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Wednesday Sep 28, 2011 by mike

Behind the scenes: The National poster

I really enjoyed designing my recent poster for The National's two-night run at Philadelphia's Academy of Music. From the moment I started looking at that 150+ year old building and thinking about all that history in Philadelphia, I got down to sketching out some ideas.

The first thing I looked at was the building. Built in 1857 right in the heart of downtown Philadelphia, the Academy of Music houses the city's ballet and operas among other high profile music and arts events. Read More

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The National / Philadelphia
Artist: Mike Davis

Our own Mike Davis took on poster design duties for The National's two-night run at the legendary Academy of Muisc in Philadelphia, capturing the history and majestic qualities of the Academy as well as the colorful fact that this is a rock concert! Two rock concerts at that! A highly detailed architectural rendering of the venue meets groovy patterns and ornate lettering. It's all here! Yo La Tengo and Wye Oak also performed.

Signed and numbered edition of 100 posters, screenprinted by Ben LaFond.

19 x 25"
3 color print on French Nighshift Blue paper

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