Dan Schechter - Graphic & Interactive Design

People of the North – ‘Deep Tissue’

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:40:22 +0000

People of the North is Oneida members Fat Bobby and Kid Millions. This is their first album, released as vinyl only on Brah Records.

Oneida – The Ocropolis

admin — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:17:19 +0000

When The Flaming Lips invited Oneida to perform at the All Tomorrow’s Parties New York 2009 festival, Oneida decided to bring along their entire studio, The Ocropolis. They took over a room at the venue and devoted it to all day improvisation and collaboration with both the Mighty Robot Visuals light crew and a slew of guest musical performers. Taking direction from our Rated O artwork, we created art for posters, ads, and t-shirts.

Kemado Records

admin — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:25:27 +0000

We worked with Kemado Records to redesign their identity. We created a classic logo with a broad enough appeal to represent the broad range of artists on their roster. This is an ongoing project…keep an eye out for an updated website too.

Oneida – ‘Rated O’

admin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:44:53 +0000

Oneida’s tenth full-length studio album is a 3xLP/3xCD behemoth. As part two in their ‘Thank Your Parents’ triptych of albums we wanted the design to follow the direction we created for part one, Preteen Weaponry.

‘the triple-gatefold Rated O is undoubtedly a beautiful package.’ – Pitchfork

The Windmill Movie

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:51:30 +0000

In this documentary film, Alexander Olch finishes the autobiographical film his former professor, Richard Rogers, never could. Sifting through the hundreds of hours of film and video Rogers left behind, Olch weaves a stirring portrait of an artist and his creative process. In our site, we wanted to match the beauty of that portrait while capturing the difficulty and ambiguity inherent in the process.

Mexican Summer – poster

admin — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:26:45 +0000

Poster created for Kemado Records’ vinyl imprint Mexican Summer, for whom we also created the identity and website. Printed by Kayrock and Wolfy

Fischerspooner – Entertainment website

admin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:03:04 +0000

When Fischerpooner approached me about redesigning their site, they had a clear — if cluttered — idea for the site. They wanted a raw, layered interface where they could chronicle their creative output. In a sense they wanted to display what they were seeing on their own desktops as they were developing their latest album and stage show. Logo design by homework.

Anthology Recordings – Gift Certificate

admin — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:41:01 +0000

Anthology Recordings was invited to participate in the Wired Magazine’s 2008 holiday pop-up store. We worked with Anthology to create a two sided gift certifcate, including some custom guilloché artwork, that fits within a seven-inch record sleeve. To keep it flexible, we created stamps to print the gift certificate’s value.

Oneida – ‘Preteen Weaponry’

admin — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 18:02:27 +0000

The first installment of Oneida’s ‘Thank Your Parents’ triptych of albums, Preteen Weaponry is all one song. Inspired by a t-shirt we designed for the band, the album is wrapped in an illustration of a cascading waterfall. Intertwined and inexhaustive, it’s a little like their music.

Mexican Summer

admin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:03:42 +0000

We worked with Kemado Records to create a classic identity for their vinyl only imprint Mexican Summer. We also designed a website and an LP label template for the project.