matthew wengerd

blue note album covers come to life

Matthew — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:37:55 +0000

If you dig the look of all those great midcentury Blue Note album covers, you need to see this super hip Bella Vista Social Pub.

Hi-Fi from bante on Vimeo.

gigspam | Sundown Southern Eatery

Matthew — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:45:30 +0000

My piano duo will be playing the Sundown Southern Eatery in Winter Haven tonight (June 17, 2010) through Saturday. I’m playing with Daniel Joiner this evening and rounding out the weekend with John O’Leary.

I’ve been told the Sundown is one of the finest restaurants in the area and has only gotten better under the ownership of Fred Johnson of Fred’s Southern Kitchen fame.

Come out tonight between 6:30 and 9:30 or on the weekend between 7:00 and 10:00 and make sure to tell the manager you came to hear live jazz in Central Florida.

there’s a reason for my absence

Matthew — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:45:01 +0000

So, my design-a-day project didn’t get the legs it needed to stride its way through 2010. That’s a good thing.

Instead, I’ve devoted those energies to my newest endeavor, a fine press. It’s a custom boutique for event-based stationery (announcements, invitations, thank-yous, etc.) We’ve got our first couple projects in the works and are excited to up our marketing efforts in the next several weeks.

Please do me a favor. Go to our website and check it out. If you know anyone looking for custom invitations or announcements, send them this link. I’d appreciate any help I can get in making a fine press a success.

And watch for a cool new project or two as soon as they’ve actually been mailed.

there’s no more catcher

Matthew — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:47:31 +0000

This morning, I posted to twitter a little design I did for a shirt in honor of JD Salinger. The reclusive author, best known for his 1951 classic, Catcher in the Rye, passed away yesterday at the age of 91.

I’m making it available for presale for $16 plus $4 for shipping. If you’d like one, you can send $20 via Paypal (specify adult small – extra large).

day 21

Matthew — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:28:53 +0000

Had planned on going a totally different direction with this, I feel like it’s a copout, but it’s what you get.

day 20

Matthew — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:41:39 +0000

Time to catch up! It’s clearly I need to work on finding inspiration better – it’s easy to go straight to typography with numbers and I’ve been doing that a lot lately.

arranged

Matthew — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:32:59 +0000

day 19

Matthew — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 18:09:45 +0000

Alright, so I’m behind. I’ll be catching up tomorrow, so looks for a small slew of new posts.

week 2

Matthew — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:58:18 +0000

This is the first of my weekly summaries of the work produced for my Design a Day project. I’ll also be posting a weekly poll of your favorite designs from last week. Looks like I was able to avoid the blue that overtook last week pretty well.

day 18

Matthew — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:00:16 +0000

This one seemed obvious to my. Modern logo design’s playfulness with typography has fascinated me as of late. I’ll probably do a whole month of typographic design.