Hey, Look! A Sneak Peek at Our Record Store Day Print...

Here is our poster in support of Record Store Day on April 18th. We created this for the poster show "Lyrically Speaking", a show organized by Chuck Keppler and Leia Bell. Happy to be a part of this neat event!

It's a pretty cool idea: let artists interpret song lyrics however they wish to! We opted to let The Beatles classic song "A Day In The Life" inspire us...There's a couple "hidden" items, such as the actual newspaper photo of the car wreck that killed Tara Browne, once a close friend of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. As the story goes, Lennon was reading The Daily Mail newspaper, scanning news articles as the two of them created the now infamous song.

So, sometimes common things like the day's newspaper, getting the groceries, etc, can in small and at times big ways change your life, in ways you may not expect.

The show will be opening at Signed & Numbered/Slowtrain Records in Salt Lake City, Size Records in Oklahoma City AND 52.5 Records in Charleston, SC.

The 9" x 12" three color poster (black, tan and white ink) was masterfully printed on French Speckletone Old Green stock by the great folks at The Half and Half. Available for purchase soon! Signed and numbered edition of 100.

Go buy the poster... and a vinyl record while you're at it...
http://www.recordstoreday.com

Detail of design and print below:

(((T H A N K S )))

We simply would like to thank all of the fine folks that came out to see the Get a Clue Design Studio poster show last Friday. We had a great time and hope you did too. Thanks to Studio 258 Gallery also. We're uploading a few photos from the event, and a video clip.

Thanks again people! See you next time hopefully...

Get a Clue Design Poster Show!

Howdy all, it's late Friday and we want to be done, so we're making this short and very sweet.

Here's the scoop, in the form of the official press release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Get a Clue Design to have gig poster show at Studio 258 Gallery in Hickory, NC.

features 35+ gigposters and several art prints.

Matt Pfahlert of Get a Clue Design Studio is having a poster design show showcasing regional and national music acts such as The Black Keys, Wilco, Crowded House, Yonder Mountain String Band and many others. The event is an art show/sale at Studio 258 Tattoo & Gallery in downtown Hickory. The gallery is located on 1st Ave NW and will have hot hors d'oeuvres and live acoustic music.

“We are really happy for the chance to have this poster show in Hickory”, says owner Matt Pfahlert, who’s poster work for bands like Wilco, The Black Keys and Galactic will be hung for viewer’s close inspection. “The great thing about gig posters is the very wide variety of art styles that’s out there, and with the screen printing process, the end result is really unique and beautiful in its own way.”

The show kicks off on February 13th (Friday) from 7 - 9 p.m. The art will hang through March.


ABOUT GET A CLUE DESIGN.
An independent graphic design studio in downtown Hickory, NC.
Get a Clue Design offers creative design services ranging from illustration to collateral marketing materials to book design to poster design.

Get a Clue Design part of Toledo Poster show

The fine folks at Madhouse graphic design in Toledo, OH invited us to be part of their latest poster design exhibit "Rock Paper Scissors". The gallery space is located in downtown on the corner of Jackson Street and 13th.

Here's a quote from the gallery page online: "Rock show and gig posters have communicated the who, where and when of an event for as long as said events have been taking place. Now a respected art form, these projects exemplify many a graphic designer's dreams: creative freedom, typographic expression and proximity to the business of making music."

We're honored to be included! Check out the show online here: madmadmad.com

Original button designs commisioned!

The fine folks at Olio artists & workers cooperative asked Get a Clue Design to submit several button designs to help support the "Live!stock pin & poster show" in beautiful Victoria, B.C.

Live!Stock is a 3 days posters, buttons, crafts, textiles, artists and rock art exhibition.




Here's some shots from the event and close-ups of three Get a Clue Design buttons.
Editor's note: The design nerd is Matt around age 9. For the record, still a design nerd.