Pinball Publishing’s Graphic Culture Catalog
A lovely purple brochure for SE Portland’s community grocery store.
Self-cover booklet, 12 pages, Environment PC100 80# Text White, Pantone soy-based inks, Saddle Stitched binding
People’s Food Co-op created this handy brochure to celebrate local businesses that offer co-op members exclusive benefits. This lovely purple item was designed by Deanna Michaelson.
Shop local!
Metallic gold on chipboard, in a perfect square.
Custom packaging solution, Chipboard 20pt. Kraft, 3.375″ x 3.375″, Pantone metallic gold ink, Pantone soy-based black ink
Leslie Yang is Feisty Elle, a one-woman creative accessories shop based in San Francisco. We printed these custom cards for her to use in packaging her jewelry. Check out her gorgeous handiwork over in her shop!
“Make Your Own” can mean so many things!
We just released DIY Scout Books into the Scout Books shop! Are you a printmaker? A pen-and-ink enthusiast? An embroidery expert? Why not take your craft and apply it to an eco-magnificent pocket notebook? Or maybe you’re an Etsy crafter who already customizes pocket notebooks. Perhaps you’ve been creating homemade pocket notebooks as Christmas gifts for years.
Well, the Scout Book is here for you. DIY Scout Books boast blank interior pages and a blank chipboard exterior. They can be found in handy three-packs over in the Scout Books shop. Find more images here on our flickr!
What will you make?
A selection of NYC skylines in blue.
Scout Books, 4 styles, Chipboard 20pt. Kraft, Pantone soy-based inks.
Andy Pratt create these gorgeous illustrated Scout Books featuring four different views of New York City skylines, and I’m hooked. Two each of Manhattan and Brooklyn show the varied urban landscape in line-drawing perfection. You can find these books for sale in his shop on Supermarket! More photos after the jump.
Gorgeous gold and black pattern graces two new print pieces from Portland-based Ada Mayer.
Business cards, Environment 100# Cover PC100 White, 2/1, Pantone soy-based black and Pantone metallic gold.
Hang tags, Environment 100# Cover PC100 White, 2/1, Pantone soy-based black and Pantone metallic gold.
Dear Ada Mayer,
Great work! These business cards and hang tags are absolutely beautiful. Not to mention Future Primitive, the 2010 collection for your jewelry and accessory line, Immortal. Stunning! We can’t get enough of it.
Sincerely yours,
Pinball Publishing
More on Hot off the Press: Business Cards and Hang Tags by Ada Mayer for Immortal
Kym O’Neill’s new card is blue-jean perfect!
Business card, Chipboard 20pt. Kraft, 1/1, Pantone soy-based inks, 1/4″ Rounded Corners
Kym O’Neill is a NYC massage therapist, and designer Scott Devendorf created a beautiful and simple card for her. Chipboard and classic blue-jeans-blue make a terrific combination.
And look! It’s my favorite wash of denim!
Yellow, black and white. Pinball’s favorite colors.
Business cards, 2 styles, Environment 120# Cover White, Pantone soy-based inks
Matthew Carbone is an architectural photographer with some pretty gorgeous images in his portfolio. One look makes you want to leap into the grandeur of the built environments he captures in his photographs.
Paul Soulellis of Soulellis Design is responsible for this simple and effective business card design. Yellow, black and white play nicely together for a fun-yet-professional set of cards set in Akzidenz Grotesk. Thank you to Paul for this nice photograph.
Matthew Carbone shared some interesting thoughts about the design of this card:
Our concept was to use minimal typography and color in a bold presentation. While the two cards feature identical information the difference in color seems to play well in the architectural world. Some enjoy the classic simplicity of the black card, while other become quite excited by the yellow, a welcome dose of bright color it seems. (Yellow has a slight lead in popularity)
Yellow is my favorite, too.
Let’s get to work!
Scout Books, Grid interior, Chipboard 20pt. Kraft, Pantone soy-based inks
Bethany Ng is a Portland-based illustrator and designer with some pretty awesome self-promotional items. She created these Scout Books wrapped in a bunch of useful turquoise tools. The back cover is chock-full with useful tips for navigating life. Need to know the keyboard shortcut for the pen tool in Adobe Illustrator? Need to know how to kill a zombie? Consult the back of Bethany’s Scout Book. You’ll find it all there.
Chipboard and black ink has never looked so good.
Pocket postcard, Chipboard 20pt. Kraft, Pantone soy-based inks, 1/4″ rounded corners
Business card, Chipboard 20pt. Kraft, Pantone soy-based inks, 1/4″ rounded corners
Will Bryant and Mark Menjivar join forces in this black-and-chipboard system of identity pieces. Will’s signature hand-drawn type brings a friendly tone to the face of Texas RioGrande Legal Aid. These pocket postcards speak specifically to youth experiencing homelessness and share the helpful services that TRLA offers. The classic-yet-approachable business card design carries Will’s fun script as well!
Mark Menjivar and Will Bryant are two gentlemen who have a serious collection of projects under their belts.
You may remember Mark from a custom Scout Book we made for him a few months ago, which was a food journal illustrated by Kate Bingaman-Burt. The Scout Book coincided with a showing of Mark’s photography project You Are What You Eat and all proceeds from its sale benefitted Janus Youth Programs, a Portland-based non-profit that empowers youth.
Will Bryant’s work spans mediums but is always full of energy. His ongoing work for Super Yoga Palace is some of my favorite (and includes a mural!)
Keep your eye on these guys. They are sure to continue to deliver great work.
More pictures below!
More on Hot off the Press: Pocket Postcards and Business Cards by Will Bryant
Save the date! Portland Institute for Contemporary Art’s annual gala is April 24.
Postcards, Environment 120# Cover PC100 White, Pantone metallic silver ink, Pantone soy-based black ink.
PICA is responsible for offering Portland a never-ending array of contemporary artists in venues throughout the city. Their annual Time Based Arts festival is a draw for international artists and helps to keep Portland an arts-friendly city. They are co-sponsors of the Monday Night Lecture series, a weekly lecture series that takes place at Portland State University and is free and open to the public.
Tada! is PICA’s annual gala, complete with dinner, entertainment and art auction. This year they will be celebrating their 15th year of being an important cultural force in Portland. Save the date! More information can be found at www.pica.org.
PICA fancied up these metallic silver-and-black postcards with a post-Pinball hot-pink sticker. Sweet! Images courtesy PICA.
