We love them all for different reasons.
Posted on | January 28, 2012 | Posted by Jeri Heiden
We’ve been busy little elves here at SMOG. While most of you were taking a nice holiday break, we were burning the midnight oil in our design workshop putting finishing touches on some great records that are about to hit retailers shelves and your iTunes store very soon.
Check out these new releases from Punch Brothers, Van Halen and The Decemberists.
Happy New Year!
Posted on | January 3, 2012 | Posted by Nick Steinhardt
Wanted to ring in the new year right with some good news from the last one. REDEFINE Magazine’s online blog does a year-end recap of notable album artwork, and this one spotlights the deluxe LP design I did for my own band Touché Amoré.
2011 Year-End Respect For Album Cover Art : Deluxe Packaging
It’s the little things.
Posted on | December 10, 2011 | Posted by Jeri Heiden
While walking this morning I spotted many of my neighbors putting finishing touches on their outdoor holiday decorations. Perhaps they’re having guests over for a party this evening or just enjoying the abundant sunshine. In Silverlake you don’t see many homes decked out with dozens of strands of colored lights and oversized lawn objects. More often they are adorned with just a single wreath, or an odd assemblage of baubles carefully hung on a palm, cypress or sycamore. Lamp posts attract tinfoil and ribbon. Nature joins in with a show of seasonal color. It reminded me that it doesn’t take much to get you in the holiday spirit if you keep your eyes open.
Fallen Fruit
Posted on | December 8, 2011 | Posted by John Heiden
Our volunteer tomato plant is ripe for the picking.
Smoggy suggests avoiding the lower yield since we are only a couple blocks from the canine park.
Feeling Fall
Posted on | November 23, 2011 | Posted by Jeri Heiden
It’s that time of year when darkness descends an hour earlier, wind rustles through the trees and rain begins to fall in Southern California. Our thoughts turn to cooking, crafting, gathering, traveling, giving and more. So grab your favorite grog, pop on a snuggie, sit by the fire and enjoy our latest promo.
I Shot The Serif
Posted on | November 18, 2011 | Posted by Glen Nakasako
We often spend countless hours researching type to find just the right letterforms that express exactly the character of a given project. Occasionally, we have the luxury of time to make a custom typeface. Below are some examples of custom type we were lucky enough to develop for our clients. In addition to creating something extra special and unique, it’s just a lot of fun.
70s Product Design and ROCK
Posted on | November 10, 2011 | Posted by John Heiden
I dig Grundig’s lo-fi “Phono Boy” 45 RPM player by Mario Bellini and 70s R&R!
Swag-O-Matic 9000
Posted on | October 27, 2011 | Posted by Jeri Heiden
Check out the logo and single we designed for Karmin’s “Crash Your Party”. I dare you not to smile while listening to this oh-so-cute duo doing their swag-pop thing. A new album is on the way, until then satisfy your Karmin cravings on YouTube.
Photo by Sheryl Nields
Simpler Times *¿*
Posted on | October 26, 2011 | Posted by John Heiden
When Chrome Was King
Posted on | October 22, 2011 | Posted by Jeri Heiden
My father was an unabashed classic car enthusiast. He got his first hot rod at age 15. He ran it into a tree, went flying over the windshield, dusted himself off and a life-long love affair with the automobile was born. Growing up we had a constant stream of “new” old cars parked in our driveway. Dad never wanted to keep any one car for too long. He’d buy (or trade) them, restore them, drive them for a while and move on. There was always another must-have car waiting in the want ads. Over the course of his lifetime my Dad would own over 80 classic cars. A few that I’ll never forget are pictured here.
Hudson Hornet, Ford Thunderbird (hard-top convertible), Ford Sunliner, Jaguar XK-E, Renault Dauphine, Rambler.
Camaro SS Convertible (twice as nice when you have a pair), Plymouth Barracuda (my first car), Plymouth Fury III.
keep looking »