Where Stories Live
Wednesday, July 14, 2010


This week, we printed four two-color prints for the fabulous new website Writers' Houses, which acts as a field guide to visiting and loving writers' homes all over the world. The first series includes Flannery O'Connor's Andalusia, Emily Dickinson's Homestead, Edward Gorey's house, and Edgar Allan Poe's cottage. Buy all four and save five bucks! It's what they would want you to do, after all.
Click Here to get the posters at M+E.

Updates!
Friday, June 18, 2010

Hello world. We've seriously been slacking on the update front. Good news is we've been super busy with some super exciting stuff and we're in the process of combining the M+E and MFD sites into one, massive, awesome site. If you don't already, please follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the latest and greatest. Now down to business. Here's a small sampling of what we've been up to in 2010. There's a lot more where this came from. You'll be able to see it all in August when our new site launches. Until then: We were tickled pink to have the opportunity to design a poster for the Williamsburg Waterfront Music Series this summer. They are hosting the Faith No More reunion! I can't even explain how excited I am for this. Anyway, here's the limited edition poster we screened for the event.


This spring the wonderful folks of Arts & Crafts records and the Broken Social Scene asked us to design a poster for one of their record release shows. They liked the two designs we submitted so much, they decided to use both of them for two different shows! Then, they asked us to adapt the designs into merch to be sold on tour this fall. The A+C/BSS people are truly the best ever. We are in love with them. Check out the designs below.




If you live in or around Brooklyn and haven't been to The Meat Hook, you're seriously missing out. Get over there asap. We designed their logo and all their merch. Below you'll find the logo as well as a shirt design currently at the printer. Yes, it's supposed to look like the original Van Halen logo. It's going to be printed in metallic ink and it will rule.




Last, but not least, here is a sampling of some book jackets we've designed recently. One of the most exciting projects was the opportunity to design Ira Levin's entire catalog. The project is still in process, but here is the first four.


Also, here are some other random jackets we're really excited about.





That's all for now. Until next time, have a great summer and get to one of those Williamsburg Waterfront shows and buy a poster while eating a hot dog from The Meat Hook and watching Against Me! or Weezer or Silversun Pickups or PAVEMENT!

We're Still Here
Sunday, February 28, 2010

Sorry for the lack of updates recently. We've been super busy on some great projects as well as preparing for yet another tour with the Magnetic Fields. Once again, we've designed all the shirts and made poster cards for each song on the new album. In a couple of weeks, we'll be back in the studio and updating regularly. Until then, please visit us at our tour blog for daily updates, follow us on Twitter, or stop by the merch booth at one of the shows.

A Year in Book Cover Design
Saturday, December 26, 2009


The fine people at The Millions asked us to pick our favorite covers of 2009. Check out the short article here.

A Poster Bonanza
Friday, December 4, 2009

We've been busy bees here at MFD HQ. Here are three posters we just finished printing.


We designed this poster for Jonathan Lethem and his marathon readings of his new novel Chronic City in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

This one was for the first 250 people who pre-ordered The Magnetic Fields' new record Realism through the Nonesuch website. We were stunned when they called and told us they sold out in less than 24 hours. Make sure to stop by the merch booth and say hi when they tour in February. We'll have new posters as well as some awesome shirts and other stuff for sale.

And finally, this one is available on Peter Bjorn and John's winter tour with El Perro Del Mar.

The Lethem and PB&J posters are available at M + E in extremely limited quantities. Get them before they're all gone.

Get Hooked
Monday, November 9, 2009

We're proud to announce the imminent opening of The Meat Hook (part of The Brooklyn Kitchen Labs) which is sure to become Brooklyn's best butcher shop. Here's a photo of the logo we designed for them being painted on the front door. Starting next week, head over for your steaks, sausages, and Thanksgiving turkeys, as well as your Meat Hook t-shirts and beer coozies. Get hooked!

Closer to Mat Kearney
Saturday, October 17, 2009

A few months ago, we got a call from Mat Kearney asking us to design some shirts for his upcoming fall tour. We ended up doing two shirts and a sweatshirt. All are available on his site or at one of his upcoming shows. Check them out below.

Central Park is for Lovers
Tuesday, October 6, 2009

As in, lovers of Phoenix and Passion Pit, a group which includes Sofia Coppola and the staff of MFD. We made these prints for the two P/PP shows in Central Park, and then watched as they sold out. What fun. Of course, we squirreled away some for ourselves, and so you can order a print at M + E. Astute MFD followers will recognize the illustration stylings of our friend Kate Bonner on one of the two prints.

Both are available now at M + E in limited quantities. Get 'em before they're gone!

New Studio, New Prints.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Though it was difficult to bid Madison goodbye, we here at MFD have done a serious upgrade. Our new Brooklyn studio is twice as big and 400 times as beautiful. To celebrate this new space, we've made two new prints.

"You You You You You" is a 3 color print inspired by The 6ths song of the same name. Who are The 6ths, you ask? Why, they are one of the many bands of our friend Stephin Merritt, who you may know from The Magnetic Fields.

"Sink Florida Sink" is a 2 color print inspired by Against Me!'s joyous diatribe. While we don't really want Florida to sink into the ocean, we do imagine it happening from time to time.

Both are available now at M + E. Enjoy!

MFD featured on FaceOut Books.
Monday, June 29, 2009


We here at MFD are longtime fans of FaceOut Books, and so we are really excited to be featured on their site. Click here to check out FaceOut's piece on our Chester Himes' jackets. The post includes rejected comps, original artwork, and more. Also, it's badass.

Photo courtesy of FaceOut Books