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.

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.