Kid's Say The Darndest Things!

From the mouth of babes.

Sometimes you need that extra pick-me-up at the beginning of the week when youre bombarded by work. A little motivational quote, a pat on the back for job well done, maybe a $5 gift card to a coffee joint. I get a thoughtful note hidden in my note pad of things to do this week. One being not to suck. Thanks kids.

FREE BEER!

The wooden beer sign is making a comeback folks. You heard it here first. Dubuque Bier Co. and myself wanted to create one-of-a-kind wooden beer sign for all their loyal customers. We cut, sanded, painted, and screen printed these beauties till we reached perfection. My task was to design something that not only grabs your attention but looks sexy hanging on a wall in any dark tavern.

Matt Folstad of www.FGCCreative.com was tasked with finding a clever new way to screen print on a thick piece of wood. Through trial and error he came up with an ingenious way to transfer the design perfectly onto the chunk of wood. You can see the results above as well as the process below. For more info on Duber related activities find them on Facebook

Duber T-Shirt Project

Now for sale in the Zalaznik Design Shop.

Due to popular demand I designed some t-shirts with everyone's favorite Duber. This screen print will be a halftone print to give Mr. Duber depth on the t-shirt. The more I work with halftone prints the more I like the results. I invite you to go to my shop and purchase one for the whole family.

Found in coffee shops all across the country... or garbage.

You hand out your business card. Someone says, "thanks". You leave. They toss in garbage. 

I wanted to postpone that cycle. They say "THANKS", these are cool. They put in wallet. Does that translate into a sale, probably not, BUT you did make it to phase 2. Business cards are slightly overrated and usually end up forgotten and tossed out. Let's face it, if you didn't sell them on your communication skills and talent you're not going to seal the deal with glossy cards with sharp edges.