We're really honored that Matt Stevens included an homage to the IC in his glorious MAX100 book. What's even cooler is that our inspired piece sits right next to Mr. Lustig's, one of my all-time fav's. It must have been an omen. Bless you, Matt. Oh, and get yours here. It's a treat for the eyes (and feet). Seriously.

We're honored to be featured in Design For Music by Hans Lijklema and published by The Pepin Press - showcasing a nice little smattering of various music projects throughout the years + a lengthy interview with both of us. Also includes an accompanying disc featuring 'Collapsing' by some band we are affiliated with. Big thanks to Hans for asking us to be part of this.

Well, we've been hard at work for over a year on this next project (and have many more months to go), but we are excited to preview the logo and name of our first interactive children's book The Uproar!, arriving on iPads everywhere via the Apple App store this fall. Lots of fun announcements coming in the first half of 2012, but for now - a quick synopsis:

"Journey into a world of sound and wonder in the interactive musical story The Uproar! Join a bizarre band of misfit monsters to explore a sprawling story from the mind of Invisible Creatureʼs Don Clark."

We are honored and proud to be working with our new favorite publisher + partner: Space Dog Books. Please do yourself a favor and download Space Dog's first chapter book Treasure Island, illustrated by the amazing Matthew Cruickshank.

It's going to be a fun year. Much more soon ...

It's that time of year again. The infamous IC 'Top Ten Albums' of 2011. Get your hate mail ready ...

Ryan:

1. White Lies "Ritual" 2. Young Galaxy "Shapeshifting" 3. Chapel Club "Palace" 4. Jamie Woon "Mirrorwriting" 5. Bon Iver "Bon Iver" 6. Nero "Welcome Reality" 7. Elbow "Build A Rocket Boys!" 8. The Joy Formidable "The Big Roar" 9. My Morning Jacket "Circuital" 10. Graveyard "Hisingen Blues"

Don:

1. Young Galaxy "Shapeshifting" 2. Phantogram "Nightlife EP" 3. Active Child "You Are All I See" 4. Foster The People "Torches" 5. The Joy Formidable "The Big Roar" 6. Austra "Feel It Break" 7. Adele "21" 8. Mat Kearney "Young Love" 9. Jay-Z & Kanye West "Watch The Throne" 10. Mastodon "The Hunter"

Zac:

1. Tycho "Dive" 2. Mat Kearney "Young Love" 3. Nero "Welcome Reality" 4. Young Galaxy "Shapeshifting" 5. Friendly Fires "Pala" 6. Needtobreathe "The Reckoning" 7. White Lies "Rituals" 8. Mirrors "Lights And Offerings" 9. The Joy Formidable "The Big Roar" 10. Phantogram "Nightlife EP"

You may have seen a fairly vague posting regarding this last week, but here's the lowdown: Low & Behold is a new project band that J Martin and I have been working on for a few years now. In a nutshell, it's really stripped-down classic goth/new wave- for those of you that dig on the likes of Depeche Mode, Sisters Of Mercy, etc. The first release, a 12" single titled Blood Red, is available for pre-order now here. The record features the title track, plus a b-side (Violent Sound), packaged in a gatefold sleeve, with a 11" x 11" 2-sided art print. So, yes, $9 is a steal.

Have a Blood Red Halloween.

Thanks to our good friends at the other Creature for including our work together with JanSport in their Communication Arts story this month.

Here's a glimpse at our poster for 2 upcoming Fleet Foxes shows here in Seattle. The concept comes from a song called "The Shrine" (from their latest record, Helplessness Blues) where the lyrics speak of an old dried-up fountain filled with forgotten pennies. In this case, the pennies are actually metallic copper ink. In the store soon!

Late last year we got a call from our favorite lunch spot asking if we'd like to help them out with their first-ever Food/Ideas/Music Festival: Chipotle Cultivate. Chipotle's unrelenting commitment to food with integrity (not to mention their ass-kicking burritos) is something we've always respected (and donated much of our lunch money to). Cultivate is happening at Lincoln Park in Chicago on October 1st. And the best part? It's free.

OK, now I'm hungry.

A few details:

Here's our new poster for Iron & Wine's upcoming show at The Paramount. In the shop September 11th.

Here's our poster for Ben Harper's upcoming show at Marymoor Park on 8/27. In the shop on 8/28.

Here's a look at the poster we recently created for the Chicago date of The Decemberists' current tour. Looks like Chicago has some rough neighborhoods. Available in the store now!

We recently had the luxury of working with Rhymesayers Entertainment once again, this time for Seattle-based artist Grieves. RS is one of the only labels still investing their time, effort and finances into elaborate physical packaging... because they care and they believe their listeners deserve it. And obviously we love any opportunity to work with cool, innovative people to create unique packaging and artwork. Check out this video of the new Grieves package for "Together/Apart," and be sure to pick up the record June 21st.

Awesome. Done by Louie Figueroa at Rube’s Tattoo.

Thanks to Josh for the heads up.

The pink and black attack are back! It's always fun working with Seattle's favorite kid-rockers.

When asked if we'd be interested in creating a poster for the new EMP exhibit 'Nirvana: Taking Punk To The Masses', we had to think about it for about zero seconds. After listening to each record a few times, I decided to base my concept on the song 'Scentless Apprentice', my favorite track from In Utero. Many thanks to Chris, Jacob and the EMP for asking us. Pick one up here (we only have 15 of these suckers) and be sure to check out the exhibit if you find yourself in these parts.

2-color (metallic silver and black) silk-screened poster on white stock.

The IC toy elves have been busy. Meet this summer's dynamic duo: Salvatore and George - the lovable mascots we created for Sasquatch! Music Festival's 10 year anniversary. Salvatore stands 4" tall while George packs a TON of detail into an impressive 2". The two characters come as a set and will be available in person (along with a few limited-edition prints) on May 19th at Velocity Art & Design here in Seattle. Can't make it on the 19th? Don't fret - you can pre-order NOW. Sorry, you're on your own for miniature marshmallows.

Extra special thanks to our beloved clients Adam & Lynn for making this happen. And a round of applause for Frank at Super7 for bringing these guys to life.

A mighty big thanks to everyone who came out to our Full Circle show/Leroy C. launch party at Super7 on Saturday night. We had a blast. And as you can see above, Leroy did too.

If you find yourself in SF anytime soon, the show will be up for a few more weeks.

Photos courtesy of Zac Schwiet, Kaiju Chronicle and Toybot Studios.

Just wrapped up a new poster for Against Me! at this year's Sasquatch! Festival. I used my own vest for this one. Metallic brown and black. Check our store for this one in a few weeks!