Advantage Play

Cover for Advantage Play: The Manager's Guide to Creative Problem Solving. The book uses the practice of developing and performing magic as a means to help corporate managers create and implement innovative solutions to business problems.

Revelation

We recently designed this book by Dai Vernon, considered the greatest sleight-of-hand artist who ever lived. Happily, it received glowing reviews, with critics calling it a "work of art" and a "masterpiece." Don't know about that, but it did turn out pretty well. Copies on eBay are selling for $1,000+. Insane.

Best picture of the year: It was no project for old men, either

We were brought on to do the concepts and copy for the DVD release of the multiple Oscar-winning Coen Brothers' film, "No Country for Old Men." We worked with our affiliate Black Box Kelvin and collaborated with the always brilliant designer Georgia Young.

Whenever we work on an entertainment project, it's always exciting and challenging. The deadlines are immediate, the pressure is on and the creative possibilities are endless. As a best-picture contender, the stakes on this project were especially high.

We gave the ads an unconventional, uncluttered graphic treatment that underscores the raw violence, the memorable characters and the chilling storyline. The taglines promise that this is going to be one wild ride, and yet, their mordant humor reflects the Coen Brothers distinct situational laughs. Have a look.

Exactly what the author had in mind

Our new favorite book cover. Discovered on typography.com.