DESIGN + MUSIC
We do all sorts of design work, but we're concentrating on music and publishing projects this year. We'll post cool projects that are worth your attention here. For highlights from last year's work, check out our 2008 Portfolio PDF on Issuu. If you'd like to know more about us or any of the work you see, email info@sidedown.com.
The Dirty Floors Sticker
All bands must have stickers.
Ravenswood Art Walk Tee
T-shirt design for a competition. They scrapped said competition, so no winner was chosen, but I like to think I had a pretty good chance.
Absinthe & The Dirty Poster
Promo poster for the band. One-color silk screen, 11x17
Heartland AIDS Walk Tee
T-shirt design for Heartland staff.
Heartland Benefit Poster
Poster for an AIDS Run/Walk benefit.
Music For Mugs Poster
Poster for a series of live performances at a local cafe.
Natural Wisdom EP
Cover design for an EP from Richard L. Aceves. (link)
Night Studies EP
Cover design for an EP from Thee Crumb. (link)
Violsets EP
Cover design for an EP from Violsets. (link)
OPUS CIPHER ILLUSTRATION
Cover design for an album from The Very Us Artists. I did this a while back, but really enjoyed it. (link)
GOOD MORNING SIDEDOWN!
Logo for new Sidedown weekday podcast. (link)
SILVERGIRL POSTCARD
GOCCO screen-printed postcard for Silvergirl performance. (link)
THEDIRTYFLOORS.COM
Web site for the band Absinthe & The Dirty Floors. (link)
CONCRETE
Cover design for digital EP by Vivian Circle. (link)
RUBICON
Cover design for digital EP by Jeremy Simmons. (link)
LAST NIGHT
Cover design for digital EP by Hecabe Co-op. (link)
DEGENRE SHIRT
A promotional shirt for a music review webiste: degenre.com
ART: RURITANIA 9-2
Three new digital giclee prints: Ruritania & Friends
HEY QUARTERLY VOLUME THREE, ISSUE ONE
Features work by Danny Glix, Henrik Victorin, Zachary Crabtree, and Joshua Wentz. 32 pages, full color, 8.5 x 11 stablebound zine. heyquarterly.com
PODCAST VISUAL CARDS: RPMcast
A graphic system for the introduction and episode information embedded in each episode of RPMcast. This scheme is for the "Off Season" weekly podcast.
ALBUM ART: EQUILIBRIUM by MICHELANGELO
A take on the organic and dualistic nature of the album, which is divided into two "sides", one featuring accoustic instruments, the other electric.
ALBUM ART: THE DAMEN STOP by ABSINTHE & THE DIRTY FLOORS
The band wanted something decidedly "Chicago".
ALBUM ART: WHISPER TROOP by LEGATO RE
The album, a four track experimental piece, recounts a tale of fantasy and adventure.
ALBUM ART: OBVERSE by JOSHUA WENTZ
A 32-page book accompanies the ecclecitc album, each 2-page spread containing a photorgraph that corresponds with a track on the disc.
ALBUM ART: NOCTURNE by MICHELANGELO
The album consists of two thirty-minute improvised didjeridoo pieces. The album art was created in the same fashion, improvised as the music played. The resultant illustrations were layered on a light table and then photographed.
