Jeff popped by The Hundreds yesterday to drop off a few pairs of The Beast to the crew and Bobby ended up taking these shots. Always a fan of his product shots, these show some more of the little elements and collateral we developed for the shoe. Thanks for the photos, and the love!!
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The first shoe from the Hooves line we’ve been developing is finally available! THE BEAST can be ordered over on the Hooves site and will be on shelves at a bunch of stores nationwide by the end of the week.
As you may or may not know, we’ve been working on this project for about 2 years now, designing everything from packaging to print ads, the shoes themselves (with the help of Joe Babcock at Gravis) to the website.. if it’s design and it relates to Hooves, we’ve done it. Not to mention the fact that we’re brand managing, heading up the marketing efforts, doing most of the PR, running the events.. I guess you could say The Uprising LLC IS Hooves. In a way.
Thanks to everyone’s support as of late. Bobby of at The Hundreds, Hypebeast, Blabbermouth, Roadrunner Records, Trivium, Nuclear Blast Records, Prosthetic Records, Maria at Adrenaline PR, the whole Gravis team, and Nick and Dave. It’s just beginning!!
Photos courtesy Hypebeast
The launch party was SICK!! As you may have been able to tell, we’ve been all about Hooves lately with the release coming in a few days. Here are some lovely photos for those of you that weren’t there:
Thanks to Joe Dolan for these pics, and for shooting all night!!
Website & MySpace Page design and development for Hooves Footwear.
That’s right! May 24th at Paladino’s in the beautiful San Fernando Valley! Good music, cheap drinks, free shit & other giveaways.. I’d say that’s not a Memorial Day Weekend party to miss.. or is it, More Metal Day Weekend???
A little 4pg .PDF catalog we created for Hooves. Check it… Coming June ‘08!!
We designed these scary little ads for Hooves in Vice magazine recently. Yikes.
lot’s of new apparel stuff to go up on the site soon.. The entire new Foo Fighters merch line, new Jason Mraz merch, a new Artus design, Hooves packaging, Mae merch, Brandi Carlile merch, TSQ merch.. a bunch of various work for Decca Records, Jittery Dog Productions, Margaret Cho.. tons of merch / product development for Foo Fighters, Hooves, Jason Mraz, Jimmy Eat World, Liam Sullivan, Margaret Cho, and TSQ.. and we’ve been doing a bunch of web work these days (check the web section for the most recent updates).
a ton of new stuff in the cooker.. the Boyz II Men “Motown” mini flash site, Three Graces (Decca artist) full website, Sam Phillips album packaging / website / merch, People album packaging, Dave Melillo mini site, and tons more consulting..
needless to say, we’re busy. and, if you’re an art or marketing student in the LA area, we’re looking for an intern in each area to help us grow. so, click contact and send us your stuff already!
if you are looking at this news item, it means you are looking at our new site! it was time for a bit of an overhaul, as we have simply grown out of the old “simple” site that preceeded this one. Now, I’m sure there are bugs or glitches. Actually, if you find any, it’s uhm.. because of your browser. yeah, that’s it. it’s not us, it’s you. I promise.
with this new site, we are also launching a bold new phase for the uprising. one in which growth is the primary objective.. growth of the company, growth of the client base, and the ever evolving artistic growth we strive for with each new project.
look, we’re all about doing great work for our clients, having fun while we’re doing it, and making things look pretty. pretty simple. our goal in the years to come is to do that on an ever increasing scale, to reach and touch as many people as we can with these here pixels and colors.
take a look around, check out what we’ve been up to, and bookmark us. we’re constantly adding new projects to the database, with photo and motion projects being next on the list. now it’s even easier to click around and explore.
most recent projects? well..
• The Section Quartet - TSQ Website (a co-op project with Billbonk Webdesign, currently in development), TSQ MySpace Page, Fuzzbox album packaging, and all kinds of other odds and ends for their upcoming release on Decca.
• Hooves - Remember that “special footwear project” we mentioned awhile back? Well, Jeff is working with Gravis Footwear to design, develop, and manage a new footwear brand with some suprises up it’s sleeve - dope hi-tops for the rock & metal markets.. Check out the simple Hooves Website we developed for more info on that.
• Mirrorball - Darren is still killing it over at Mirrorball doing art direction for their client base (which includes Pepsi, Heineken, Mountain Dew, Dos Equis, and others). but in more special news, is now a proud father of Forrest Butch Rufus Craig (who, being able to design immediately after popping out of the womb, is now on staff full time).
• Silva Artist Management - Jeff just finished an absolutely amazing and fulfilling 2-year tenure over at SAM, leaving to give more focus to the uprising. He is also developing Color Theory Consulting, a consultant service specializing in the development and logistics of music merchandise opportunities in the tour, retail, and special project licensing areas for bands, labels, etc.
• Various Others - not to discount any of these clients by not giving them their own section, we’d just be here for days. We’re still working with Chris Shiflet on Jackson United packaging and materials for their upcoming release.. RCEG & Slaymaker Hill for their upcoming release.. Strangler for their upcoming release.. tons of band merch.. and of course a bunch of other irons in the fire that we can’t discuss yet.
Thanks, as always, to everyone who’s supported us (and continues to support us) along the way. Without the love, respect, and dedication of everyone who’s been invoived (both directly and indirectly), we surely would not be where we are today. MUUUAH. ok. we love you. bye bye.
added a few new projects to the site.. new Jason Mraz, QOTSA, Margaret Cho, Fergie, and Black Eyed Peas merch designs. we’ve also added some RCEG Sampler cover comps we did a little while back for shits and giggles.
also, looks like we may be changing the format of the site.. it feels like we’ve outgrown this current one a bit, and we’re considering switching over to a blog-based site. Let’s face it - everyone wants new content straight to the vein these days, rather than periodically updated sites, so why not give the people what they want? more new content.. quicker.. in a format that loads faster.. and is more flexible for our rapidly growing project portfolio. seems like the right move to me.
and keep an eye out for some of our upcomming projects / releases: a GREAT new The Section Quartet cover record coming out in August on Decca / Universal. Really great string quartet covers of Bowie, Radiohead, The Strokes, Muse, QOTSA, and a bunch of other rock bands. we’re stoked for this one! And there will be a new Jackson United record coming from our buddy Chris Shiflet soon - most likely 2008, but we’re excited about this one too so couldn’t hold back.
