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This is the Super High End Division (SHED for short) blog of Gil Shuler Graphic Design.
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Thursday, September 30, 2010

garage cuban band

i was pleased to be asked by my friend, the incredible multi instrumentalist, bill carson to design and screen a poster for the garage cuban band featuring Jack Burg, Bill Carson, Jonathan Gray, Nathan Koci and Ron Wiltrout. make sure you don't miss their show at the pour house sun, oct 30. cuban food and some smokin hot cuban jams.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

a socially responsible company

just finished a new identity for equiscript, a socially responsible pharmacy program that generates revenue their clients can use to help your neighbors afford their medications. great company and fun people to work with. everything we are working on will be coming live soon. look after your neighbors, we're all in this together...

Monday, September 27, 2010

the relic hunter

spent all day saturday diving the edisto river fossil and relic hunting with an old college friend, gary koger, who has been a professional history relic and fossil hunter. him and i went to a spot he has been before on the edisto and we dove for 2-3 hours. we burnt a couple tanks each and snorkeled in some shallower water as well. from his perspective, we didn't do so well but i thought it was great. at right is a sharks tooth i found in about 8-10ft of water. it is small by most standards, approx 2" tall. found a few of these, gary found a big meg, around 4" tall. we also found, sawfish teeth, ray plates, whale vertebrate, tuna tails, sunglasses, lost key rings, a cell phone and countless other schwagg. it was a fun and educational day. i look forward to more relic hunting real soon.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

spotted on google earth?

now this would be a first. to have logo we designed to be photographed from a satellite? it could happen. and it might. its all part of the halloween corn maze where some really smart folks used gps to carve the new identity and slogan into the corn field. pretty freakin cool.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

the devil is everywhere

recently i spotted this package in an old antique store. it's some sort of apocalyptic preparation with quinine. and to prepare for the coming apocalypse, everything you need is in this little box. all i can figure is the quinine makes the poison go down easy. i could never sell that name to any client. they just wouldn't think it was a positive message. later.

Monday, September 20, 2010

happy monday!

this picture always makes me laugh. mark, schmingy and i were at the austin city limits festival a few years back, rockin to some fine music, when we spotted john travolta. it wasn't john travolta but real close. we laughed then and i am laughing now. funny how folks look. well, its the beginning of another week, the weather is beautiful, but i will be crankin on some great new work. lets keep this economy goin!

Thursday, September 16, 2010

sweet stuff

this is a guide to okinawa issued in the early sixties by armed forces information to families moving over. it is small, 4x5, perfect bound and richly illustrated. very freakin cool. beautiful cover.

Sunday, September 12, 2010

a proud uncle

My incredibly talented niece, Emily, is releasing her new album real soon. yall oughta check it out. she's a killer singer songwriter offering up some fine originals. check out emilys website for a free download of one of the cuts. enjoy. rock on emily, we love you.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

hornets nest! hornets nest!



check out this bigass hornet that was flying around in the shop. if that stinger was to penetrate human skin, i believe a loud yell would occur then non stop cursing and crying. good thing none of us got zapped by that monster.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

mallMerlin


we teamed up with the huge brains at slicker to create the identity for their new amazing app, mallMerlin, soon to be available to shoppers everywhere. pretty amazing app, but what would you expect from chris and tommy over at slicker. keep the ideas comin boys.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

black crowes concert


here's the new poster for the black crowes show at the family circle stadium. my esteemed intern, jay bush, designed it and he and mark screened it the other night. pretty sweet. right on jay.

movies

  • Wristcutters -- very original idea. tom waits in it this one.
  • Down By Law --Awesome movie by jim jarmusch
  • Choke -- chuck pahlaniuk, need i say more?
  • The Big Lebowski--a coen brothers classic
  • Let the Right One In -- fresh take on the vampire genre. incredible movie
  • True Romance-tarantino script, one of the best movies ever
  • Fargo--another coen brothers classic, you betcha.
  • In Bruges--touching, funny, exciting. great movie