CLAY & ROSSI WEB

I've been such a busy girl over break, I nearly forgot about my Clay & Rossi project I had yet to show you! I've posted about it before, showing you progress, but never got around to showing quite a bit of it!

The first picture is a series of hanging graphics in the New York store. The 2nd picture shows a big of the web graphics and my guerilla proposal to have Clay & Rossi collaborate with the amazing Sartorialist.

CLAY & ROSSI POSTCARDS

I don't think I ever got to show you a few of the pieces for my Clay & Rossi (my "man"thropologie) line I created last semester. These would be inserted into men's magazines (such as GQ) as well as being sent out as mailers. A message is laser cut into the outside sleeve to give a peek at what's inside. The inner postcard then pulls out to reveal a photo by their proposed partner, the Sartorialist and the brand mission. I had high hopes of mocking this baby up and photographing it, but so far this semester has stolen my soul (exaggerating... just a BIT) and I've just had no free time to do that.

CLAY & ROSSI TAGS

So, a week or two ago I shared some progress on a class project I'm working on for a fictional men's clothing store, Clay & Rossi. I finished these guys a few days ago, printed them on a light grey fabric, and then stitched them into my lovely (and very cooperative) boyfriend's coats. Poor kid had to go cold for a day while I took photos. What a trooper!




At times, being a student can be aggravating, because you have great ideas, but hardly any resources (and a negative $5.00 budget!). But I suppose on the flip side, I should be embracing the fact that I have almost 100% creative freedom!

The next few weeks will be extremely hectic for me... finals week and preparing Igloo Letterpress for Winter Fair (if you're in Columbus, stop by!). Posting will be inconsistent (as usual), but I promise to make them all wonderful and interesting! Thanks to everyone who bought A Little Happiness Cards from Little Aviary on Etsy. It makes me so happy to know that people enjoy them as much as I do!

CLAY & ROSSI - GETTING STARTED

This is a brand-spankin' new project I've been working on... and I'm very excited about it, so I hope you'll forgive me for showing you the entire gambit of logos I've created! It's going to be a men's retail store... kind of a Manthropologie. Right now, I'm kind of going for a modern barbershop feel.


The initial logo sketch! For the record, S's are ridiculously touch to draw!




I wanted to have quite a few variations of the logo, since they'll be going on all sorts of items... from stationary to jeans.

This is the quote I'm kind of living under through the duration of the project... it was what sparked the initial idea. The always inspirational Kate at The NEO-Traditionalist posts a daily quote and this one caught my eye a few weeks ago (thanks Kate!). It's got the perfect tone and voice for this project...

So! Much much more to come on this project. I can't wait to really get started on everything. The logo was just the first hurdle!