One of the best things about looking at movies and their trailers is how they stylize the studio logos. Whoever started the trend needs to speak up and take all of the credit. Of today’s twenty or so majors, Warner Brothers seems to be the most lenient in allowing motion designers to accentuate the WB […]
Part of providing great identity design for clients is having a great identity yourself. And the new year should bring great changes, right? We think so (and we have fun doing this stuff), so we developed a new look and feel for ST8MNT: New demo-reel books, stationary, belly bands, mailer labels, note cards and business […]
I stumbled across these Blue Note Jazz album-style covers for HBO’s hit drama HOMELAND. Ty Mattson released his self-initiated cover project on December 17th 2012, the day after the MIND-BLOWING (wink-wink) season two finale. Nice timing, Ty. At least 2 of ST8MNT’s 9 employees are blood-shot eyes, stay up for 9 days straight, don’t eat, hooked […]
This year we added four new people to the ST8MNT family and launched a killer responsive website — so it was definitely time for a new stationary look. Our business cards got a facelift with geometric patterning, clear foil stamping, and custom-designed eights! Check out the fun we had with this identity design from start […]
There’s a lot to be excited to be about in December…. and then there’s the annual office holiday party. And while we here at ST8MNT love our holiday party, we also realize that not everyone is so lucky. If you’re dreading your Christmas shindig this year, fear not. ST8MNT is your hero. We’ve created a […]
Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop beware: Tis the season for sharing our keystroke and shortcut gratitude. After recalling every shortcut, keystroke, and monkeyfist combo we use daily here at St8mnt, we put together a little gift for you this Thanksgiving: A FREE wallpaper detailing how to dexterously use Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop. This keystroke and shortcut […]
Top 13 reasons to intern at St8mnt: ST8MNT IS a reputable brand agency with an equally wicked fun side. The people are super duper helpful, and cool. ST8MNT has a wide variety of clients, meaning you will be given pretty dope projects to work on. They have good taste in music. Mr. Baby Greg will […]
ST8MNT has a longstanding relationship with National Geographic Channel, and we relish the opportunity to collaborate with their in-house team to design fresh creative for such captivating subject matter. Most recently, we did the branding and graphic design for two new premiers: “SEAL Team 6” and “Doomsday Preppers.” SEAL Team 6 Nat Geo asked ST8MNT’s […]
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Beijing 2.0 is below the fold and the London 2012 “Touh-na-mint” is well underway. Hidden in plain sight is an ascerbic graphic aesthetic, constructed by various design thinkers and, strangely enough, conceived with different time periods in mind. The time-and-place design curveball gets thrown every now and then, and we constantly adjust our philosophical swing. Sometimes […]