"This 18 x 24, 5-color screen print commemorates Wilco's October 2, 2009 show at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul." Paul Gardner, designer; Wilco, client.
"A 19 x 25, 2-color screen print advertising and commemorating Blonde Redhead's April 15, 2007 Minneapolis, Minnesota show at First Avenue." Christopher Bowman, illustrator; Paul Gardner, designer; First Avenue, client.
"An 18 x 24, 4-color process screen print advertising Grizzly Bear's 2009 show at The Cedar Cultural Center." Paul Gardner, designer; Grizzly Bear, client.
"Self-promotional, letterpress-printed ear plug packaging." Amy Sly, writer; Paul Gardner, designer; Florafauna, client.
"18 x 24, 5-color screen print for Wilco's 2009 Fall Tour." Paul Gardner, designer; Wilco, client.
"Logo for a Web coding and development club." Paul Gardner, designer; Multiformat Development Club, client.
"18 x 24, 4-color offset print advertising various The Books shows." Paul Gardner, designer; The Books, client.
"An 18 x 24, 2-color poster displayed throughout Minneapolis, in conjunction with 2008 U.S. presidential elections." Paul Gardner, designer; 2008 DNC, client.
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Duration: Three years. Staff: Paul Gardner and Tony Sellman. Education: Community college dropouts; Art Institute Minnesota; Minneapolis College of Art and Design continuing studies; people of the past and people of the future. Cultural Influences: Everything around us: friends, music, film, books, public radio, food, mid-century architecture, furniture, printed ephemera. Stefan Sagmeister, for his incredible ability to remain himself, no matter what. Marcel Duchamp, for putting everyone in the art world in their place. Dan Deacon, for allowing us to let go. Environment: A home studio filled with all the things we love. Philosophy: 1. People are unpredictable. 2. Letting go is better than maintaining control. 3. Absolutely nothing good can come from overthinking things.