New Gluekit poster joy! New type!
Gluekit was recently commissioned to create a very special concert poster for a new band hailing from lovely North East Pennsylvania, featuring a Gluekit relation (Brother Andy) and former Bedford bandmate (Mister Bob Lewis). The poster is for a show this Saturday, May 3, at Cafe Metropolis in Wilkes-Barre, PA. $7. All Ages. Awesome!
Gluekit likes making band posters, and we love making type.
Recent Gluekit poster for the Yale University Art Gallery!
This is for “Sound Installation: 1968/2008,” an event commemorating the “fortieth anniversary of the creative activism and public protest that occurred in the charged year of 1968.” Graduate students in theatrical sound design at the Yale School of Drama are to create three temporary sound installations, exploring political demonstrations, the division of historical and cultural experience, and the complex nature of time, place and memory.
One of our very, very favorite magazines in the whole entire world, Grafik, profiled us and Part of It in their March 2008 issue. We only just got a copy this week, and are thrilled with the way they distilled the founding of Part of It and described the project. Mark Owens’s “Inherit the Wind” bag was featured in their Showcase photo shoot.
Grafik can be a little hard to get in the US (we order our copies from You Work For Them), so we took a couple of snapshots to share. Enjoy!
It feels like summer where we are today, which reminded us of this awesome Michael Leon calendar cover, created for the Yale University Art Gallery. The type really gets at the dizzying HEAT of a summer in the city– with the prospect of the cool mountain ranges on the horizon. It’s 100% sizzling!
Check out the other covers in the Gallery’s series!
A new Gluekit illustration for OUT magazine!
This illustration features a number of Swedish rockers, including Jens Lekman (profile, upper left). Jens is known to do cameos at other people’s gigs in NYC– when he happens to be in town and we’re in the audience. Yay!
Speaking of Earth Day and being kind to our environment, here’s a lovely and practical tote designed by Genevieve Guackler. No matter what shape you’re in, or color you’re feeling, this little number will make you feel better. Handy for toting your recyclables, your library books, your water bottle and your munchies, this is a perfect accessory for all seasons.
Available from Part of It, $20.
Design also available on a fetching navy tee, $28.
This was just so cute it deserved a post of its own. It’s the spot image from the illustration we did for Portfolio recently.
Happy Earth Day from Gluekit!
We’re reaching back a few years– woah, but it feels like just last month! Here’s the Fall 2006 Yale University Art Gallery Calendar Cover. The design is by the talented and awesome Geoff McFetridge.
After Geoff did the cover, he was invited to be a guest artist at the Yale School of Art in their “Making Do” series. The idea behind “Making Do” was to gather four artists from different disciplines and have them work on-site at Yale’s School of Art for a week. The 2006 Making Do show took place in October/November and featured McFetridge, Mark Borthwick, Karyn Olivier, and Luis Gispert. There’s a great Flickr set of images from the show here.
We’re excited about Geoff’s new excellent handmade skate company, in partnership with Yong-Ki Chang. It’s called Solitary Arts and their blog is chock full of awesome stuff. Geoff’s also started making his wonderful wallpaper designs available via Pottak.
Recent Gluekit illustration for the New York Time Book Review, for a review of Michael Hastings’ book I Lost My Love in Baghdad.
Gluekit served up some fresh type on the 2008 Members’ Events postcard for the Yale University Art Gallery. We’ve been exploring some new type avenues (fun!) and hope to share the results here. Enjoy!
Here’s an illustration Gluekit did recently for Entertainment Weekly, for a piece on how ratings were skyrocketing for a number of TV shows. Namely: SNL (after Tina Fey hosted), Lost, and Survivor.
Wow! We are just so psyched about this!
Nylon Magazine features Part of It’s “Inherit the Wind” tote (designed by Mark Owens, $20.00 from Part of It) in the 2008 April issue. We were excited to be featured alongside designers like Tracy Jenkins of Village, Keren Richter, and the good folks at Loyalty and Blood. So many cool totes, so little time!
Gluekit illustration for a review of the 2008 Broadway production of South Pacific, recently published in New York magazine.
Here at Gluekit, we’ve been really thrilled to start working with a film culture magazine in Greece. They’ve been great to work with, and this cover opportunity was super fun. The issue itself focuses on Ingmar Bergman’s legacy, and the art directors wanted to make him look modern to highlight his ongoing influence on European cinema. The color palette draws on the colors in Sweden’s flag, in homage to Bergman’s roots.
