Erin is a recent graduate of Auburn University and has brought her graphic design skills to Atlanta. We’ve invited to her to post-up in our studio while she learns more about the creative culture of the city. She’s been helping us design the PROCESS online store that is slated to launch in mid-February. Also, we’ve added some of her choice pieces to the EC Portfolio.
I’ve always said that there is something in Atlanta’s water. Just remember to filter your H20 before you drink it. Keep a look out on the blog for a sneak peek of a summer tee design.
Our downtown Atlanta studio was bustling this morning, as everyone on team EC was finally in one place to meet and discuss the launch of our PROCESS line and our studio goals for 2009. It feels good to shed that holiday weight and get back to work.
If you were at El Bar for New Years Eve last night, you may have noticed their new sign hanging behind the bar (designed by Steve Deniro). Here’s how it was made…
Jeremy Abernathy from ArtVoices Magazine conducted a phone interview with me back in October, as his coverage of the LeFlash event in Castleberry Hill. The interview was just published in the December issue of this print-only magazine, which has distribution in New Orleans, Miami, Atlanta, DC, NYC, LA, and Seattle.
The article mentions Epidemik Coalition and an installation called THE WALL which was featured in Art House Gallery the night of the event. For those who remember, THE WALL is a project I designed which accepts user-submitted images via email and throws them up large-scale in a public space to create a sort of live, electronic, community billboard. Your neighbor’s new baby, an absurd situation in the grocery store, your friends clinking their beer glasses: anything you would photo-blog from your cell phone cam is fair-game for this system that publicizes these images in an outdoor setting. (instead of being stuck in a private setting on your home laptop).
Although brief, the article touches on the point of the project and something all of the EC crew is aiming for: using design to build better and stronger places and people. Until I can get my hands on a copy of the printed magazine to have around the studio, click here to link to the full-page scan of the write-up.
Last week while visiting our foosball buddy, Ian McPherson, at Ruin skate shop, we got a sneak preview of his store’s collaboration with skateboarding staple, Spitfire wheels. Kids have been rolling around on Spitfires for ages. I remember when nothing else would suffice. Congrats to Ian on being part of such a skateboarding legacy. Trade in your crappy Xmas gifts for $$ and head over to Ruin for these babies. Available very soon. I’d call and ask about availability: (404) 943-1178
In the spirit of giving, here’s our contribution to New Years Eve at El Bar. Our PROCESS tote bags will be holding new El Bar tees, designed by Georgios of EC/PROCESS, in addition to other gifts from Frank 151, The Joneses, StreetLocal and more.
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Black El Bar keychain
Remember to pre-pay your $20 for New Years Eve at El Bar. You’ll get one of these “No Cover / V.I.P.” keychains that will allow you to get into El Bar for FREE in 2009. It’s totally worth it! If you can’t make it by the bar in time, you can always email them at and they should be able to work something out with you.
Keychains will come in 3 different colorways, see them all after the jump
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On Friday afternoon, Kobe Bryant made a surprise appearance at Dillard High School to visit with Florida’s 2007 - 08 boy’s state championship basketball team. Kobe spoke to the team about training, mental-game preparations and the proper footwear needed for speed as the squad prepares to defend its 2008 crown. Dillard’s basketball team is one of the premier programs in the state of Florida, garnering four titles in a row from 2001 - 2004, and again this past season.
Probably the most interesting part about his surprise visit was when he announced that the team would receive customized Nike iD versions of the new Zoom Kobe IV sneaker. I caught wind that this was going to happen last week but I had to remain hush-hush until after the event, which is almost too good to be true! Could you imagine being one of these players? To us, it’s like Tinker Hatfield showing up at our studio in downtown ATL to let us design sneakers with him. Pretty much never going to happen!
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Here’s a preview of the new El Bar tee that is one of the many reasons you should pre-pay for their New Years Eve party. $20 gets you so many benefits including one of these shirts. Nothing is more ATL than this tee… except for being a Celtic hater. (Don’t pretend like you rep the A and let me see you at Philips Arena cheering for Boston. That’s negative points in my book, you poser!)
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Criminal Records asked me to design something for the holidays so I decided to make something a true music fan would appreciate. You can never go wrong with a tribute to Peter Saville and New Order. The tees will be available at Criminal in Little Five Points this week in mens & womens sizes.
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The folks at CMYK love our resident photographer Jorge Menes. His portrait of Bruce Turkel and his harmonica has been published in CMYK magazine issue #42. Nice job!
Zoom Kobe IV sketches
I just participated in a webcast where Kobe Bryant revealed the new Zoom Kobe IV that claims to be the worlds lightest basketball sneaker weighing in at 11.6 ounces. Surprisingly, it’s a low top sneaker. The sneaker boasts technical details such as Flywire technology in the upper (which was made famous by the Hyperdunk), LunarLite foam in the forefoot, and a Zoom Air unit in the heel.
The sneaker comes out in China on January 1st, 2009 and hits US shelves on the 1st of Febraury. Kobe’s first game in the Zoom Kobe IVs is December 19th against the Miami Heat.
Check out screenshots from the webcast and photos of the sneaker after the jump.
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We just finished the final tweaks on jamiehopper.com. As I mentioned last week, we felt that the great photography should be allowed to speak for itself. Our challenge was to find a way to amplify Jamie’s work while allowing the user experience to be both simple and intuitive.
It’s great that she was so willing to let us do what we do best: taking a design risk knowing we would land our feet. Thank you Jamie for being an amazing client and for bringing us pizza the other day. Everyone loves your site!
Epidemik Coalition Holiday Tee - 2008
We created an extremely limited run of these A Pick Me Up tees for the Holiday Season. Yes, our house brand might be called PROCESS, but that doesn’t mean we’ve strayed from our EC screen-printing roots. Originally, Georgios drew our squid friend for the Breather conference in Decatur earlier this year, but we loved the graphic so much we wanted to share it for the holidays. Pick one up in your size in the Epidemik Coalition Online Store. There are already only a few left.
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Never pay a cover at El Bar in 2009. There’s a very special opportunity to become an El Bar V.I.P. on the horizon. As always, we’re in the thick of it. Details coming soon.
Yaari.com is a social networking site that connects young people through questions about Indian entertainment media. They came to Epidemk Coalition needing an identity package as well as some web-design consulting. Much of the Yaari.com community is located overseas with dial-up connections, so the challenges posed in the web design process require the site to be lightweight and easy to use while remaining young and vibrant. Now that the logo is done, we’ll start jamming on the look and feel of the site in the coming days.
Epidemik Coalition resident photographer, Jorge Menes, commissioned our former intern/illustrator E. Charrow to draw his holiday cards. I really like how the watercolors interplay with the line art. If you were nice to Jorge this year, you’ll probably get one of these in the mail.
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My buddy Logan, the drummer for Chi-town’s Crystal Gravy, sent me this iPhone photo yesterday as the stickers I worked on with his band arrived in time for their big weekend show. Don’t be surprised if you start seeing these babies all over Chicago’s hot spots.
This week, we’re wrapping-up a photography website for Jamie Hopper, Atlanta’s newest photography phenom. She came to EC looking to present her online portfolio in an “outside-the-box” way and she was totally open to our crazy ideas (dream client!). Over the past few days, Ted and I developed a way to let good photography speak for itself by complementing a simple/transparent/intuitive navigation handle with rich, full-screen photos. The website should be up later this week, so stay tuned!
