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New Shop & Posters for Pocono Modern

Ty — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:57:35 +0000

With attention to detail and a commitment to sustainable practices, Pocono Modern is building homes in the Poconos with a fresh, modern twist. We’ve collaborated together for years now, and their logo is still one of my all time favorite projects. You can read about that brand identity development here.

Led by Kraig Kalashian, who might be the most creative person I know, Pocono Modern not only builds homes, they just released a new line of home goods on their website. We designed and built the online store and even created one of the first products: a limited edition silkscreened poster series.

The posters were printed by our friends at Vahalla Studios and there are three different color combinations. Each print is 18×24 and signed by me.

There are only 100 of each, so pick yours up today at Pocono Modern.

New Work for Billabong

Ty — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:25:38 +0000

One of the leading manufacturers of surfing, skating and snowboarding apparel and accessories, Billabong is a name that’s recognized all over the world. We worked with the iconic surf brand to develop key art and graphics for their worldwide 2012 Spring campaign, Life’s Better in Board Shorts.

New Mattson Creative Site

Ty — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:40:54 +0000

We’re extremely proud to announce the launch of our brand new website. Featuring 30 recent projects, it’s the most comprehensive gallery of our work to date. Redesigned from the ground up, the new site is now accessible on iPhones and iPads so you can check it out from wherever you are. Let me know what you think.

Maroon 5 Tour Merchandise

Ty — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:04:36 +0000

Maroon 5’s seductive soul-rock has won multiple Grammy awards and sold millions of records worldwide. From the very beginning, we’ve collaborated with the band to create distinctive designs including merchandise, apparel and their iconic logo. Below are some of the designs we created to support the band’s current world tour.

Zoobles Style Guide

Ty — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:03:38 +0000

Zoobles emerged as the breakout girls’ toy brand of 2010, and these cute, quirky creatures continue to make gains in the small doll category at retailers nationwide. We worked closely with Cartoon Network to develop a comprehensive style guide for this exciting Spin Master brand.

Shark Week 2011

Ty — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:18:45 +0000

Shark Week 2011 kicked off last night on the Discovery Channel and I couldn’t be more excited! Here is a design that I created for this year’s campaign. Posters, mugs and tees are available in the Discovery.com store. Happy Shark Week!

Natalie Ebnet Logo & Business Cards

Ty — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:26:40 +0000

Usually when I’m working on a logo project I’ll do hundreds of sketches, explore a wide variety of executions, and then work through multiple rounds of revisions with the client to get to the best solution. But every once in a while I’ll have a project like this, where the logo almost designs itself.

I got a call from Natalie Ebnet, a talented editor who’s worked on shows for NBC, CBS, VH1, TLC, Discovery and others. She wanted to develop a brand identity and business cards. I had the idea for the logo while we were talking on the phone and showed her the concept the next day. She loved it, and that was it. One idea. No revisions. Done.

We applied the logo very simply to business cards. The cards are a 2.5″ square and are printed on 110lb. Crane Lettra Flo White which we duplexed to get to 220lbs, so they are extremely thick. Because the logo is so colorful, we used 4 color offset printing on the front and a printed a spot color on the back. We just got them back from the printer this week and they turned out great!

Dr. Giggles Posters

Ty — Tue, 31 May 2011 20:55:36 +0000

Last year when I toured the Dexter set, I had the opportunity to meet Manny Coto, who is one of the executive producers of the show. Manny introduced me to the Polish Poster Shop which is an incredible archive of European versions of American movies. It’s very interesting to see these radically different interpretations of films like The Big Lebowski, Gone with the Wind, and Crocodile Dundee 2. I was really inspired by these prints, so I decided to create a series of Polish posters for Dr. Giggles, the horror film that Manny wrote and directed.

Harvest 2011 Poster Series

Ty — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:16:52 +0000

Harvest is an annual summer event in Southern California. A modern incarnation of the old-time, big-tent spiritual revivals, the gathering attracts thousands of people each year. Traditionally the event is hosted at Angel Stadium, but this year, Harvest will also expand to Los Angeles for one night at Dodger Stadium. For this year’s campaign, I was asked to create a poster series that would celebrate both the Anaheim and the Los Angeles events.

This was a really fun project because I had designed the branding for their campaign back in 2001. I was fresh out of school and it was one of my very first projects. So it was neat for me to approach the same design challenge, ten years later.

Every Card Has a Silver Lining

Ty — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:52:17 +0000

Just got these little beauties back from the printer and I love the way they turned out! We designed this logo and business card for Rogers Reel, a Southern California based film and video production company. The business cards are letterpressed on 200lb duplexed Wausau Eclipse Black paper. We printed with metallic silver ink on both sides and on all 4 edges. The cards are petite, 2×2″ which, along with the reflective ink, gives them a very special quality. Our friends at Studio On Fire printed the cards and we couldn’t be happier with the results.