Brandon Knowlen has a simple philosophy on life, he does "everything he can to be a good person, and stay fed". Under the guise of Paper Music Posters he also designs and prints some rather cool concert posters.
Living in the wonderfully named Sugarhouse area of Salt Lake City, Utah, US of A… he's the kind of guy who likes to role his sleeves up and get his hands dirty. I've noticed a bit of a trend for people moving away from purely computer generated work, and harnessing tried and trusted traditional technologies. Or at least integrating the two - which is what Brandon does. He uses sketchbooks, sharpies, pencils, scanners, printers – and his work can either be screenprinted, or produced digitally. What he ends up with is simple, clean and striking.
I first came across Brandon's work when I saw the "I love minimalism" print online, But at the heart of what Brandon does is the Band poster. At the moment, Brandon is in the happy place of only producing work for bands he likes, bands such as The Ting Tings and Modest Mouse. And in a cunning plan to hang out with the bands, and get his work signed. he presents the bands and thier undercards with copies of their posters.
The best news though, is for $20 or so (plus a little bit more for international shipping), is that you can own one of his creations. So it's up to you, a generic Kandinsky print from Ikea, or something a little more original…
Visit his website here.
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