Archive for May, 2009

mewithoutYou and honey too

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

We Bears had the opportunity recently to connect with one of todays most profoundly poetic bands, mewithoutYou. Their most recent release, “It’s all crazy! It’s all false! It’s all a dream! It’s alright.” gave us some deep inspiration to create some intricate designs. The song “The Fox, the Crow, and the Cookie” was the key song that drove the artistry to a shirt design the band immediately said, “Let’s print it!”  Make sure you listen to the rich layering of lyric, fun, and brass and you will instantly know why we were drawn to this incredibly catchy song. We are grateful for the opportunity and hope to connect with Aaron and the crew down the road.  Be sure to check out this design on their next tour near you!

YFM in Alternative Press

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

My buddy Aaron just gave me last month’s issue of Alternative Press. I didn’t realize this until after the issue was circulated, but Aaron gave me the copy because Yours For Mine‘s album “Dear Children” was featured as one of the staff picks. It’s always fun to see your work in an unexpected sighting.

Relient K

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009

Relient K have been long time friends of the bears. A couple of the bears did shirts for them years ago, when the band was starting out. We couldn’t have been happier to re-kindle that flame, when they asked us to come up with some new shirts for their summer tour. They immediately picked 5 shirts from us, and we are working on a couple more, for being sold at a later date.





Flipd Logo in use

Monday, May 4th, 2009

We Bears love creative collaboration and we also love to see what others create once we have set the visual design in motion.  Here is a great example of us creating the brandmark for “Flipd” and Joel Harris (Middle School Pastor & Instigator of Justice for First Friends in Canton, Ohio) developing other materials once we passed the baton to him.  This is fantastic Joel!

Champion for Children’s

Monday, May 4th, 2009

The Bears once again had the privilege of designing this years “Champion for Children’s” donor appreciation dinner invitations.  The client liked last year’s invites so much that they wanted to carry over the logo and keep the color pallet to start creating a familar “branding” for the event.  This time the Bears designed a square, die-cut, trifold format that made the invite not only look contemporary, but very engaging and beautifully simple.  The fresh ornamentation captured the atmosphere of the event and the use of color engages the donor to remember to RSVP.  Another successful project for a great cause!