with vintage lettering and a weathered, faded feel.
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