Check out the cover that Marke and I made, all cut up! So xcited to hear this when I get back to a computer!Son Lux - We Are Rising REMIXED
Our original artwork, remixed by John Bloor
Hey folks, check out all the latest offerings from Son Lux this month… and take your own chance to remix the cover artwork we made during the 28-smoke bomb photoshoot!
WE ARE RISING - RE-IMAGINED
(wanna help?)
Well, here we are. March 1. Last year today I was catching my breath, having spent the 28 days of February making We Are Rising. So I’ve spent this February celebrating the anniversary with new live recordings, a video from the studio, releasing instrumentals, and sharing big news of collaborations and even more collaborations.
But while you weren’t looking, I also commissioned a completely diverse and mega-talented group of nine artists to re-imagine the entire album start-to-finish.
Not only that, but I’m now asking YOU and PEOPLE YOU KNOW to get involved.
The good people of The Made Shop, who so brilliantly devised and executed the album artwork, complete with cranes and smoke bombs, have made available the Photoshop file and even some B-roll from the shoot, SO THAT YOU CAN REMIX THE IMAGE (or someone you know can).
HERE is the link to download the goods.
Spread the word and let’s come up with a cover for the remix album!
Check out this short little video of the fabrication and installation of our giant neon Stranahan’s signs in Denver a couple weeks ago. Crazy!
Our sign going up!!!
Faux Fix is proud to present the debut album entitled My Antagonist!
As of today, the album is available worldwide through iTunes, Amazon, and most online stores. Enjoy the first listen of the song “Laboratory Girl” right here!
This particular track was produced by one of our favorite collaborators, Son Lux
Cover design by The Made Shop, Photography by Chris Kuehl, H&MU by Bethany Johnson
Happy Album Release Day!!! (and happy Valentine’s Day. Here’s a good antidote :)
Check out the new logo we designed for our favorite whiskey… In GIANT FREAKING SIGN FORM!
(Source: themadeshop)
If you’re driving around Denver, look out for our new Stranahan’s billboards, featuring our new logo, label, and bottle designs.
(via zucherman)
A new time-lapse screen-grab peek behind the doors of The Made Shop!
A short time-lapse screen recording of Nathan and I working in L.A. and Denver via screenshare on the early development ideas for the Stranahan’s logo and label redesign project last summer.
Watch it full-screen and pretend like you’re working!
(Source: vimeo.com)
Check out this NEON SIGN we made!!!
(truth be told, the same people who bent the neon for the Fray album cover actually made it..)
A little sneak preview of the fantastically-large exposed-neon sign we designed of our new Stranahan’s Whiskey logo going up at their Denver distillery soon!
There’s something a little bit unnerving — and equally amazing — about walking in to see a 9 foot tall, glowing neon letter that Nathan and I meticulously designed together via screensharing in Illustrator months ago. I mean, it’s nice to see a logo you made printed on a business card, but… :)
We’ll definitely be filming the installation with Michael (who shot our giant Son Lux album art smoke bomb photoshoot) and we’ll be posting that soon!
Stranahan’s (extremely) Limited Release Snowflake Whiskey
There’s not much better than getting a gift of rare whiskey on Christmas Eve morning. But when it comes in a package that you yourself designed and comes directly from the people you designed it for, it’s extra special.
Back when we started The Made Shop nearly 10 years ago and we were just a fledgling idea about wanting to work with family and make amazing things together, Zachary and I had always talked about two dream jobs: designing a book cover, and designing a whiskey bottle. (Because: obviously).
For the last six months, since about mid-summer, The Made Shop has been quietly working with Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey on a beautiful redesign of the brand, logos, typography, labels, as well as some much bigger projects that are still under wraps (which we can’t wait to show you all).
Nathan, Kim, Zachary, and I were all loyal fans of their Whiskey long before we could have even dreamed of one day working for them. It’s quite hard to get, especially outside of Colorado, but if you’ve had the pleasure of tasting it, you know what we mean. It’s hands-down my favorite whiskey. And about a year ago we were all just taking a tour of their Denver Distillery simply as whiskey-geek fans when Nathan decided to introduce us to the guide and let them know what we do on the off-chance they ever needed new design work.
To make quite a long story short: this morning, for Christmas, a bottle of Stranahan’s Limited Release Snowflake Whiskey, wrapped in packaging and branded with a logo we all designed, arrived at The Made Shop doorstep. It’s a wonderful gift to receive as the year ends and we remember ten years ago when this whole thing was just a big crazy dream.
Cheers!
P.S. These photos show the special Snowflake gift packaging. We’ll be posting our new designs for the actual bottles soon.
Folks, get yer 2012 limited edition Linear Calendars from The Made Shop. Available now!
The Made Shop’s 2012 Linear Calendar
We came up with this idea a few years ago for a full-year poster calendar that, instead of showing all the months as a bunch of tiny boxes, kept each month intact as a complete line across a grid of weeks and weekends. Initially we just made them for ourselves, but we started making more and selling them because people on tumblr really liked the idea.
It’s now become my favorite and most useful calendar format for planning and projects, because it seems to be a much more natural way to view multiple weeks, unbroken weekends, and because it allows easy notes for deadlines and trips which isn’t normally possible on standard year-at-a-glance calendars. Also, they look really cool.
They’re limited-edition debossed letterpress-printed in single colors onto nice thick paper. This year we’re doing Pantone silver ink on white, and magenta on yellow.
You can buy them in our shop for the quite-reasonable price of $25.
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