Keeling Group

This Friday, my dude DJ Espada and I are kicking off a new monthly party called The Pleasure Principals. That's us. We'll be cuttin' up our (and YOUR) favorite classic hip hop, disco, funk, and feel good party music, whatever it takes to bring you the utmost pleasure. Believe that. Hit the Facebook jumpoff.

I really enjoyed designing my recent poster for The National's two-night run at Philadelphia's Academy of Music. From the moment I started looking at that 150+ year old building and thinking about all that history in Philadelphia, I got down to sketching out some ideas. The first thing I looked at was the building. Built in 1857 right in the heart of downtown Philadelphia, the Academy of Music houses the city's ballet and operas among other high profile music and arts events. It's such a bold and striking building, I felt it deserved to take center stage on this poster. I wanted the type to have a distinctly old-fashioned feel to it - bold and stylized. Wes and I have been looking at lettering and ornaments on railroad certificates for as long as I can remember. I used the lettering here as a jumping-off point for my letters. Now time...

I really enjoyed designing my recent poster for The National's two-night run at Philadelphia's Academy of Music. From the moment I started looking at that 150+ year old building and thinking about all that history in Philadelphia, I got down to sketching out some ideas. The first thing I looked at was the building. Built in 1857 right in the heart of downtown Philadelphia, the Academy of Music houses the city's ballet and operas among other high profile music and arts events. It's such a bold and striking building, I felt it deserved to take center stage on this poster. I wanted the type to have a distinctly old-fashioned feel to it - bold and stylized. Wes and I have been looking at lettering and ornaments on railroad certificates for as long as I can remember. I used the lettering here as a jumping-off point for my letters. Now time...

Three stamps from Indonesia, designed for the 17th (okaaaaaay) anniversary of Pertamina, the country's largest oil company.

Three stamps from Indonesia, designed for the 17th (okaaaaaay) anniversary of Pertamina, the country's largest oil company.

Super erotic late '70s illustration for Penthouse by Robert Giusti. This has everything I wanna see in a food-related illustration.

Super erotic late '70s illustration for Penthouse by Robert Giusti. This has everything I wanna see in a food-related illustration.

In case you've been living under a rock for the last 24 hours, the Minnesota State Fair has officially opened the gates! Cheese curds were being guzzled mere minutes after the first ticket stub was ripped. So if you're gonna be down there, be sure to stop by the Minnesota Public Radio booth to pick up a brand new t-shirt and/or poster designed by our own Mike Davis!