https://yesismore.us yesismore Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:31:24 +0000 https://yesismore.us en https://yesismore.us/RISD-Marketing-Communications Fri, 25 Oct 2024 19:49:54 +0000 yesismore https://yesismore.us/RISD-Marketing-Communications RISD Marketing &amp; Communications&nbsp;Various projects completed as Senior Visual Designer at Rhode Island School of Design in the Marketing &amp; Communications Office since July 2021. Viewbook&nbsp; Admissions Viewbook&nbsp;2024–25 <img width="2922" height="1930" width_o="2922" height_o="1930" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7b2adc8777f3815dbe3d77bf433aaa59b264b888188d16893b26581c2b59e0b1/Screenshot-2024-10-25-at-4.45.24-PM.png" data-mid="220320259" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7b2adc8777f3815dbe3d77bf433aaa59b264b888188d16893b26581c2b59e0b1/Screenshot-2024-10-25-at-4.45.24-PM.png" /> Photo: Alex Pizzuti Admissions Viewbook&nbsp;2023–24 <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c46f4da578541ff9191239a25eea7bf20bdfa849a5999407398d26a5f072654f/viewbook-cover.png" data-mid="220320337" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c46f4da578541ff9191239a25eea7bf20bdfa849a5999407398d26a5f072654f/viewbook-cover.png" /> Photo: Alex Pizzuti <img width="1808" height="1302" width_o="1808" height_o="1302" 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data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/24039fe7a05263fb742b530dcdfdf555ef998af20d2882949133980cc481117e/Viewbook-2023-v1010.jpg" data-mid="220320332" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/24039fe7a05263fb742b530dcdfdf555ef998af20d2882949133980cc481117e/Viewbook-2023-v1010.jpg" /> <img width="1810" height="1302" width_o="1810" height_o="1302" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/67e138ea149ba781cd5bf7fec6f14e530f2ac3048a381a7f334fe569148bcbb7/Screenshot-2024-05-15-at-4.36.23-PM.png" data-mid="220319865" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/67e138ea149ba781cd5bf7fec6f14e530f2ac3048a381a7f334fe569148bcbb7/Screenshot-2024-05-15-at-4.36.23-PM.png" /> <img width="900" height="648" width_o="900" height_o="648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1bbe79bfce77a72b9158c7b5383a3d7fb4cbc80b2a9e352203c1ef5c29fd9ab0/Viewbook-2023-V32.jpg" data-mid="220320327" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/1bbe79bfce77a72b9158c7b5383a3d7fb4cbc80b2a9e352203c1ef5c29fd9ab0/Viewbook-2023-V32.jpg" /> Admissions Viewbook&nbsp;2021–22 <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2313a98c8bd04306b201b5d47588ef2dafdaac7168b8edc153edf40d5d09b1d4/flaps.jpg" data-mid="220320295" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2313a98c8bd04306b201b5d47588ef2dafdaac7168b8edc153edf40d5d09b1d4/flaps.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e61e3db69a9cb3e3a9ac8fbbcaf8669cc222431098490097a78c05804cfeb597/Cover.png" data-mid="220320294" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e61e3db69a9cb3e3a9ac8fbbcaf8669cc222431098490097a78c05804cfeb597/Cover.png" /> Undergraduate Admissions Illustrators: Somnath Bhatt, Cameron Galley, Gracey Zhang, Sarula Bao. <img width="2918" height="1930" width_o="2918" height_o="1930" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d686f3dc1d310d78988a061a66aabdc9c8dcc4d2842e6e8a616144cd47a8159/Screenshot-2024-10-25-at-4.12.58-PM.png" data-mid="220319857" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1d686f3dc1d310d78988a061a66aabdc9c8dcc4d2842e6e8a616144cd47a8159/Screenshot-2024-10-25-at-4.12.58-PM.png" /> <img width="2888" height="1896" width_o="2888" height_o="1896" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e01f46d7a983618cda9ca3989d05a9480171e45bd08cf5a6ad4fe267d4b166b5/Screenshot-2024-10-25-at-4.41.57-PM.png" data-mid="220320187" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e01f46d7a983618cda9ca3989d05a9480171e45bd08cf5a6ad4fe267d4b166b5/Screenshot-2024-10-25-at-4.41.57-PM.png" /> Photos: Alex PizzutiGraduate Study <img width="1921" height="1080" width_o="1921" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2e3e2e207f5efa55e292e55789264003d662a505211e2f4170ca5e62eea924d/800.png" data-mid="220319795" 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width="7872" height="4284" width_o="7872" height_o="4284" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fda00db6db6d3eca885af7a01d33bc00943e2e964f0f6bc54e2a66a5cfbd4fdc/map-wide.jpg" data-mid="220320197" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fda00db6db6d3eca885af7a01d33bc00943e2e964f0f6bc54e2a66a5cfbd4fdc/map-wide.jpg" /> Spring Town Hall <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/acfd7332401fbf654cf7a19a4d3a620a7fa38dc7f77407154e72c55ce3e70530/5.jpg" data-mid="220319554" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/acfd7332401fbf654cf7a19a4d3a620a7fa38dc7f77407154e72c55ce3e70530/5.jpg" /> <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a343d4953ea5e7c73a6fdd1882dfc9370752834041784ca5cd19d751d9ba7b73/1.jpg" data-mid="220319552" border="0" 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width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a7b70217acf12cf52ec7d2162e31ee0abd4d391ce82cfd4acc953f3871c5cb9/415.png" data-mid="220319585" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9a7b70217acf12cf52ec7d2162e31ee0abd4d391ce82cfd4acc953f3871c5cb9/415.png" /> https://yesismore.us/Home Wed, 17 Jan 2018 03:55:56 +0000 yesismore https://yesismore.us/Home Mary Banas connects people and ideas through design, direction, and education. https://yesismore.us/Hana-Vu-Romanticism Wed, 14 Feb 2024 17:11:24 +0000 yesismore https://yesismore.us/Hana-Vu-Romanticism <img width="3000" height="2175" width_o="3000" height_o="2175" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f3bb873c1c3db4c32f15066bd769315af9d05db5ee73257dea36ca70de768d6/GI435-LPC1.png" data-mid="206744585" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3f3bb873c1c3db4c32f15066bd769315af9d05db5ee73257dea36ca70de768d6/GI435-LPC1.png" /> Hana Vu’s Romantiscm&nbsp;Vinyl package design for Hana Vu’s 2nd studio album Romanticism. Described as “guitar-driven synthy pop and plush contralto fill out the coming-of-age experience with slick and sorrowful precision. These songs pulse with meaning and jolt with playfulness, anchored by her powerful, sonorous voice.” and “Romanticism can feel both reminiscent of guitar-heavy late-aughts indie rock, and expansively futuristic in its layered synth bass. Vu adds, ‘I’m just trying to convey my perspective as boldly as possible. To succinctly crystallize how it feels to be young, but also to be deeply sad.’” (excerpts from album description by Kyle Lucia Wu)&nbsp; Collaboration with Maegan Houang + Hana Vu Visual art credits: Creative Direction: Maegan Houang Photography by Christopher Ripley and Maegan Houang Type: Daubenton by Olivier Dolbeau Avara (Contributers:&nbsp;Raphaël Bastide&nbsp;Wei Huang&nbsp;Lucas Le Bihan&nbsp;Jérémy Landes&nbsp;Walid Bouchouchi) Label: Ghostly International, special thanks to Molly Smith Management: Max Dubois, Gold Theory<img width="3000" height="3000" width_o="3000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/419ba6f795fbca0be01944f9822e8c9bacc9d6a7432665118f0a40dcedc63880/GI435-LPC1-Full.jpg" data-mid="204644576" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/419ba6f795fbca0be01944f9822e8c9bacc9d6a7432665118f0a40dcedc63880/GI435-LPC1-Full.jpg" /><img width="3000" height="3000" width_o="3000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/62f2feeb1f6022749b4e766fa0e35ee4f634d5b101e9fc02e0fa534f7c92c579/GI435-LPC1-Gatefold.jpg" data-mid="204644577" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/62f2feeb1f6022749b4e766fa0e35ee4f634d5b101e9fc02e0fa534f7c92c579/GI435-LPC1-Gatefold.jpg" /> Ruby red vinyl (global variant) <img width="3000" height="3000" width_o="3000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d39dd207d0b8d60f4e6c4573bcd6be595d8a87ce9df044cd3de1bceaeb5e273b/GI435-LPC3-Urban-Outfitters-Exclusive.jpg" data-mid="204644581" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d39dd207d0b8d60f4e6c4573bcd6be595d8a87ce9df044cd3de1bceaeb5e273b/GI435-LPC3-Urban-Outfitters-Exclusive.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="3000" width_o="3000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0bd11f675d9cd31af12ff0d0505ac2b92dff1712bf2bc826f4814cdb9c429ce7/GI435-LPC2-Secretly-Society-Exclusive.jpg" data-mid="204644580" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0bd11f675d9cd31af12ff0d0505ac2b92dff1712bf2bc826f4814cdb9c429ce7/GI435-LPC2-Secretly-Society-Exclusive.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="3000" width_o="3000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c66c126e788cb3b1b240503772d551b1886210053c2910bfc42fec435f3622b4/GI435-LPC1.jpg" data-mid="204644578" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c66c126e788cb3b1b240503772d551b1886210053c2910bfc42fec435f3622b4/GI435-LPC1.jpg" /> Vinyl variants: Ruby Red, Baroque, Capillary<img width="3000" height="3000" width_o="3000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d935f7c01b7e1f97bf33c78825c2ae320562768b192948123a8c5065aa5f9ac8/GI435-LP.jpg" data-mid="204644575" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d935f7c01b7e1f97bf33c78825c2ae320562768b192948123a8c5065aa5f9ac8/GI435-LP.jpg" /> Standard offering — black vinyl <img width="3000" height="3000" width_o="3000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/972321c78faa489169201d8305b0bf3f57bae80a1d7adb12615fb91d0463f145/GI435-LP-Gatefold.jpg" data-mid="204644574" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/972321c78faa489169201d8305b0bf3f57bae80a1d7adb12615fb91d0463f145/GI435-LP-Gatefold.jpg" /><img width="3000" height="3000" width_o="3000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/882b4724f2facea3cd2096c1886113415175ee09657cfd1af43ea784a25da2d4/GI435-LP-Full.jpg" data-mid="204644573" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/882b4724f2facea3cd2096c1886113415175ee09657cfd1af43ea784a25da2d4/GI435-LP-Full.jpg" /> https://yesismore.us/MMXX Thu, 16 Apr 2020 00:38:51 +0000 yesismore https://yesismore.us/MMXX MMXX Limited edition design by Zak Jensen and Mary Banas for the Collab tab on Everpress <img width="1608" height="1492" width_o="1608" height_o="1492" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/45d481880c204804fcafbd0c6ae8dea7226fc2639568946b553e44dda6ba696a/MMXX-01.gif" data-mid="67132334" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/45d481880c204804fcafbd0c6ae8dea7226fc2639568946b553e44dda6ba696a/MMXX-01.gif" /> <img width="1608" height="1492" width_o="1608" height_o="1492" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aaf1aabeb5be72b09016cdb1545d1a1b8ec2d3a2acbb081003e220d34da922c6/Screen-Shot-2020-04-15-at-10.55.45-AM.png" data-mid="67132313" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aaf1aabeb5be72b09016cdb1545d1a1b8ec2d3a2acbb081003e220d34da922c6/Screen-Shot-2020-04-15-at-10.55.45-AM.png" /> This shirt is about different ways of forming connections. Zak and I haven’t lived in the same place for years, so staying in touch requires some effort and creativity. Now, in quarantine, this is true for most relationships everywhere. The reference that spurred the design in this direction came from an unlikely source; New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo, who advised people to “be socially distant, but spiritually connected”. A shirt won’t change things, but the process of making it was one way for each of us to stay in touch with a friend. MMXX is 2020.https://everpress.com/mmxx https://yesismore.us/Good-Glyphs Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:31:24 +0000 yesismore https://yesismore.us/Good-Glyphs Good Glyphs&nbsp;Project by Calvin Waterman/Violet OfficeA dingbat font created by 32 designers. All proceeds go to Doctors Without Borders. GOOD GLYPHS is licensed under SIL Open Font License.Premise text from Violet Office: We (Violet Office) are asking for your help to make something that does a little good! As lockdowns have tightened their grip and the global impact is coming into focus, our need to give back has become paramount. We see a unique opportunity to bring a group of amazing designers together to create a fundraising tool that plays into our collective strengths and transcends our physical limitations. Our proposal is GOOD&nbsp;GLYPHS.GOOD GLYPHS will be a dingbat typeface created from artwork by 36 designers. Historically dingbats have been a way to package and share graphic symbols. We’re hoping to adapt the format to collaboratively create the dingbat font of 2020. We view this as a collection of artwork akin to a digital gallery.Obviously, we want to create a fucking rad dingbat typeface that activates artworks and pushes positive vibes into the world, but the bigger goal is to use our collective creativity to raise money for people that need our support!My Description (c. 2020) I became interested in the idea of voids and black holes in January 2017. Black holes are a place of ultimate darkness—they suck energy. It felt like the right symbol for the news cycle at the time, and my emotional response to the state of the nation. Lately, I have been thinking of the void more as the “unknown” and how life keeps asking me to be comfortable with not knowing. The most optimistic person I know is my Grandmother. She's 95 years old and also named Mary Banas and right now is in the hospital with the coronavirus. When I was growing up, she would often “see faces” in inanimate objects — like a cloud or a tree. My siblings and I would look for the face, sometimes we could see it, other times not. She also had an affinity for the iconic “smiley face” and would stick them on the back of envelopes when she sent me mail. As a young designer, I thought smiley faces were too soft, not intellectual enough. At some point, I realized the smiley is the most important graphic shorthand we have.<img width="2160" height="2160" width_o="2160" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/338b5ddc88074b8f48641a3101e2b6f40ab92e75becef91114980b6e75647f39/good_glyphs_mary_banas_O.png" data-mid="221647442" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/338b5ddc88074b8f48641a3101e2b6f40ab92e75becef91114980b6e75647f39/good_glyphs_mary_banas_O.png" /><img width="2160" height="2160" width_o="2160" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eab52de461a62eb0eb1c1d8df772627f6c777b0287063813b92e5359022ec0d8/good_glyphs_names.png" data-mid="221647444" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eab52de461a62eb0eb1c1d8df772627f6c777b0287063813b92e5359022ec0d8/good_glyphs_names.png" /><img width="2160" height="2160" width_o="2160" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f15cf8f1dd8fbefbc40531b814f858f2ff1aa7f9a82fd91e500035350161970/good_glyphs_mary_banas_o2.png" data-mid="221647443" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f15cf8f1dd8fbefbc40531b814f858f2ff1aa7f9a82fd91e500035350161970/good_glyphs_mary_banas_o2.png" /> https://yesismore.us/Mitski-s-The-Land-Is-Inhospitable-And-So-Are-We Mon, 18 Sep 2023 16:57:08 +0000 yesismore https://yesismore.us/Mitski-s-The-Land-Is-Inhospitable-And-So-Are-We <img width="7948" height="5301" width_o="7948" height_o="5301" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d7c8645c27973318e6828a9c509ca0dec340005e8102fa7bf2982d5d239d447/APD_Mitski_TLIIASAW03.jpg" data-mid="191154853" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6d7c8645c27973318e6828a9c509ca0dec340005e8102fa7bf2982d5d239d447/APD_Mitski_TLIIASAW03.jpg" /> Mitski’s The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We Design for Mitski’s 7th studio album, The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We,&nbsp;released on September 15, 2023. The album has been described as “some of the most surreal, existential, and fascinating songs of Mitski’s career“ (Cat Zhang, Pitchfork) Collaboration with Mitski.&nbsp; Photography Ebru Yildiz. Typeface “Ready” by Plain Form and “Tofino” by Alanna Munro All photos below with red background by Anna Powell Denton.This process began with Ebru’s photographs (hundreds) and a playlist (normal size). Together they sparked a lot of ideas: dirt, dust, archaeological dig sites, mythology of “the road”, property, grids, weaving, and I became very interested in a Walker Evans photograph of a billboard. Some highlights from my notes include “a big stick” “fences” and “hand as land” — it all makes sense in the end, right?For the typography, I wanted to express the idea of “unruly and free”, like the idea of the American Old West. Ready Active by Plain Form fit my vision of what “lawless typography” might be, and it follows that through in that it is always breaking the border of the image in the design. From the Ready specimen: "Ready does more than flirting with abstraction: it tips over into becoming pure shapes, only sprinkled with a few hints of our long-established and codified writing system.” I spent a lot of time thinking about the album title, there are many ways the land and people are inhospitable—one literal thought I persued is the simple idea of the land rejecting a person walking on it, which conjured the image of shards poking out of the dirt. As the ocean erodes the land it reveals this physical evidence of the human experience—shards, bones, scraps of metal. The land is inhospitable because we made it inhospitable? The digital drawing of an early American jug (Weller pottery, 1872) became the formal representation of this, and as a graphic device helped carry the campaign across the many materials it demands. The album package has two slip cases, one in aster pink and the other in robin egg blue. The pink slip is accompanied by a blue vinyl and the blue slip offers a pink vinyl. The peaceful nature of these hues is activated by an electrified orange*. Made even louder with a glossy spot, this hot orange functions as the molten core of the package with a full flood inside both slip cases. When the slip is empty, the two die cut shards on the cover light up like a freaky pollution sunset. Dark forest green functions as an alternative to black in an effort to respect the rich black of Ebru’s photo series. A sandy blush like the dry dirt kicked up in a dust storm grounds the rest of the artwork. * Best viewed in person, the gamut for digital images does accomodate a color this hot! <img width="7963" height="5311" width_o="7963" height_o="5311" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ba01015501a71fcd479b4d8475e9a7de30d5e02e8edb93ddbb4a04d6ddffebf7/APD_Mitski_TLIIASAW01.jpg" data-mid="191154829" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ba01015501a71fcd479b4d8475e9a7de30d5e02e8edb93ddbb4a04d6ddffebf7/APD_Mitski_TLIIASAW01.jpg" /> <img width="7948" height="5301" width_o="7948" height_o="5301" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d7c8645c27973318e6828a9c509ca0dec340005e8102fa7bf2982d5d239d447/APD_Mitski_TLIIASAW03.jpg" data-mid="191154853" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6d7c8645c27973318e6828a9c509ca0dec340005e8102fa7bf2982d5d239d447/APD_Mitski_TLIIASAW03.jpg" /> <img width="7866" height="5247" width_o="7866" height_o="5247" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0bdf6c57cc2019f2ff53540589df3d15514176a0fb4bb1da449a1e768602dee8/APD_Mitski_TLIIASAW02.jpg" data-mid="191154850" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0bdf6c57cc2019f2ff53540589df3d15514176a0fb4bb1da449a1e768602dee8/APD_Mitski_TLIIASAW02.jpg" /> <img width="8192" height="5464" width_o="8192" height_o="5464" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bfca8b524212ac834afa3619b9e7e3a6423b902f51497d02809445f0ea1a1567/APD_Mitski_TLIIASAW19.jpg" data-mid="206743027" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bfca8b524212ac834afa3619b9e7e3a6423b902f51497d02809445f0ea1a1567/APD_Mitski_TLIIASAW19.jpg" /> Physical media with tactile embossing and hot and slick colors contrasting against Ebru’s intense images. <img width="8155" height="8155" width_o="8155" height_o="8155" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/307307a74dc7bc573151f694b01e0e12b40f035efa4fa8d3658a73bdcfbd6104/APD_Mitski_TLIIASAW22_Square.jpg" data-mid="206743013" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/307307a74dc7bc573151f694b01e0e12b40f035efa4fa8d3658a73bdcfbd6104/APD_Mitski_TLIIASAW22_Square.jpg" /> Label: Dead Oceans / Secretly (special thanks to Miles Johnson)Management: Good Harbor (special thanks Tom Chiari &amp; Ben Levin) https://yesismore.us/Endless-Thread-Identity Mon, 11 Jul 2022 15:48:42 +0000 yesismore https://yesismore.us/Endless-Thread-Identity Endless Thread identity2021 A new identity for WBUR’s Endless Thread podcast designed with Elena Foraker. Animations by Mark Buenafe directly inspired by the end scene in the 1990’s computer game Microsoft Solitaire.The type is a modified version of TINY by Jack Fahnestock. About Endless Thread:&nbsp;Hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson dig into the internet's vast and curious ecosystem of online communities to find untold histories, unsolved mysteries, and other jaw-dropping stories online and IRL. <img width="1184" height="2320" width_o="1184" height_o="2320" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aa2c8805281805879524da11af8d389b13b3b657729188416b4ce0a03a6544ca/iphone8.png" data-mid="147600097" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aa2c8805281805879524da11af8d389b13b3b657729188416b4ce0a03a6544ca/iphone8.png" /> <img width="2497" height="2501" width_o="2497" height_o="2501" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/485a1188a35af2634f157288b75acd34e43f11dfa5090c73ee609bb8e4cd0c03/Endless_Thread_March28-Final-02.jpg" data-mid="147597599" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/485a1188a35af2634f157288b75acd34e43f11dfa5090c73ee609bb8e4cd0c03/Endless_Thread_March28-Final-02.jpg" /> https://yesismore.us/Mitski-s-Laurel-Hell Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:10:36 +0000 yesismore https://yesismore.us/Mitski-s-Laurel-Hell <img width="3408" height="2272" width_o="3408" height_o="2272" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d23b0c36bd0fde5e2512762c5eade2bf433c7195c665d516a2a197fa5432d3b/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell46.jpeg" data-mid="147417271" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d23b0c36bd0fde5e2512762c5eade2bf433c7195c665d516a2a197fa5432d3b/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell46.jpeg" /> Mitski’s Laurel Hell Design for Mitski’s 6th studio album, Laurel Hell, select merch, and art direction for website, additional consulting on merch lines. Laurel Hell was released on February 4, 2022 and is categorized as synth-pop, indie pop and electro-rock.In an interview with Variety, Mitski describes “Laurel Hell is a soundtrack for transformation, a map to the place where vulnerability and resilience, sorrow and delight, error and transcendence can all sit within our humanity, can all be seen as worthy of acknowledgment, and ultimately, love.” Collaboration with Mitski.&nbsp; Photography Ebru Yildiz. Typeface “Resolve” by Corinne Ang.&nbsp; All photos below with red background by Anna Powell Denton.A line was drawn in response to each track on this album and is printed in shimmering (like “wet teeth, shining eyes”*) silver foil. These lines are, at the same time; lightening, evidence of a journey, and the tangled branches of a mountain laurel bush (so thick and overgrown you can’t escape it—the namesake of this record), and when layered with Yildiz’s photography portray an emotional state between agony and ecstasy. Upon opening the record package the silver marks reveal a complex and tangled map on which the lyrics coax a reader along a tumultuous personal journey. Intentionally, a single photographic representation of Mitski is used for all the music packaging. Side A and B of the record label also feature Yildiz’s singlular image, on side A the portrait of Mitski is clear, while side B presents her likeness buried under a mess of laurel leaves. As elegant as it is fierce, the typeface “Resolve” by Corinne Ang and was chosen for it’s attributes, as described “stubborn &amp; grounded, not delicate nor fragile” and how it “reveals a bittersweet sharpness to accompany the everflowing swerving curves”. Practically, the typeface performs well at both very small and large sizes, and formally the expert craft reflects the quality of the music, writing and production on Laurel Hell. *Valentine, Texas <img width="3362" height="2241" width_o="3362" height_o="2241" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/af60a0f237caa3939e5a4e205885432118dbefeb30899ea966bab433f8f84125/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell01.jpeg" data-mid="132538294" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/af60a0f237caa3939e5a4e205885432118dbefeb30899ea966bab433f8f84125/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell01.jpeg" /> <img width="3383" height="2255" width_o="3383" height_o="2255" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/64cc61b61dc57c9d9a87bb45bf2b743923e286738a75af33bb4c7554288828fd/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell38.jpeg" data-mid="147417233" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/64cc61b61dc57c9d9a87bb45bf2b743923e286738a75af33bb4c7554288828fd/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell38.jpeg" /> <img width="3362" height="2241" width_o="3362" height_o="2241" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c92c7cc10dc7800a053c7238676e1405d9f5bb44c963d02e831a14977da4dfa4/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell02.jpeg" data-mid="132538540" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c92c7cc10dc7800a053c7238676e1405d9f5bb44c963d02e831a14977da4dfa4/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell02.jpeg" /> <img width="3392" height="2261" width_o="3392" height_o="2261" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bddc7bf798f3bcd653ca1e76db1a1027704271f8130b4e6fb6dd67a30db90219/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell35.jpeg" data-mid="147417252" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bddc7bf798f3bcd653ca1e76db1a1027704271f8130b4e6fb6dd67a30db90219/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell35.jpeg" /> <img width="3392" height="2261" width_o="3392" height_o="2261" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/238f3d9a8ac2948b11e5daf5649932e64ca36b079d42184ccba57f622bc8c63c/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell37.jpeg" data-mid="147417254" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/238f3d9a8ac2948b11e5daf5649932e64ca36b079d42184ccba57f622bc8c63c/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell37.jpeg" /> <img width="3392" height="2261" width_o="3392" height_o="2261" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0352114bd57c1413793530781137670bddce1261163355395a761203c6a8104a/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell36.jpeg" data-mid="147417253" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0352114bd57c1413793530781137670bddce1261163355395a761203c6a8104a/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell36.jpeg" /> Above: Primary record package design, red vinyl; black vinyl, triple button red and black vinyl <img width="3242" height="2161" width_o="3242" height_o="2161" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7830cda7ce0954ac4845175f50eef96e3fc93ff7ebf7297bf098f2ebf777dfba/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell25.jpeg" data-mid="132538558" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7830cda7ce0954ac4845175f50eef96e3fc93ff7ebf7297bf098f2ebf777dfba/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell25.jpeg" /> Above: CD package design <img width="2916" height="1944" width_o="2916" height_o="1944" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9022a29a1aab45534ee1e5839556ba58490b04d568f5552b6ca9b20050a8d91d/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell21.jpeg" data-mid="132538590" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9022a29a1aab45534ee1e5839556ba58490b04d568f5552b6ca9b20050a8d91d/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell21.jpeg" /> <img width="3408" height="2272" width_o="3408" height_o="2272" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c6ad07a0ebdc11834457567a456a0a325026bc2240ddb64cbcc06c23d5e262bd/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell27.jpeg" data-mid="132538591" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c6ad07a0ebdc11834457567a456a0a325026bc2240ddb64cbcc06c23d5e262bd/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell27.jpeg" /> <img width="3101" height="2067" width_o="3101" height_o="2067" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9493947d592d3f4eef441fc35852c2d3c2699d93e6b2902977edb9af7eabd30e/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell12.jpeg" data-mid="147417244" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9493947d592d3f4eef441fc35852c2d3c2699d93e6b2902977edb9af7eabd30e/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell12.jpeg" /> <img width="2185" height="3277" width_o="2185" height_o="3277" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fdb7a5b68f4688238abbdb3bf90fbc31e5733a9221aff5ac59d9fd75a5dd7f09/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell28.jpeg" data-mid="147417245" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fdb7a5b68f4688238abbdb3bf90fbc31e5733a9221aff5ac59d9fd75a5dd7f09/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell28.jpeg" /> Above: variant CD slip case design: “stay” “soft” “get” and “eaten” reveal a new crop of Yildiz’s iconic portrait of the artist.&nbsp; <img width="3259" height="2173" width_o="3259" height_o="2173" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d201b87aeb2d08aace2a776d20acf7b28e41b15babb03e625a6f86eda11ea86/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell44.jpeg" data-mid="147417261" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d201b87aeb2d08aace2a776d20acf7b28e41b15babb03e625a6f86eda11ea86/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell44.jpeg" /> <img width="3382" height="2255" width_o="3382" height_o="2255" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/63772d14bfa3371d678bdf2538431cf998e3e2802292c1578729cbacc90120de/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell45.jpeg" data-mid="147417266" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/63772d14bfa3371d678bdf2538431cf998e3e2802292c1578729cbacc90120de/APD_DeadOceans_Mitski_LaurelHell45.jpeg" /> Above: cassette package design: when closed, the track list and cassette title present opposing reading experiences — neither is right side up, hopefully frustrating the consumer&nbsp; Additional album information and music credits Work includes:—Vinyl Laurel Hell US—Vinyl Laurel Hell UK (Rough Trade exclusive)—Vinyl Stay Soft, Get Eaten: Laurel Hell Demos (Rough Trade exclusive)—Vinyl variant specifications (all records world wide, standard retail variant, DTC exclusive, Secretly Society Album of the Month, Rough Trade album of the month, Vinyl Me Please, Japan, Mitski Store)—CD—Set of 4 limited edition CD slip cases —Cassette tape —Digital album cover (design optimised for for music platforms)—Digital singles for Working for the Knife, The Only Heartbreaker, Heat Lightning,&nbsp;Love Me More—Digital art for Love Me More (Clark Remix) — Custom lettering and font for album art and website —Poster —Series of 5 Mystery T’s—Dust Devils shirt—Secretly Shirt—Commemorative dice setLabel: Dead Oceans / Secretly (special thanks to Miles Johnson)Management: Good Harbor (special thanks Tommy John Chiari &amp; Ben Levin) previously&nbsp;Salty (special thanks Chris Crowley) Merch: Second City Prints (special thanks to Emily and Carly) https://yesismore.us/RISD-Viewbook Sat, 05 Feb 2022 09:31:43 +0000 yesismore https://yesismore.us/RISD-Viewbook RISD ViewbookThis book is an overview of undergraduate life and study at Rhode Island School of Design intended for high school sophmores, juniors, and guidance counsellors. Reflecting a museum and school that offers both a world-class arts education as well as rigorous liberal arts study, the conceptual framework for this book is “new collegiate”. Innovation, but steeped in history. Latest technology, but founded in 1877.&nbsp; Additionally, the formal moves in this volume are meant to convey the idea that studying at RISD is like “sunshine on a cloudy day”. Several hidden rainbows are waiting to be discovered by readers: one on the foredge comprised by the “Programs of Study” section, the rainbow foil on the spine, and the colorful crystal photography by alum Maria Constanza Ferreira throught. A modest proportion connotes an academic journal or novel, and is offset by the dramatic unfolding of oversized flaps covered in Ferreira’s fantastic microscopic crystal photography. Dimesional, blind embossed typography on the cover offer hands a soothing tactile experience— and yes, it feels good to hold this book. The display typography is Canela by Miguel Reyes, a refined semi-serif that appears to reference the tool it was made by (and was influenced by his experience with stone carving). Canela seems to be in a dialogue with the RISD seal, drawn by John Howard Benton (1901-1956), also local stonecarver and RISD professor. From the Commercial Type website, “its forms are in an ambiguous space between sans and serif, both soft and sharp, modern yet with roots in the classical“ which made a lot of sense for this project. Canela is complimented by&nbsp;Maison Neue by Timo Gaessner—a grotesque sans serif that is sophisticated, confident, and comfortable to read. Created for/with RISD MEDIA GROUP Creative Director: Huy VuCreative Strategist: Lauren Maas Design: Mary Banas and Jordan Gushwa; student designer: Utkan Dora Öncül Illustrations: Suerynn Lee Photograpy: George Gray, David O’Connor, Jo Sittenfeld;&nbsp;Bruce Damonte, Alexander Kern, Jocelyn Arruda, Pneuhaus, Acacia Johnson, RISD Museum, Tavares Strachan/Joe Vincent Grey, Brooks Hagan, ArTwerk/The Avenue Concept, Studio and NADAAA/John Horner, Kendra Xu, Matt Watson All photography of the book itself (below) by Erik Gould. <img width="2800" height="2149" width_o="2800" height_o="2149" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b3f000d0087f36bf7008220fb34789fc1130614c84b3d0e9823e1bf9905ca77/RISD-Viewbook_002.jpg" data-mid="132538845" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3b3f000d0087f36bf7008220fb34789fc1130614c84b3d0e9823e1bf9905ca77/RISD-Viewbook_002.jpg" /> <img width="2800" height="1857" width_o="2800" height_o="1857" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2270fad6c4c31dc2a2fe49fd72b77f027891a17ee330f664908dcf1f3006705f/RISD-Viewbook_001.jpg" data-mid="132538844" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2270fad6c4c31dc2a2fe49fd72b77f027891a17ee330f664908dcf1f3006705f/RISD-Viewbook_001.jpg" /> <img width="2800" height="2149" width_o="2800" height_o="2149" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86370765334f35c30b70eb0d8df2ab333c909290b8775fdb7eb71949d79ce22a/RISD-Viewbook_004.jpg" data-mid="132538852" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/86370765334f35c30b70eb0d8df2ab333c909290b8775fdb7eb71949d79ce22a/RISD-Viewbook_004.jpg" /> <img width="1400" height="1074" width_o="1400" height_o="1074" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e4924a1b52d7654f4904d8ca2b4219b4d92365c32fd287e14f1dfa03f148e33/RISD-Viewbook_003.jpg" data-mid="132538848" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e4924a1b52d7654f4904d8ca2b4219b4d92365c32fd287e14f1dfa03f148e33/RISD-Viewbook_003.jpg" /> <img width="2800" height="2168" width_o="2800" height_o="2168" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4207f357d145312db4a1ef77576c214375087f032b95fe9644eb5da48158b82b/RISD-Viewbook_Cover_2800x2168.jpg" data-mid="132538828" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4207f357d145312db4a1ef77576c214375087f032b95fe9644eb5da48158b82b/RISD-Viewbook_Cover_2800x2168.jpg" /> <img width="1400" height="1074" width_o="1400" height_o="1074" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a554d3bdc5971f66b6973d180190a01f94eadc319b4507cc8db952b8d7bcd917/RISD-Viewbook_005.jpg" data-mid="132538880" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a554d3bdc5971f66b6973d180190a01f94eadc319b4507cc8db952b8d7bcd917/RISD-Viewbook_005.jpg" /> <img width="1400" height="1074" width_o="1400" height_o="1074" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55b948993f19fa4f4e54f5bc7e5e8b25478705fddfde069c773b7a1a514993f6/RISD-Viewbook_057.jpg" data-mid="132538883" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55b948993f19fa4f4e54f5bc7e5e8b25478705fddfde069c773b7a1a514993f6/RISD-Viewbook_057.jpg" /> <img width="1400" height="1074" width_o="1400" height_o="1074" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d0db7ac287993074f62ce1de85e06a2f1611d6068cb6715dcb8d98aa84321b41/RISD-Viewbook_056.jpg" data-mid="132538882" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d0db7ac287993074f62ce1de85e06a2f1611d6068cb6715dcb8d98aa84321b41/RISD-Viewbook_056.jpg" /> <img width="1400" height="1074" width_o="1400" height_o="1074" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/43a5e26f2726532039fa5d8c131d1b7ce7719ed31bfb5e8c1006d1a3a56b7e8f/RISD-Viewbook_053.jpg" data-mid="132538881" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/43a5e26f2726532039fa5d8c131d1b7ce7719ed31bfb5e8c1006d1a3a56b7e8f/RISD-Viewbook_053.jpg" /> https://yesismore.us/THAD-s-If-In-Case-You-Feel-the-Same Mon, 11 Jul 2022 17:56:35 +0000 yesismore https://yesismore.us/THAD-s-If-In-Case-You-Feel-the-Same Thad Cockrell’s&nbsp;If In Case You Feel the SameAlbum package design for THAD’s debut album&nbsp;If In Case You Feel the Same&nbsp;released on June 26, 2020. His work is categorized as indie rock, alternative rock, gospel, and alternative country.In an interview with Magnolia Record Club THAD shared his approach to the record, “One of the things I really wanted to do with this album was make a record with people who didn’t look, think, or believe like me,” says Cockrell. “I had this idea that if we created something really special, maybe it would have some kind of ripple effect—so that when we play these songs live, the people in the audience don’t all look, think, and believe the same too. To me unity comes from diversity, not from sameness, and that’s what makes things really powerful.” We workshopped the design closely over many rounds, exploring themes of belief, friendship, and empathy. No budget for photography led me to the collage approach, working with (mostly) Thad’s personal photographs.&nbsp; I often think of the line “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are” (widely attributed to Theodore Roosevelt, he credits it, in his Autobiography, Chapter IX, to Squire Bill Widener of Widener’s Valley, Virginia) Collaboration with THAD.&nbsp; Photography by: THAD, Bradley CockrellLabel: ATO Records<img width="1000" height="709" width_o="1000" height_o="709" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/79a5e802aa8f610b7610df9c945909efa56c8f08ccda11a3d85581d3c0e72975/3820186-2571307.jpeg" data-mid="147611453" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/79a5e802aa8f610b7610df9c945909efa56c8f08ccda11a3d85581d3c0e72975/3820186-2571307.jpeg" />&nbsp;Album cover with a mirror (mylar) sticker and bubble-gum pink vinyl. <img width="881px;" height="440px;" src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/knOfZZitGdGR6M3EHV16rXwm0guXHGUaUjQD9AoNvewOrVQeV2ogpZfV2ejpUwf0p12pbGjj1PgUbJlT-xZ6z-W8iIFYrWmHKNOAdMABCaiR6Yy5dETqOJYbUVfA_1UU0PJa0xma2pltP5WQmB06XMYsjA=s2048" style="width: 849.958px; height: 424.497px;"> Back and front cover collage art combines Thad’s paintings, photography, as well as photography from Bradley Cockrell. There is also a second pressing on highlighter yellow vinyl by ATO. From the ATO website: <img width="1200" height="1200" width_o="1200" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e47ce61860750aa66b342aaf28b57c6cdc2d4b32cafa4f9f2d949ceb1b125288/ATLP368.jpg" data-mid="204599948" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e47ce61860750aa66b342aaf28b57c6cdc2d4b32cafa4f9f2d949ceb1b125288/ATLP368.jpg" />“Thad Cockrell released his first solo album in over a decade in the midst of the pandemic. ‘If In Case You Feel The Same’ was his debut for ATO Records and, despite modest acclaim and radio play, struggled to get off the ground. By a stroke of luck, or twist of fate, Jimmy Fallon heard the track "Swinging'" in a hardware store and invited Thad to perform on The Tonight Show with The Roots. The song rocketed to #1 on iTunes, and set off a media frenzy. New pressing on translucent yellow vinyl.” Great story about how Jimmy Fallon discovered this album&nbsp;