Hard to believe that we have designed 15 tour programs for KISS thus far (plus all the variations). It started with the 2003 program for ‘KISS and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’ all-the-way up until the 2023 farewell ‘End Of The Road’ world tour, which we...
Oftentimes we get asked how a project starts and what kind of briefings we are given. Since this was going to be our first project with Slayer, we asked to have a call with the band to hear what direction we would be given. As...
Following the successful collaboration with photographer Ross Halfin on ‘The Ultimate METALLICA’ coffee table book, Chronicle Books approached us once again and offered to publish an extended photo book on Sheffield’s best, Def Leppard. Like with the aforementioned pioneers of Thrash Metal, Ross started photographing...
Whether or not it's possible to distill the work of a singer like Etta James down to three CDs, this is a nice collection of Etta’s best work all in one place. A 40-page booklet comes in a handsomely presented box, which contains a wealth of...
This is a compilation of his best work and it is the first such album to contain material from Cash's American Recordings era in addition to songs from his time at Sun and Columbia, as well as one track recorded for Island Records. The record...
Shortly after we completed our first couple of book projects for Chronicle Books, we were approached and asked if we had other viable connections to top photographers and whether those could lead to future books. So, we suggested Ross Halfin and the concept of a...
Being involved with CD and vinyl reissues is exciting, while perhaps a ‘new’ creative is not needed, one has to meticulously restore old artwork, re-set typography, or re-create type styles such as for example “The Wailers/Catch a Fire.” However, it also gives us the chance...
By a funny twist of fate, we were able to put our existing manuscript for this book in front of an editor at Chronicle Books. Luckily the publisher was very excited to take on this project and realized its potential. We spent many weeks at...
It was a Friday afternoon in the spring of 1999 when the office phone rang just around 5 pm. The lady on the other end introduced herself as Lynda from Roadrunner Records in New York. My first reaction was to ask why she was still...
Our collaboration with Def Leppard started in 2006 when Universal Music hired us to redesign and re-package the band’s three iconic and most successful albums ‘Pyromania,’ ‘Hysteria’ and ‘Adrenalize.’ Around the same time, we also designed the ‘Rock Of Ages’ compilation. This was followed by us...