Introducing Jeff Ratto
October 24th, 2011 // Posted by Nathan in Blog, DKNG News
We’re pleased to announce that Jeff Ratto, long time friend and collaborator, will now be a contributing member of the DKNG blog. Jeff is currently the principal at Ratto Design in Monterey, California, an agency specializing in the design of brand identities, logos, print collateral, websites and mobile applications. Ratto Design and DKNG often collaborate on…
The National – Columbia, MD Poster
September 10th, 2011 // Posted by Nathan in Blog, DKNG Work, Poster↳ Click on the image above for a high res version
We’re excited to announce our second concert poster for one of our favorite bands, The National. We got a lot of great feedback on last year’s Tempe, AZ poster, and we were honored that the band asked us to create a poster for one of the shows on…
Phish Descends on the Hollywood Bowl
August 9th, 2011 // Posted by Nathan in Blog, DKNG Work, Photography, Poster, Process, Video↳ Click on the image above for a high res version
Phish is arguably one of the most epic bands touring today, so it’s fitting that their stop in Southern California is at the legendary Hollywood Bowl. We were thrilled to be asked to create the poster for the show, and decided on an other-worldly theme, depicting the…
Gallery 1988’s Crazy 4 Cult gets ‘BIG’
August 3rd, 2011 // Posted by Nathan in Blog, DKNG Work, Film↳ Rollover on the images above to see the print glow in the dark!
Over the past couple years, we’ve had the opportunity to participate in several exciting shows and projects at Gallery 1988. This year, we were thrilled to participate in what is arguably their marquee exhibition:
Come In! 2 at A+D Museum
June 12th, 2011 // Posted by Nathan in Blog, Events
↳ Logo for A+D Museum's second annual Come in! exhibit.
We’re excited to be participating in A+D Museum’s second annual Come In! exhibition, showcasing installations from L.A.’s up and coming designers. We had a great time creating an installation for last year’s first ever Come In! spatial intervention, which you can check out
Closing out 2010 in style: Phish’s New Year’s Run
December 29th, 2010 // Posted by Nathan in Blog, PosterPhish’s ‘New Year’s Run’ is a staple of their annual touring schedule and we were thrilled to be asked to create a poster for their two-day stop in Worcester, Massachusetts. In the late 1800s, Worcester was known as the home of early ‘lunch wagons’ or dining cars that were eventually shipped all over the Eastern Seaboard. We decided to…
DKNG in Print Magazine
November 23rd, 2010 // Posted by Nathan in Blog
The Print Magazine 2010 Regional Design Annual is hot off the press and we’re excited to announce that our Monsters of Folk Poster is a featured entry. We’ve been reading Print’s Design Annual since we were kids so we’re thrilled and humbled to have our work appear in its pages.
L.A. Gets Dangerous
November 20th, 2010 // Posted by Nathan in Blog, DKNG News, DKNG Work, Poster
Tonight, Aziz Ansari’s ‘Dangerously Delicious Tour’ hits The Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles. We had a blast creating a poster series for Aziz’s three-day stint in San Francisco, and we’re equally excited to have created a poster for his stop in our city. If you ever wanted a behind the scenes look at Aziz’s pre-show dressing room,…
Road Trip
August 17th, 2010 // Posted by Nathan in BlogDKNG had a packed weekend in the bay area earlier this month. We went to San Francisco to participate in the Renegade Craft Fair and were able to visit our poster and t-shirt printers along the way.
FRIDAY: OAKLAND, CA.

↳ Forward Printing. Oakland, CA.
When we got into town on Friday, our first stop…
Making of the FOTC Hollywood Bowl Poster
June 27th, 2010 // Posted by Nathan in Blog, Design, Poster, Process
↳ The finished poster: 5-color, 18×24 screen-print with split fountain.
Over the past 2 years we’ve had the privilege of working on a few posters for the Flight of the Conchords, and recently we created a poster for their show at the Hollywood Bowl.
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
For this poster our initial thought was to include…
Live From Daryl’s House
June 24th, 2010 // Posted by Nathan in BlogLive From Daryl’s House came from Daryl Hall’s idea of “playing with my friends and putting it up on the Internet.” The resulting monthly show is a fun eclectic mix of jam sessions including this one with Chromeo. Check it out at www.livefromdarylshouse.com
Poster Cabaret
January 3rd, 2010 // Posted by Nathan in Blog, DKNG News, Design, IllustrationDKNG is proud to be a featured artist on Poster Cabaret. Poster Cabaret sells limited edition gig posters from some of the best poster artists in the world. Their site currently features over 2000 posters. Check out the wares at www.postercabaret.com.





