Add to the New!

Just finished the latest flyer. Tom(Juke!) and Floyd are throwing a party @ the Gypsy Hut with TIme Machine from LA. It's definitely gonna be a good time. Ill be printing these as posters for the event in then next few days-week.

-Jon
Stacks Press

New Poster

So i thought i was gonna chill on flyers and posters after this crazy SKFO week was over(the planning bit at least) but alas i finished a flyer today(above) for a 3-person photo show I'm in @ the end of April and am working on one-look for it on wednesday-for a party being thrown by Tom(Juke!) and Floyd in May. SKFO week is upon us officially starting tomorrow night with Talib Kweli @ Cue! Be there!

-Jon
Stacks Press

Ohhh Starbucks...

Many may know or not know that i have a pretty heavy aversion to Starbucks. Working in various independent coffee shops, i formed a strong respect for the people that do for self and refuse to capitalize on their product in a way that jeopardizes their image. I'm not gonna go into the reasons i think they're wrong, they're not Wal-Mart, i'm not gonna hate that hard but i do disagree with their business strategies that are somewhat sneaky and dishonest.

If you're a starbucks consumer you have most likely witnessed a recent change in identity of the cup that holds your latte, coffee, cappuccino, whatever. Being a dodger of Starbucks, of course the only way i know this is from reports and images seen online. I'd just like to say-Starbucks made a bad fucking choice. Since they opened their original shop in Seatle years and years ago that 'green and black' logo has been a 'household name'-a staple in the collective conciousness whether you like it or not. As you can see from the above image, they've drastically changed that image. On what was said in the Wall Street Journal report-the choice of brown is somewhat ridiculous because not only is it a difficult and cumbersome color for a logo that demands such attention-UPS was the only major company to pull it off and has since fully embraced the color. The color 'brown' is the subject of their entire ad campaign and tagline for god's sake. "What can brown do for you?" -Graphically the new logo is an abomination compared to the latter-the past logo was so graphic and bold and simple and iconic! and now what? they've thrown that all away! Only time will tell whether or not this will come as a benneficial shift for Starbucks. My theory is that with the return of the old CEO and shutting down of many shops(most of which have drive-thrus) -Starbucks is trying to return to a more lowkey, local coffee shop image. I think the logo is certainly evidence of this.

-Jon
Stacks Press

P.S. Support your local coffee shop and record shop!!!

New flyers

Just finished up a new flyer for Ronnie's going away party-second to last nite of SKFO week. I'm pretty psyched this is done because it's going to be 4x6 flyers and it marks the end of my workload for this very stressful week. YES!

Champagne time.

-Jon
Stacks Press

P.S...What the FUCK is it about the internet-specifically Facebook in general that makes photoshop jpgs etc.. such as this one, look SO shitty? Someone please answer me this and tell me how to fix it, if there's a way. I promise this looks better as an original file.

Some work, old and new-Pt. 2

-Jon
Stacks Press

Some work, old and new.

So i promised some work on here, after all that is the purpose of this blog.  I'm also considering putting some fine art prints on here as well but I'm just not sure yet.  I just finished 3 flyers and the poster for the Talib Kweli party @ Cue and i have one left yet to do for the upcoming SKFO week.  Hopefully that'll see light by Thursday.  

-Jon

Stacks Press

Instead of a MySpace...

YO! To all that have willingly or unwillingly stumbled upon my blog.

Welcome, this is Stacks Press-check the 'about me'-it talks about me.

This blog is basically in direct response to two things-

I need a place to exhibit my work in a widespred arena such as...the internet and...

1. I refuse to get a MySpace.
2. I do not yet have a website devoted to Stacks Press - but will hopefully very soon(MM HM ANDY!- hah, we'll talk), in which case this blog may cease to exist.

Within the next day or so hopefully i will be able to post all of my most recent, relevant work. Until then I'm designing/printing flyers/posters for what i like to call 'SKFO HOLY SHIT WEEK'-many events, one week, very soon, many flyers/posters needed(in the scheme of things). You'll see them soon as well as older work.

Check back in every few days for updates on events and such I'll be doing posters for and other such random and interesting(not so much, too) happenings.


Thanks for viewing, world.

-Jon
Stacks Press