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Graphic Design

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    New Seahawks Jerseys and Logo Coming Tuesday

    Local sports fans are filled with mixed emotions. On one hand, the unveiling of the new Seahawks uniforms Tuesday in New York is something worth getting excited about; chances are whatever happens will be way less nauseating than those lime green atrocities from a few years back. On the other hand, ... More >>

  • Arts

    February 15, 2012

    The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

    Local sports fans are filled with mixed emotions. On one hand, the unveiling of the new Seahawks uniforms Tuesday in New York is something worth getting excited about; chances are whatever happens will be way less nauseating than those lime green atrocities from a few years back. On the other hand, ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 8, 2012

    Jean François Porchez

    Local sports fans are filled with mixed emotions. On one hand, the unveiling of the new Seahawks uniforms Tuesday in New York is something worth getting excited about; chances are whatever happens will be way less nauseating than those lime green atrocities from a few years back. On the other hand, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2011

    Through @ 2: Lou Reed, Psych Rock, and Brain Poking With Black Whales

    Robertsen Ashman​The situation It's a recent Tuesday night and I'm at The Lookout on Capitol Hill at a corner table with a lovely view of the city. Drinking beers with me are four members of Black Whales: singer/guitarist Alex Robert, guitarist Alan Foote, bassist Ryan Middleton, and keyboardi ... More >>

  • Arts

    February 16, 2011

    The Sign Savant: Meet the Guy Who's Painted Half of West Seattle

    Robertsen Ashman​The situation It's a recent Tuesday night and I'm at The Lookout on Capitol Hill at a corner table with a lovely view of the city. Drinking beers with me are four members of Black Whales: singer/guitarist Alex Robert, guitarist Alan Foote, bassist Ryan Middleton, and keyboardi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Starbucks' New Logo Marks Company Ownership of Your Brain

    ​Starbucks unveiled its new logo today, and the design marks a milestone in corporate brainwashing.

  • Calendar

    November 3, 2010

    12 Designers on Writing

    ​Starbucks unveiled its new logo today, and the design marks a milestone in corporate brainwashing.

  • Calendar

    October 20, 2010

    Kelly Mark

    ​Starbucks unveiled its new logo today, and the design marks a milestone in corporate brainwashing.

  • Calendar

    August 4, 2010

    11/100

    ​Starbucks unveiled its new logo today, and the design marks a milestone in corporate brainwashing.

  • Music

    August 4, 2010

    Q&A: Jeff Kleinsmith

    Sub Pop's art director talks about graphic design in the age of iTunes and Contra.

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Sub Pop's Art Director On VW's Contra, 8-Way Santa, and Posters With Free Albums

    Patent Pending Industries​In the 11 years that longtime Sub Pop art director Jeff Kleinsmith and partner and former Sub Popper Jesse LeDoux have been operating their rock poster company, Patent Pending Industries, a thing or two has changed about the music business. Albums are increasingly tr ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 23, 2010

    City Hall

    Patent Pending Industries​In the 11 years that longtime Sub Pop art director Jeff Kleinsmith and partner and former Sub Popper Jesse LeDoux have been operating their rock poster company, Patent Pending Industries, a thing or two has changed about the music business. Albums are increasingly tr ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 9, 2010

    MFA Thesis Exhibition

    Patent Pending Industries​In the 11 years that longtime Sub Pop art director Jeff Kleinsmith and partner and former Sub Popper Jesse LeDoux have been operating their rock poster company, Patent Pending Industries, a thing or two has changed about the music business. Albums are increasingly tr ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2010

    The 'Shoot Relents

    One Reel calls off a Bumbershoot competition that pissed off the design community.

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    Bumbershoot Abandons Logo Competition That Pissed Off Local Designers

    The festival's 2010 logo, by Chelsea Conboy. ​As Chris reported last week, Bumbershoot managed to get the local graphic design community up in arms with its plans for an open, on-spec competition to create a new permanent logo for the festival. The prize for the winner: a festival pass, and ... More >>

  • News

    May 26, 2010

    Bumbershoot's Design Flaw

    Graphic artists are up in arms over a call for work on spec.

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2010

    Bumbershoot's Logo Contest Has Officially Provoked the Ire of the Local Graphic Arts Community

    Bumbershoot's 2009 campaign, as conceived by Seattle's The New Year design studio.​"Imagine if it were attorney's or contractors: I want you 10 to build me a house and I'll pay the one that I like." That, says Jeff Barlow, president of the Seattle chapter of the American Institute of Graphic A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Seattle's Best Coffee's New Logo Reminds You It's Time to Give Blood

    Mmmm, plasma-ey.​The Starbucks-owned, second-largest roaster in the U.S. just introduced a new logo. It's basically what you'd get if you combined Target with the Red Cross. Which is the opposite of appetizing, unless you're a vampire in the market for cheap floor lamps.

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    New Video From the Lights

    Local band the Lights unveiled the video for "New New", the single from their recent release, Failed Graves. It was conceived by Jason Sievers, a childhood pal of the band, who clearly has a fondness for clip art: The Lights - "New New" from Jason Sievers on Vimeo.

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2009

    Battle of the Second Ave. Bank Logos

    ​First it was WaMu Center. Then, after that bank's historic implosion and government takeover, it was rebranded this year as Chase Center. And since the 42-story office tower on Second Avenue between Union and University Streets has now been substantially emptied of old WaMu employees, it's be ... More >>

  • Calendar

    August 19, 2009

    Comics Savants

    ​First it was WaMu Center. Then, after that bank's historic implosion and government takeover, it was rebranded this year as Chase Center. And since the 42-story office tower on Second Avenue between Union and University Streets has now been substantially emptied of old WaMu employees, it's be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2009

    So Long, Blank Space.

    ​Pioneer Square art gallery and graphic design studio Blank Space will close its doors this weekend, just three years after its inception. "What we want to do has evolved," co-owner Mindi Davis says. "We'll continue to do graphic design, but the public gallery will no longer exist. We may get ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2009

    Hearst Is an Anagram for Haters

    Charles Foster Kane's business legacy drives a hard bargain with its web writers. Of course, that may not make the corporation a bunch of haters, per se, but it's fun to say. Meanwhile, enjoy Ichiro's Hater of the Year All-Star speech and an encore performance of the original "Playa Hater's Ball":

  • Calendar

    March 4, 2009

    ByDesign 09

    Charles Foster Kane's business legacy drives a hard bargain with its web writers. Of course, that may not make the corporation a bunch of haters, per se, but it's fun to say. Meanwhile, enjoy Ichiro's Hater of the Year All-Star speech and an encore performance of the original "Playa Hater's Ball":

  • Calendar

    January 14, 2009

    Jim Blanchard

    Charles Foster Kane's business legacy drives a hard bargain with its web writers. Of course, that may not make the corporation a bunch of haters, per se, but it's fun to say. Meanwhile, enjoy Ichiro's Hater of the Year All-Star speech and an encore performance of the original "Playa Hater's Ball":

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    Spalding Benefit Concert Announced

    I knew that there was a lot of discussion in the music community after local artist John Spalding passed away a couple of weeks ago about organizing benefit concerts to help his widow and family cope with the financial burden that goes along with someone dying of cancer. Unsurprisingly, his talented ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 3, 2008

    Helvetica

    I knew that there was a lot of discussion in the music community after local artist John Spalding passed away a couple of weeks ago about organizing benefit concerts to help his widow and family cope with the financial burden that goes along with someone dying of cancer. Unsurprisingly, his talented ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 8, 2008

    Cut Copy

    Wednesday, October 8

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    September 1, 2008
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    May 12, 2008
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    March 19, 2008

    This Charming Man

    The romantic rush of Swedish pop

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2008

    The Impulse! Club

    The romantic rush of Swedish pop

  • Music

    August 29, 2007
  • Calendar

    August 29, 2007

    Font of Wisdom

    The brain behind the titles

  • Blogs

    August 22, 2007

    Tall Birds Break Up

    The brain behind the titles

  • Music

    August 15, 2007

    Fischer Juggles Gigs Between OKOK and Damien Jurado

    They pay the bills, so he can get his art done.

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2007

    Interpol Might Want to Watch Out for Their Namesake, Too

    They pay the bills, so he can get his art done.

  • Arts

    April 4, 2007

    Taking Book Design to the Streets

    They pay the bills, so he can get his art done.

  • Arts

    May 24, 2006

    Visual Arts Pick

    They pay the bills, so he can get his art done.

  • News

    December 28, 2005

    Our New Look

    About Seattle Weekly's redesigned Web site.

  • Arts

    September 7, 2005

    SoDo No Go?

    The Bemis Building is a hive of artistic activity. So why is no one showing up to see it?

  • Arts

    May 16, 2001

    The art of revival

    Appropriating the past with designer Art Chantry.

  • News

    February 23, 2000

    Logo-a-Go-Go

    Rating the latest branding moves of Web giants Amazon, Microsoft, and Disney.

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