Shop Shots
Posted by Don Clark | Filed under New Stuff, Photography, Seattle
Our buddy Ethan was in town and decided to snap a few cool shots of the shop.
Coalesce ‘The Art Of OX’ Art Prints
Posted by Don Clark | Filed under Design, New Stuff
Coalesce is graciously allowing us to sell a limited run of the ‘Art Of OX’ art print sets.
The ‘Art Of OX’ art print set features 12 hand printed, frameable 8 ” x 8″ prints. Each set comes in a wax sealed envelope, and are signed and numbered. We have been given 45 sets to distribute through IC. Of these 45 sets, 35 are printed on black stock with silver ink, the remaining 10 sets are printed on brick red stock with dark red ink and will be randomly distributed.
And don’t forget, the album drops this Tuesday.
Star Burns Neon
Posted by Ryan Clark | Filed under Design, Illustration, Music, New Work, Packaging, Photography
Here are 3 recently finished album covers. Had a lot of fun with all of these. All great records too!
Shake A Leg …
Posted by Don Clark | Filed under Illustration, New Work, Posters, Seattle
Here is our new poster for the upcoming KEXP Kid’s Dance Party on Father’s Day. Now breakdancing dads have a place to go. Prints available soon.
The New Forensics
Posted by Don Clark | Filed under Illustration, New Work
Here is our piece for The New York Times, dealing with forensic science.
Villains
Posted by Ryan Clark | Filed under Design, Illustration, Metal, Music, New Work, Packaging
Just wrapped up both (regular & special edition) packages for the new DevilDriver record. I’m a big fan of the band, so it was an honor to work with Dez and the guys.
I Am A Rock…
Posted by Ryan Clark | Filed under Illustration, Music, New Work
Just finished this shirt design for my good friend Will and his killer rock band, American Princes. If you’re going to Bonnaroo this year, be sure to check them out!
New(s)!
Posted by Don Clark | Filed under Design, Illustration, Music, New Stuff, New Work, Packaging, Posters
Spring has hit Seattle (well, a little) so we thought it’d be a good time to update you on what’s happening in IC world … and of course shamelessly plug ourselves all at the same time. We’re having a ton of fun at the shop lately, so why not share in the joy a little bit?
The Takeover interview - Short and sweet.
RBTL podcast - This was a lot of fun to do, but maybe I shouldn’t have had so much coffee before recording.
IC on Twitter - Sign up! Updated regularly with IC happenings and random pretentious garbage no one needs to know about. Oh, and this may soon take the place of ‘5 Things We’re Digging’. I wish it wasn’t so addictive, but it is.
Sasquatch! Festival - It’s coming up hot. Thankfully, we have a new set of limited edition screen-printed posters available to help celebrate its arrival. Coming soon.
Coalesce ‘OX’ - This project was a blast in many ways, but I had no clue the band would want to feature the art on so many stinking cool pieces of merchandise. Icing on the cake. Limited edition (signed) art prints, a flask (with super cool box), quality hoodies and shirts, etc. Take that, Fugazi.
Having fun with new projects from Nike, Target, Wired, Devildriver, August Burns Red, Coalesce, The Not-It’s, KEXP, Brother Ali + Rhymesayers, etc. We’ll be showcasing these new projects (and much more) on our new website and store towards the end of August. Very excited to be working with the masterminds at Gridplane & Instrument.
There is much more to talk about, but not enough time to do so. Thanks to everyone who has made the IC blog a part of their daily RSS feeds. 6,500 and counting!
Oh, and special thanks to Cale Glendening for the above photo.
Read Between The Leading
Posted by Don Clark | Filed under Design, New Stuff, Typography
We’re excited to be interviewed next week on the Read Between The Leading podcast. Today they asked us if we’d like to accept questions from our blog and Twitter followers, so we kindly said yes and thank you. Please drop us a comment here or a reply on Twitter and (hopefully) we’ll get to as many as possible. Before you start asking questions, we’ll get the big one out of the way: Yes, but only once.
2 New Posters Up At FTC
Posted by Don Clark | Filed under New Stuff, New Work, Posters
Our Sasquatch! posters for TV On The Radio and Tim & Eric are now on sale.
5 Things We’re Digging
Posted by Ryan Clark | Filed under New Stuff
1) Michael Kenna - I don’t know if environmental photography can get any better.
2) Drew Millward - Really digging this guy’s work. Great illustrations and very twisted concepts.
3) IAMX “Kingdom Of Welcome Addiction” - IAMX are one of my favorite bands, and this new material is among some of their very best. If you’ve never heard the band, do yourself a favor and check them out immediately. Album out May 19th.
4) Yes Man - I missed this movie while it was in theaters, but I ordered it through OnDemand the other night and loved it. Classic comedic Jim Carrey. The DVD is available now.
5) Loretta Lux - I’ve had this photographer’s website bookmarked for some time now, and every time I visit, I’m floored by the beauty of the images. I can’t tell how much is raw photo, and how much is manipulated in post. I really have no idea how she does it.
5 Things We’re Digging
Posted by Ryan Clark | Filed under New Stuff
1) Doves “Kingdom Of Rust” - Less than a week from release date! I love this band, and have been awaiting this record for some time. Maybe I’ve already heard it and maybe I love it.
2) Anvil! The Story Of Anvil - This documentary looks absolutely amazing.
3) Mad Men - I LOVE this show. Last weekend, while visiting New Orleans for a friend’s wedding, my wife and I were browsing around an antique shop on Magazine Street and noticed Bryan Batt (who plays art director, Salvatore, in the show- my favorite character!) quietly shopping by himself. Ordinarily, I don’t like to pull the fanboy jive, but I had to introduce myself and express my admiration. Bryan was very nice and not at all put out. Definitely a highlight of the trip.
4) White Lies - Great tunes, great videos, great packaging, cool look. I love a band that has the whole package.
5) The Praline Connection - Also, while in New Orleans, it was suggested that we visit The Praline Connection. Great red beans and rice.
Tim & Eric On The Radio
Posted by Don Clark | Filed under Design, Music, New Work, Posters, Seattle
Here are 2 posters we just wrapped up for the upcoming Sasquatch! festival. If you’ve seen Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job! on Cartoon Network, you won’t be offended at this poster. If you have seen it, and are still offended, sorry about that - blame Ryan. And TV On The Radio - Well, their last record (which is epic in every way) is called Dear Science, so I got a little ’science-y’ with it … then felt like it needed a bear for some reason. These will be available towards the end of the month.
Seriously?
Posted by Ryan Clark | Filed under Bum Out, Design, LOL, Music, Photography
Four guys in outdoor clothing- check. Rocks and various debris- check. 2 staggered pine trees- check. Campfire- check. One guy warming his hands, one guy roasting a marshmallow- check. White seamless backdrop- check. Congrats- you’ve successfully ripped off our Fair artwork! Your Dave Hill photo treatment needs some work though.
5 Things We’re Digging
Posted by Don Clark | Filed under New Stuff
1) Where The Wild Things Are trailer - If you have the internet and a heartbeat, you’ve already seen this. That being said, where is the line between obsession and excitement? I’m not sure, but I’ll take both.
2) Arts & Architecture - My Taschen set of the 1945-1954 reprints might be one of my most prized pieces of ‘printed matter’. I mentioned Herbert Matter a few weeks back, see some of his best work here.
3) Uncommon Goods - All kinds of cool obscure trinkets, products and gadgets …
4) Frank Chimero interview on Grain Edit - It was a pleasure having Frank in the office this week … even if it was only a few hours. I hear he’s enjoying solitude at a certain island near us. We’re jealous.
5) Depeche Mode - I hear they have a new record coming out …
Currently Tweeting
Posted by Don Clark | Filed under Nerd Alert, New Stuff
Everyone’s tweeting. Apparently that means we have to as well. We promise we’ll never talk about what we had for lunch. Unless it was really good.
Wired - Burning Question
Posted by Don Clark | Filed under Illustration, New Work
Here’s our latest piece for Wired’s monthly “Burning Question” section - we are honored to become a monthly contributor to one of our favorite magazines. This little piggy (bank) wants to save money on his cable bill for the Can I Use The Recession As A Bargaining Chip story this month.
5 Things We’re Digging
Posted by Ryan Clark | Filed under New Stuff
Here’s my first installation of 5 things we’re digging. Enjoy! -Ryan
1) Stussy X Peter Bagge - Seattle cartoonist collaborates with Stussy, and gives us a brief history of his career in this cool little video.
2) Noriko Ambe - Incredible topographically-inspired pieces from this Japanese artist. I especially love the Cutting Book Series with ED Rushca.
3) Office Of The Tooth Fairy - Awesome letter press Tooth Fairy kit. Very cool idea.
4) Living Things - Can’t get enough of this new record. Glam for the new millennium. Love it.
5) Dave Kinsey & Mike Giant - Really cool collaboration from two of my favorites.
Fangs!
Posted by Ryan Clark | Filed under Design, Illustration, Music, New Work, Packaging
Check out the cover we recently created for the new Falling Up album, “Fangs!” The illustration is based on the very interesting story told within the lyrics- having something to do with poison threads and foreign planets. Drawn with ink, colored in Photoshop.
Jonzin’
Posted by Don Clark | Filed under Film, Just Plain Bad Ass, New Stuff
Excited? Uhhhhh yeah, me too.
Thanks Shane.
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