December 23, 2008
For the Holidays, a crack team of Struck commandos was dispatched to concept, write, illustrate and print these ferocious cards based on the classic Eastern European tradition of St. Nicholas and the Krampus. While jolly old St. Nick would reward “nice” children with gifts and sweets, the Krampus—Santa’s evil counterpart—would roam the streets with rusty chains, threatening to capture the “naughty” ones. They’re digitally printed with gold foil stamp—and they’re totally sick.
Happy Holidaze to all you Struckers out there, young and old.
December 16, 2008
Wanting to support a couple of our favorite things (aside from raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens) Struck approached client Ski Utah to update the design on the Ski Utah Cycling Team uniforms. They gave us to go ahead and even let us sponsor the jersey. Check out them Hammers! Let’s go ride a bike! (Up to the highest height?)
December 3, 2008
My oh my… How this ever slipped through the cracks is a mystery. Can we blame the tardiness on sweeping political change? A recessed global economy? Maybe a sugar stupor is more appropriate… (Get to the point already, please!)
Struck PDX loves cereal. Loves it with frosty milk of all varieties—2%, whole, skim, organic. So, a few weeks back, we treated our hardworking selves to Cereal Day. Which led to cereal week. And there might even be a handful of Cocoa Puffs sprinkled across my desk right now. Cuckoo…
The lineup:
Part of this complete breakfast (Reese’s Puffs… so so so so amazing):
November 20, 2008
So we had track suit day at struck. No big deal. We are already over it. Actually this wasn’t a themed day of any sort. just a wednesdee at noon at struck. What?
November 5, 2008
Salt Lake City. November 5th, 2008. Stop
2 full feet of snow in the hills in the last 48 hours. Stop
No signs of stopping. Stop
End communication. Stop
Stop. Stop
November 5, 2008
Botticelli chocolates have been off the Struck radar for a few months. We buttoned up on the design, and sent our satisfied client on their way to impress retailers midway through 2008. Well friends, Botticelli is back on the radar for Christmas inside Walgreen’s corner markets. This photo depicts the product placement on the front kiosk as you walk in the front automatic sliding-glass door (right next to the Steven King novels). So here is your prescription for your next chocolate fix. Swing on over to Walgreen’s and have them fill it with the Botticelli Classic Collection.
November 5, 2008
EXHIBIT A: Dudes and Shawtees at Struck dominating Halloween. Just a little sprinkling of how we roll here at Struck when it comes to All Hallow’s Eve. On a side note- My Parents ended up getting their “dress-up” on this year. Let’s see…. MY mom was a mummy. My dad was a Werewolf… ummm man, i think that’s about it.
October 31, 2008
So… apparently, there’s a strong group of Callejeros who hit the pavement every Monday night at Kapiolani Park in Honolulu. One of the young street soccer aficionados decided he’d show his brand allegiance with a Halloween costume more radical than any other. Pint-sized brand evangelism. And probably the first time a Struck-designed logo has been humanized. We couldn’t be more proud.
October 22, 2008
We are creating a stop motion piece for an upcoming banner project. The piece requires a cellphone to disassemble itself revealing it’s inner workings. To create accurate storyboards we wanted to take apart some phones to reference the insides. We could have bought a screwdriver to do the job, but Adam L was angry that day and thus the carnage began.
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October 20, 2008
We’re not quite sure how it happened, but there’s a dog roaming the hardwood in PDX today. His name’s Wily Mo, but you can call him Willis. At first we were afraid he’d hamper our typical off-the-charts productivity. Turns out this Pug can do work.
