ALR at work - part II

More samples of our recent work from earlier this year...


Artseen is the annual fundraiser art auction for the New York Foundation for the Arts. The die-cut cover of the invitation showed a snippet of a painting by one of their art fellows, Omar Chacon, which was revealed in full when the front was lifted.















Share is the youth component to the Fair Share campaign for tax reform created by the Health Care Education Project, which is a part of the health care union 1199SEIU. These 5 graphics, one for each borough in New York City, were used on T-shirts and signs used in rallies, and contain elements specific to the areas they reference.
















John The Revelator, Cantaloupe Record's latest release by modern composer Phil Kline, is a dark work with religious overtones of the fire and brimstone kind. Using classic etchings by Dorˆ© made perfect sense, but rather than focusing on the central characters we focused on the backgrounds and margins. The entire package was printed in metallic silver and black.
















Stellina is the exclusive North American distributor of the highly prized handmade Alan cyclocross bicycles. As part of our ongoing rebranding of the company and its products we created this new logo/custom typeface, which will be applied to all of their materials in the coming year.

ALR at work - part I: The Play's The Thing

It's been a busy first part of the year and I thought I'd take a moment to show off some of our recent work for theater clients, many of whom have shows which are currently running...


I've been working with Target Margin Theater for nearly 10 years to create modern twists on vintage ephemera that represent their style of updating classic plays. In this case a series of innovative pieces from the first half of the 20th century are being promoted by a poster inspired by the expressionist art of classic science fiction movies like Fritz Lang's Metropolis. These shows are currently running at Brooklyn's The Chocolate Factory.












Epic Theatre Ensemble, known for their politically minded theater, presents the world premier production of A More Perfect Union. Broadway graphic design of the 50's/60's was the inspiration for this "serious comedy" about the supreme court. The show is currently running Off-Broadway in NYC.


















As part of reinventing the venerable Shakespeare on The Sound, newly hired artistic director Joanna Settle asked us to create a different take on the classic Shakespeare comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream. This version, which is being performed outdoors in two different Connecticut locations, features original music by the Tony Award winning Stew. And yes, the letters on the poster were actually hand cut from individual ivy leaves.










New Georges produced the new play Angela's Mixtape as part of the Hip-Hop Theater Festival. While all of the posters we create for New Georges feature a similar background and illustration aesthetic, the central image is always rooted in the details of the play, in this case it was inevitable that a cassette tape be involved.

On a interesting side note: call it cultural zeitgeist, but shortly after this poster went to print portraits made with cassette tape were suddenly all the rage online. Though oddly enough, I was actually referencing a technique I used in one of my own pieces which I designed in 2001!








American Hwangap is a "new American comedy about a big Korean birthday" produced by The Play Company with Ma-Yi Theater Company. The photo, which gives a hint at the off-beat story, was created using props collected from a local thrift store, Asian market, and grocery store. The show is currently running in NYC.

Shameless Commercialism part II

If you enjoy the site, you'll love the shirt! I've made a new Another Limited Rebellion T-shirt (and mug) from the lovely calligraphy created for me in Istanbul. And hey, I get a whopping $2 dollars if you buy one, so just consider it an over-sized tip jar if you like. You can get 'em here.

And you can still get an old school ALR tee here.