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BROWSE
Wakeboarding Magazine Athelete Award
Production Method
Die-cut
Digital
Design
Michael Forrest
Art Director: Michael Forrest
Wakeboarding Editor: Shawn Perry
Content Editor: Brandon Judd
Painters: Color Recon
Photographer: Bill Doster
Printing
Designers' Press
Whoever said that designing VHS cases in 2016 was never going to happen? With 16 unique designs matching a single die-cut these awards were fun to develop, produce, and receive.
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
4.5 × 7.625 × 1.125 in.
Page Count
–
Paper Stock
–
Number of Colors
CMYK
Project Description
This year for the 2016 Wake Awards, presented by Wakeboarding Magazine, our team conceived and produced 16 individually designed VHS Cases which held golden VHS cassettes. The creative direction came sort of as a joke which played well with our early 1990s theming. The theming served as a nod to when our sport found its genesis and as in most board sports, receiving new edits on tapes had always been a much anticipated and coveted moment.The concept was too fitting not to produce.
Each rider received a custom case unlike any other. While the graphics were modeled after familiar VHS blank cases, some where original. The actual VHS cassette tapes where custom painted at a local auto body and paint shop here in Orlando and the contents of each tape were none other than early 90s flicks including Heat, Speed, You've got Mail and of course, Dances with Wolves.
Production Lesson(s)
When an idea is too good, work your ass off and make it a reality! Take your time to find the right vendors. Test and prototype and lean on your vendors advice and experience to create the best possible product!
About
FPO (For Print Only), is a division of UnderConsideration, celebrating the reality that print is not dead by showcasing the most compelling printed projects.
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FPO is run with Six Apart’s MovableType
All comments, ideas and thoughts on FPO are property of their authors; reproduction without the author’s or FPO’s permission is strictly prohibited
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About UnderConsideration
UnderConsideration is a graphic design firm generating its own projects, initiatives, and content while taking on limited client work. Run by Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit in Bloomington, IN. More…
blogs we publish
Brand New / Displaying opinions and focusing solely on corporate and brand identity work.
Art of the Menu / Cataloguing the underrated creativity of menus from around the world.
Quipsologies / Chronicling the most curious, creative, and notable projects, stories, and events of the graphic design industry on a daily basis.
products we sell
Flaunt: Designing effective, compelling and memorable portfolios of creative work.
Brand New Conference videos / Individual, downloadable videos of every presentation since 2010.
Prints / A variety of posters, the majority from our AIforGA series.
Other / Various one-off products.
events we organize
Brand New Conference / A two-day event on corporate and brand identity with some of today's most active and influential practitioners from around the world.
Brand Nieuwe Conference / Ditto but in Amsterdam.
Austin Initiative for Graphic Awesomeness / A speaker series in Austin, TX, featuring some of the graphic design industry's most awesome people.
also
Favorite Things we've Made / In our capacity as graphic designers.
Projects we've Concluded / Long- and short-lived efforts.
UCllc News / Updates on what's going at the corporate level of UnderConsideration.
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