In every profession there are those pinnacle moments. The “makin’ it to the majors.” For most designers, copywriters and account execs it’s working on one of the big three: Apple, Coca-Cola, and of course, Nike. Earlier this year we had one of those moments. Now we’re making it official. 160over90 is working with Nike Tennis. [...]
Do you have opposable thumbs? Can you lift a 24 by 38 inch sheet of 100 pound text stock? Do your jeans frequently cut off circulation to parts of your legs? Then we may have the job for you. 160over90 is looking for a talented, passionate, experienced poster holder–also known as “Designer Hands”–that will help [...]
Newsprint is an immersive, temporary material. It is disposable. It crumples easily and yellows quickly. It has a short lifetime. It is intentionally imperfect. This is what we love about it, and why, when we were asked to create a search piece for Loyola University Maryland back in January, we chose newsprint.
I have a theory that books find you when they’re supposed to—even if you’re a little behind the curve of, say, society as a whole. I guess this is what happened to me a few months ago when I first picked up Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, [...]
Think of it this way…if Medalist was a band, I’d like to think they’d be Cheap Trick. Direct and intense with just enough humor and art to make you realize how well made and smart it really is…. Medalist is a small, smart outfit out in Reading, PA. They have a technology that does this [...]
Love Letters, a massive public art project between artist Steve Powers and the trailblazing folks at Philly’s Mural Art Program, has been gaining acclaim since this past summer, but I’ll be damned if it still isn’t the cat’s pajamas. Besides, all that cheerfulness and optimism feels just that much better on a windswept 20 degree [...]
