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FITC Awards Party posterMarch 19

Here is the poster design for the upcoming FITC Awards Party taking place on Monday, April 26 during the conference. My good pal Chris Toms and programming ninja Steven Sacks will be doing a DJ stint at the party, and we thought it would be fun to create a Signalnoise poster as a bit of fun promotion. As it turns out, this design will be landing in the official FITC program as well, so if you’re heading to the conference keep an eye out.

Like some of my recent designs, the inspiration for this one was taken from 80s metal. I wanted to develop a poster that was simply over the top, beat-up, maybe a little sun-bleached, something that might reside on the wall of a rocker kid in 1985 or a tour poster for Judas Priest. If you grew up in that era, you know what I’m talking about. After doing some research, I decided the evil knight was the way to go which was pieced together using a number of armor shots.

I will be doing a small print run of this design to be available at the conference via myself, Chris and Steven. I�

The Haiti Poster ProjectMarch 16

I was asked recently to participate in the The Haiti Poster Project, conceived by Moxie Sozo (organizer of the 2005 Hurricane Poster Project) and Josh Higgins (organizer of the 2007 So-Cal Fire Poster Project). The initiaive is put best straight from the source:

“The Haiti Poster Project seeks limited edition sets of posters from artists, designers and design firms from around the world. The donated posters will be sold online to raise money for Doctors Without Borders. As designers, we have the collective ability to do what we love, and to create a difference. The Haiti Poster Project has been conceived as a collective effort by the design community to unite and effect change through our work. In order for this project to be successful, we are counting on designer participation. Our goal is to raise at least $1,000,000 for Doctors Without Borders. PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD.”

I did my own fundraiser in support of Haiti earthquake relief back in January, but it is a pleasure to be involved on this level with a much larger group. The above poster is the one I created for the event and will be availabl

The art of Heinz EdelmannMarch 12

Like most people, I grew up seeing the fun cartoon portrayals of the Beatles in their Yellow Submarine garb. We all know the addictive chorus to the lead track, and I’m sure you will now be humming it for the remainder of the day. Heh heh, sorry.

I was fishing around Burlesque of North America this morning and the lovable Fab Four landed on my screen once again, what a friendly looking bunch o

The process behind ElleMarch 8

If you are following me on Twitter, you might have caught a bit of the process behind this new poster design last night, which I’ve dubbed ‘Elle’. I decided to show various stages of the design while I was working on it, something I’m not accustomed to and found challenging, a bit scary yet pretty fun.

So, I’d like to dedicate a post to talking a bit more about the poster as I progressed as the 140 character limit didn’t allow for a lot of explanation. This is, once again, a high-level version of the process as there are a lot of subtleties and details I will gloss over for the sake of time. So, here we go . . .

1. As I’ve stated numerous times, everything I do starts with the sketchbook. Here are a few little roughs I created to see how the overall design might drop. It has a few variations here and there, but I generally had an idea of what I wanted to accomplish.

Signalnoise Broadcast 4March 5

If you missed the Signalnoise Broadcast 4 last night, here is the recorded version of me and the crowd exchanging dialogue about design, inspiration, processes and advice.

A big thanks to everyone who dropped by to say hello. As I said, I really enjoy doing these broadcasts because it offers a nice window for discussion with like-minded creative folks. I got some great questions last night and a wonderful turnout of familiar names. More to come, for sure.