ArtCrank Poster

I ride my bike almost every day to the house to the studio then back home again. That's about 8 miles one way, so throw in some errands and rides with friends, I can easily cover 100 miles in a week. Its time I enjoy seeing the weather change, watch Austin being built up around me, getting some sun on my face, keeping the blood moving and spending some moments thinking about work, life, friends and what the day ahead might look like.

When I heard that ArtCrank was coming to Austin - I hoped to be included. For those who might not know what they do, ArtCrank is an organization of bicycle-inspired poster artwork that introduces people to talented local artists and sends them home with affordable, original works of art. Every ARTCRANK show features posters created by local artists from the host city. Admission is always free, and posters are priced to let everybody take home at least one.

I encourage you to get on your bike, even for an hour, or a day, on a single errand or a treck across town, if not for your health, sanity or personal constitution, but maybe to have a beer with me in May - or on Friday - the ArtCrank opening is Feb 24 at the Pine Street Station. Come on out and buy some artwork!

Woodman on the photos.

I Don't Have a Mane: Poem Songs

Friday, May 13th, at Austin’s one and only The Mohawk, featuring Comanche Club, Crooks, Western Ghost House, Focus Group, and {{{Sunset}}}, Austin Bat Cave will present the first annual “I Don’t Have a Mane” CD release party and benefit concert.

For the past year, our students at Anderson High School have been hard at work exploring the depths of their imaginations learning about creative writing and songwriting. They worked with local musicians in the classroom and worked with our own highly trained songwriting staff of lead teachers, interns, and superb volunteers and wrote their hearts out and wrote lyrics. Lyrics about heartache, about acceptance, about the trials & tribulations of young adulthood, and, of course, about Katy Perry. These lyrics were then chosen by 9 local bands and put to music and then recorded and mixed and mastered and now they are going to be available to you, yes you, our adoring public, all on one fabulous CD.

Come out and celebrate another grand achievement of the students at Anderson High. Listen to great music, mingle with other terribly hip Austin Bat Cave fans, and while you’re there, stop by our Yearbook & Class Photo photobooth and walk away with a free, handsome class picture to remember the night by. The show is FREE, though we ask you to make a donation — between $5 and $10 if you can — and all proceeds go back into Austin Bat Cave to help support our free, exciting, and fun creative writing programs.

Also hot off the press is Mixer’s new business cards to go with their brand spankin’ new website.

The Fred Durst Society of the Humanities and Arts & Lewis Carnegie

The city of Austin, Texas, may have bitten off more than it can chew, swallow and — well, you know what comes next.

Austin's Solid Waste Services Department decided it needed a new name. Something with a bit more panache. So it put it to the people of Austin in an online vote. So far, their overwhelming choice seems to be "The Fred Durst Society of the Humanities and Arts." God help us all.

Lewis Carnegie was asked by our best buds at Em-Dash to help illustrate a possible identity and its application to better understand the visual potential of this very important endeavor.

The story is running in the April issue of Austin Monthly.  Pick it up.  Em-Dash is working with the magazine and it looks awesome.

Dirty Hands Clean Souls

The Helping Other People Everywhere (HOPE) farmers market is a weekly community gathering space for local farmers, artisans, community groups, families and urban consumers. Every month a different designer/ artist creates a unique poster for HOPE.  Lewis Carnegie produced the March poster. Our direction promotes getting your hands dirty cleans your soul. We added a play on words in that the beet root allows “SOUL” to also read as “SOIL”.  Hit the HOPE farmers market on Sundays. 11am -3pm on Waller Street, just east of 1-35. 

Lewis Carnegie according to Scott Nash!

Thank you to Scott Nash and his genius illustrations in telling the next chapter of Lewis Carnegie. The new book is beautifully created using Neenah papers (Thanks Judy!). Silk screened and produced as a limited series of 250, it's a reminder of the beauty of illustration and the fun we can have telling tall tales through the eyes of our best friends and... a cat. Check your mailboxes in the next few weeks or let us know if we can send you one!

Map to the Center of the Earth

An additional project just finished is a full sized poster that is a map and description of what to expect on your travels to the center of our globe. It full of fun facts on its history, flora and fauna, notes from past expeditions and artifacts uncovered. It looks great framed and hung on any wall. All proceeds to the sale of the poster benefits the Austin Bat Cave.

40 Years of The People's Community Clinic

We are thrilled to have been asked again to help produce the People's Community Clinic's Annual Report. We have been involved with the Clinic for a few years now, and we continue to respect its mission and impact on Austin and its community.

Center of the Earth Visitor Center

Welcome to the Center of the Earth! Over the next year, Austin Bat Cave will open the doors of its permanent writing & tutoring center in the neighborhood of East Austin. Inspired by the highly successful writing centers of 826 National, the center will be fronted by an imaginative store—The Center of the Earth Visitors Center—that will spark creativity in young writers even before they sit down to put pen to paper.

By George Mens

Have you been yet? There‘s a retired Ostrich from New York’s Natural Museum of History. Note Sean‘s rockin’ Tom Ford glasses when you see him next.

Institute of Organizational Excellence. Identity and Standards Guide.

The Institute of Organziational Excellence provides survey questionairres to a wide range of clientelle. The Institute needed a new identity as well as related identities for several surveys and products – some seen together, but most often not.  We picked up the theme of triangles in their language and created a system of triangles and stars for the symbol. The results were both Organized and Excellent – if we do say so ourselves.

UTAP Development ID & Brochure

Just Printed! For the past 4 months we've had the opportunity to work with the University of Texas's Autism Project helping craft a visual thread and tone. This development brochure will create funds and the awareness needed for future endeavors.

Pretty..

New for Bell and Bird. Named after Victorian explorers Gertrude Bell and Isabella Bird, the owners Rhianna Horan and Cyrus Shennum travel the world for antique jewelry. Pieces that share fascinating historic stories about the original owner. Cyrus is a master jeweler who creates gorgeous bejeweled jewelry as well as repairs and modernizes the antique pieces. Coming this March to 26th Doors in Austin. Check them out – it's like a museum store with rare antique and custom jewelry.

People Community Clinic

Health care is always an emotional issue for anyone. Lets face it - we're all mortal and we'll all get sick sometime. We at LewisCarnegie are fortunate enough to have health insurance, but can not fathom what we would do if did not and really needed it. Recently, we did some pro-bono work for the People's Community Clinic. The People's Community Clinic is a non-profit, primary health care facility whose purpose is to provide high quality medical, counseling and health education services at reasonable costs to individuals and families in the Austin area.

Its a simple thing to us - communicating a message in a compelling way that reflects the core values of a company, idea or organization, and we're glad to do give it away and see it do some good.

Wheatsville

Austin's Owned and Grown since 1976. Ponder that for a second. Five years before going organic was a seed of inspiration to most, Wheatsville was a movement organized to bring healthy, local and sustainable food to the community. 33 years and a beautiful renovated store later, they are thriving and still bringing the best food to your table. We are proud to bring their message to consumers this Thanksgiving. If you shop there, good for you. If not, give them a look, they are a real Austin success story with deep core values of integrity, health and community.

We love us some Bryker Woods.

We love the small little hood of Bryker Woods. It's tucked between Pemberton, Ramsey and Central Market. It's so close to downtown, yet far out enough that residents can get lost finding fossil treasures along Shoal Creek. There is also a great mix of neighbors – some of which have been here forever as well as many young families. Problem is, Bryker Woods lacks image presence. So we volunteered to brand the hood. We done enough identities for new developments, why not one for a 120 year old development? Our goal is to bring neighbors together with an identity that respects Bryker Woods the history without being all fuddy-duddy. We're just starting to have fun with this one, but the application will be bold and kinetic.

Artist Cindy Hickok

We recently completed fiber artist Cindy Hickok's "Tongue and Cheek" book featuring her gorgeous embroidery. Using her sewing machine, Cindy draws using a vibrant color palette of thread. The results are her humorous takes on life and famous works of art – embroidered with astounding detail onto water soluble fabric. Artwork titles are a guarantee chuckle. The book will be sold during her traveling gallery show across Europe and in museum stores.

Fruit Salad by Cindy Hickok. 10" x 10"

UT School of Engineering

One of the very best benefits of where we live and work in Austin is our accessibility to the University of Texas. We are constantly amazed at the wealth and depth of talent that comes through the university. We were recently lucky enough to help with the identity for the School of Architecture, now we have the pleasure of working with the School of Engineering. Image of the new brochure attached.

By George

What's not to love about By George? Our closet is rocking with their unique fashion attire. As Matt & Katy are going on their 30th year of designer bliss, we've been lucky enough to work with them for almost 10 years. And have you heard? The men's store is coming back. Personally, we can't contain our excitement.

Marc Burckhardt 2009

The new Marc Burckhardt book is hot off the presses. Every other year we get together with Marc and have some fun putting together a small book of current work he can use to send to clients and friends. This being the 5th book its starting to evolve into a nice series. Check him out - www.marcart.net