Jazz Hands!
When a designer and tattoo artist collaborate…
As some of you already know, I’ve been in the process of getting a half sleeve done on my left arm for about 9 months now. The progress is great and I have received many compliments. My tattoo artist, Rich Marafioti, at Family Tattoo has become a great friend. As I get inked, we usually discuss music, art and design. That being said, we collaborated on a project about a month ago for the band Flatfoot 56. The end result was fab! A mix of hand drawn art and my typography skills. I am looking forward to more projects with Rich. He is uber talented.
The photos below show the progress of my tattoo and the shirt design:
Rich hard at work.
Almost done!
The design by myself and Rich!
Rich Marafioti – Letterpress and Edge Painted Business Cards
Rich is my tattoo artist and wanted a professional yet cool looking business card. We decided to collaborate on the project by having him draw up a design for the back of the card while I focused on typography, paper and print technique. The end result was a two sided letterpress business card with red painted edges on 236# Savoy paper.
View link here: http://carddsgn.com/business-card-gallery/rich-marafioti
HOW Design 2011 Business Annual – Page 79
As other designers may know, creating your own identity isn’t the easiest task on the planet. I struggled for months to really capture who Miaso Design really is and what we are really about. Given the fact that my last name means meat in Polish, I based my design around meat packing. I used French butcher paper for the letterhead and chose triple thick chip board for my business cards. I had Accucolor Printing here in Chicago do the letterpress as they are the best in the business, and that’s just what I wanted to convey.
HOW Design Magazine was seeking entries for letterhead systems so I decided to submit mine. I just received the November 2011 issue and voila! Here it is. I am very proud of this accomplishment. You can get the issue here
Cheers!
Apostrophe Media Business Cards
My client, Apostrophe Media, asked me to design his business cards that would really pack a punch. He was really impressed with my business cards that are printed on triple thick chipboard. The result? We went for something a bit more fancier than mine. I decided to go with two color letterpress on front, and one color offset with a clear foil stamp on the back. The challenge? Since Steve wanted a thick stock, we had to duplex the cards in order to achieve the result. Sure it cost a bit more, but the end result was pretty bad @ss!
See for yourself!
Hot zing!
New Client: LUNGevity Foundation
I am delighted to announce a new client! I have been designing the save the date, invitation and program guide for the LUNGevity Foundation’s Annual Fall Benefit. Three weeks ago I visited the space and took some great location shots of the benefit space. This year it will be hosted at the Ravenswood Event Center. Such an amazing space! I love working with non-profits. I feel fantastic creating beautiful work for such great causes! And yes, I did take this photo. 
Yes I paint…
Here’s one from the Relaxation Period while studying in college. I found this in my parent’s basement and it now lives in our office bathroom. While in school, I locked myself in a bathroom on the fourth floor for over a year painting various sections of the room – the toilet, sink, window. I sold another toilet painting about 12 years ago to a professor for his library study.
Bathroom Toilet 1996
Harold O’Neal review in the NY Times
My client, Harold O’Neal received a great review in the NY Times. Congrats. To read the review, please click on the link below.
Design by Miaso Design. Copyright 2010
Fall is almost here!
Whew! What a ridiculously busy summer the Miaso Design team had. We are close to wrapping up a big web design project. Stay tuned for the results! We’ve also taken on some work for a new client in Washington DC! In other news, so glad the weather is turning cooler (yay fall fashion – boots and sweaters). I just wish the White Sox were in first place and going to the playoffs. But they had a pretty remarkable season so I can’t complain. Hope everyone had a great summer. Check back for more ramblings.
Busy summer so far…
Like I had mentioned in my first post, blogging isn’t my deal. In any case, it has been a very busy summer. I traveled to DC for client work and now I am working on a revamp of my existing client’s website plus the addition of a new client that signed on in March. I am also wrapping up a web design project for a non-profit group in Los Angeles.
I don’t think I will have time to travel to Italy this year so I am shooting for the spring of 2011. In the meantime, I have been enjoying the Chicago summer and short visits to NYC and DC.
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Kristin Miaso is not a trained chef - But she does have more cowbell and since founding Miaso Design in 2000 she has been cooking up what can only be described as drool-worthy design.
Along with her very happy clients, Kristin has a grade-A team of writers, photographers and programmers that make it all look easy - the awards and design publications are just gravy.
A West Town Chicago native and current resident, Kristin has studied in Italy and worked in Belfast, Ireland. Along with her passion for design, She loves all things Italian (especially their motorcycles), dogs (especially her Lab/Dalmatian mix, Abby) and bacon (especially when it's crispy).