October 04, 2011

Wingard Embraces the Heat in the Always Summer Poster Show + Mixtape

It was an odd coincidence that Jacksonville’s first remotely chilly night of the season occurred on the same evening as AIGA Jacksonville’s Always Summer Poster Show. The annual event prompts designers to take their favorite song of the summer and translate it into poster form. Luckily, the large crowd brought temperatures inside the gallery space right back up to beautiful tropic temperatures.

With inspirations ranging from the guttural underground favorite Tom Waits, to the universally known Kanye West, it proved to be a pretty diverse pool of posters from students, professionals, non-designers and professors.

Naturally, the Wingard Creative crew couldn’t resist the urge to participate with a few posters of our own. Katie was inspired by The Avalanches’ “Since I Left You,” Caitlin based her piece on The Drums’ “Let’s Go Surfing,” and intern Andy interpreted Frank Turner’s “If Ever I Stray.” Our pieces were hung around the wistfully decorated Thieves in the Knight gallery, set to the ultimate summer mixtape, orchestrated by designer/DJ Dennis Eusebio.

Taking the top spot with his interpretation of “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” was Bryant Hardwick. Congratulations to Bryant, and everyone who participated. We had a fantastic time, and we can’t wait to see what Summer 2012 will bring!