Creativille Posters
Categories: 03 Be Creative. (Questions), Posters
Let paper help tell the story.
Use paper to sell the concept.
Categories: 01 Be Simple. (Observations) • Tags: coated paper, commercial paper, paper, paper mill, paper selection, picking the right paper, uncoated paper
Lamps. The Creativille Tenth Anniversary exhibit.
Creativille is celebrating its tenth anniversary by sponsoring and curating Impressed by Design: Letterpress in the Heartland at the Edwardsville Arts Center (EAC). What follows are twelve lamps that highlight work from the Creativille portfolio. The lamps are equally spaced along the existing grid of the EAC Gallery ceiling. Using lamps from CB2, we designed lampshades printed on backlit film, and wrapped each one. Under the shade, we silk-screened a caption along with the Creativille Tenth logo. Enjoy.
Categories: Recent Projects • Tags: CB2 Lamps, Edwardsville Arts Center, portfolio exhibit, temporary exhibit, The Creativille Tenth Anniversary
Steve Hartman Invites you to The Creativille Tenth Anniversary Party and Exhibit: Impressed by Design: Letterpress in the Heartland
Steve Hartman invites you to celebrate The Creativille Tenth Anniversary. Saturday, September 5, 2009 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Creativille, Inc. will mark a decade of design by organizing a benefit for the Edwardsville Arts Center (EAC). By curating “Impressed by Design: Letterpress in the Heartland,” at the EAC, Creativille plans on gallery and gift shop purchases, party admission of $10 and general donations to reach a $10,000 goal. Purchase a $10 ticket, or make a donation to the EAC. […]
Categories: 02 Be Passionate. (Inspirations) • Tags: Amos Kennedy, Brady Vest, Creativille, Edwardsville, Edwardsville Arts Center, Eric Woods, Firecracker Press, Hammerpress, hatch show print, Impressed by Design, jim sherraden, Ken Botnick, Letterpress, Steve Hartman
What Summers are Good for. Take One.
What follows is a photo essay from the SkyView Drive-In Theater in Litchfield, Illinois–what has become our family’s weekend hangout.
Categories: 01 Be Simple. (Observations) • Tags: Drive-In, Litchfield, SkyView
Recent Project: Bin618
It was Monday, 9:00 a.m. when the email, “Import Wine Company,” came to me. “[My partner and I] are starting a Wine Import Company and were wondering if you could come up with a Logo (and possibly also a name for it). We are sending people to Vinexpo on Friday and need a logo pretty quick. We have come up with a couple of name. None of which I like.” Ok. By 11:30 a.m., I’ve conjured up a strong list […]
Categories: Recent Projects • Tags: bin618, brand identity, brand naming, Vinexpo, wine importer
The Creativille Tenth Anniversary Celebration
Creativille, Inc. will mark a decade of design by raising $10,000 for the Edwardsville Arts Center (EAC). By curating “Impressed by Design: Letterpress in the Heartland,” at the EAC, Creativille plans on gallery and gift shop purchases, party admission of $10 and general donations to reach the goal. Visit the website: The Creativille Tenth Anniversary About Creativille, Inc. Creativille, Inc. opened its doors in September of 1999 by renting a one-room office from friend Karen Handleman at 501creative in Clayton, […]
Categories: Recent Projects • Tags: Amos Kennedy, Brady Vest, Creativille, EAC, Edwardsville Arts Center, Eric Woods, Firecracker Press, Hammerpress, Ken Botnick, Steve Hartman, tenth anniversary
A Small Part of Abundance
It was February of this year (2009), that I traveled to one of my favorite mid-western cities, Omaha. As in Nebraska. I was invited by the Reflex Blue Show to join designers Justin Ahrens of Rule29, and Christine Taylor of Hallmark for a weekend of design. In celebration of their one year anniversary, Nate Voss and Donovan Beery, hosts of the Reflex Blue Show, brought us all together for an anniversary podcast, plus design workshop to raise awareness for Life […]
Categories: 02 Be Passionate. (Inspirations) • Tags: 36point, Creativille, Donovan Beery, Letterpress poster for charity, LIA, Life In Abundance, Nate Voss, Neenah Paper, Rule 29, Spark Stationary, The Reflex Blue Show, Touch Poster
Kern Twice, Cut Once
If the stone masons could kern these 1/2 ton letters, certainly today’s young designers could lift a few fingers to adjust their kerning. Note the stone work between the letters A and T, and the I and O.
Categories: 01 Be Simple. (Observations) • Tags: kerning, louis sullivan, stone signage
Rockin’ a poster at the Edwardsville Arts Center
On May 8, 2009, a limited edition poster that I designed for a Garrison Starr rock performance will hang with 40 other Edwardsville High School alumni at the Edwardsville Arts Center. This is a big deal (to me). Curated by my high school art teacher, now retired Dennis DeToye, the show features artists who graduated between the years of 1942 and 2009. The poster is silk screened on reclaimed billboard vinyl. The original art was created using a sharpie on […]
Categories: Awards • Tags: Allen Levin, Dennis DeToye, Edwardsville Graphic Design, Garrison Starr, Handprints, Reclaimed Billboard, Recycled vinyl, silkcreen
